A Walking Lollipop?

I listened in on a conversation between Big Top and Goldie last night. Big Top asked Goldie what smelled so good, and she said it was her coconut hair spray. Big Top then said Goldie was like a walking lollipop! 😮

Big Top: Y-U-M-M-Y! That sounds seriously deeeelicious! You're like a walking lollipop or something!
Don’t you dare eat her, Big Top!

The conversation was pretty awkward by that point, but Big Top took it another step further. He asked Goldie if he could chew on her hair! 😂

Big Top: Hey, Goldie... This might sound kinda weird, but would you mind if I chewed on your hair?

When it comes to regular dialogue, I know that City Folk is one of the weaker games in the series. But the animal-to-animal conversations are an exception. I love these interactions in City Folk! So bizarre and funny. 😂

Today, I worked on my house a bit. And in fact, I finished it and recorded a new house tour! Watch for the video on my channel tomorrow (Sunday). 🙂

Tonight, K.K. Slider was in town. He performed Lucky K.K., but I didn’t feel very lucky, because my batteries died out shortly after the show. 😛

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: Lucky K.K..

Gwen asked me for a fashionable sea bass, and I agreed to help out (since sea bass generally aren’t that hard to find). I caught one on my first try, and Gwen rewarded me with 516 bells. That’s an unusual number of bells.

Jeff hands Gwen a sea bass.
Enjoy the fishy!

Near the museum, I shot down a balloon present…and timed the screenshot perfectly. I found a starman inside. To refresh your memory, balloons often (but not always) contain Mario furniture in this game.

Popping a balloon present in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend. See you next time!

Curt, Turkey

On Saturday, I received three letters in the mail. That included Rizzo’s goodbye letter and a letter from Wolfgang, thanking me for the recent medicine. But I also received a letter from Queenie, who finally responded to the letter I sent her on her birthday. She thanked me for the letter and gift, but she did not specifically acknowledge that it was her birthday.

Dear Jeff, Your letter and present were so very thoughtful! I planned to give you this in person, but I got tired of waiting. So here it is! I won't spoil the surprise! -From: Queenie
Spoiler alert: it was a lovely carpet.

On Tuesday, I spontaneously decided to buy an axe and throw it in the fountain. Serena popped up, and surprisingly, she actually gave me a silver axe. Of course I’ve earned silver axes before, but it’s fairly uncommon. She typically keeps your axe or gives you the same one back.

Serena: Silver axes are pretty nice, too. Definitely up there in the whole precious-metal-axe scene.

Today (Thursday) is Thanksgiving in the U.S., which is known as the harvest festival in this game. Mayor Tortimer was outside of town hall, saying that today is the day we feast like kings. Or pigs. Or teddy bears. Yeah, something like that.

Tortimer: Today we feast like kings! Today we gorge like pigs! Today we stuff ourselves like teddy bears!

He gave me a knife and fork, and I had to keep an eye out for Franklin. But before I found the hiding turkey, I spotted a new house in town. Rizzo’s replacement is Curt the cranky bear.

Curt: Well, whoever you are, you've got nerve busting into a stranger's house without so much as a word!
Here’s your word: Goodbye.

That’s not exactly much of an improvement. Not much at all.

A few minutes later, I found Franklin freaking out behind Guest’s house.

Franklin: I'm freakin' out here!

I gave him my knife and fork, and he gave me a harvest chair. I went back to Tortimer to get some more silverware, and I continued searching for Franklin.

Franklin hides behind a tree in ACCF.

I repeated the process over and over. Ultimately, I found him nine times and earned nine pieces of the harvest furniture set. I sold them all for 27,864 bells, which doesn’t sound like nearly enough considering how much work it is to keep saving his life. 😛

In the city, Phineas gave me an orange balloon. I realized that I now have one color of each balloon (at least the standard balloons, not counting bunny balloons). So I started to straighten up my incredibly messy main room. I still have pitfalls everywhere, but this is actually cleaner than it was. 😛

Balloons and New Year's shirts in my house.

I posted a new video taking a look at 16 things that City Folk has introduced to the Animal Crossing series, which are still around today. I’ve had this video in the works for a long time, but I was waiting for the big New Horizons update to arrive. (Three of these things weren’t originally in the video until they were re-added in Version 2.0.)

I hope you all had a good Harvest Festival, Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, and/or Thursday!

Rizzo Exterminated

Rizzo was all packed up to move out today. It’s a great sight to see!

Rizzo: I've got everything packed, but it's going to be kinda lonely leaving this place behind...woof woof.

Saharah was in town, looking for old carpets. Even though Saharah claims to be from a far-off land, Goldie isn’t sure she believes it. Could it all be an act?

Goldie: Actually...I don't know how far off, or how distant, or if she's really even from there. Maybe it's all an act!

I couldn’t ask Rizzo for carpet since he’s leaving, and I couldn’t ask Wolfgang because he was sick. But I did give him some medicine.

Wolfgang: ...I don't need medicine... What do you mean, I can stop playing tough guy? Gimme that, wolfman!

Of my remaining villagers, exactly zero had old carpets to give me. It seems like I’m never going to get that lunar surface.

Simon: Oh, old carpets! I just went and traded mine for a sweet new one!

Kapp’n was enjoying some coffee at the Roost today. But he said coffee goes best with some cucumber slices! Ugh! Never!

Kapp'n: P'raps ye don't be knowin' this, but good coffee be best enjoyed with a few slices o' cucumber...

By the way, I did not receive a reply from Queenie about the birthday greeting I sent her on her birthday. Perhaps they only reply if the letter is sent early enough (before the mail goes out at 5 p.m.) on their birthday? I’m not sure, but I’ll have to test this again sometime.

Today is the 13th anniversary of ACCF’s release! I posted my annual slideshow of screenshots taken in the past year. Check it out if you’re interested! And happy ACCF anniversary! 🙂