Jingled

"Jingled" is the second segment of the first episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Big City Greens. "Jingled" originally aired in the United States on September 23, 2023, on Disney Channel.^[1] In this episode, after hearing Tilly's tunes at the Green Family Farm stand, an agent hires her to work at Big Jingle.^[2]

"Jingled"
Title card
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 1b
Directed by	Nick Sumida
Written by	Laura Eichhorn Gabi Rodea Carl Edward Mongan
Production code	401b
Original air date	September 23, 2023 (2023-09-23)
Running time	11 minutes
Episode chronology
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Notably, Amy Sedaris and Michael Bolton guest star in this episode as Bonnie Sparks and Rick Razzle respectively.^[1][3]

Plot

At the Big City Farmer's Market, Tilly is singing catchy jingles that attract customers and persuade them to purchase some of their produce. After hearing her jingles, Bonnie Sparks, an agent at Big Jingle, hires her to work there to make more jingles. She accepts and Cricket volunteers himself as Tilly's talent agent. Bonnie takes them to Tilly's office, where she is first tasked with making a jingle for Odd Apparel, a clothing company that sells weird clothing.

She makes all sorts of jingles for the different products, attracting others in the building, and later Rick Razzle, who asks to speak with her in his office. Meanwhile, Bill and Alice are struggling to sell produce now that Tilly is gone. They try to make their own jingles, which seem to scare customers away. Back at Big Jingle, Rick Razzle allows Tilly to be his successor, and things progress when Bonnie tells her that her next client is Mamaroni's Pizza. Tilly feels more pressured by this.

While trying to make up jingles for Mama Roni's Pizza, Tilly is unable to make a jingle that satisfies herself and she starts to be harder on herself. She steps outside to talk to herself, and hears Bill and Alice making jingles at the farm stand, seeming careless about whether they were selling produce or not. She then realized that she should be having fun making jingles, and chooses to resign from her job during the Mamaroni's Pizza conference, though gives them a jingle to use beforehand.

She returns to making jingles at the farm stand like normal. As she reprises her jingle about carrots, Rick Razzle slides in and sings a long note, thus proving his love for singing long notes.

Voice cast

• Chris Houghton as Cricket Green
• Marieve Herington as Tilly Green
• Bob Joles as Bill Green
• Artemis Pebdani as Alice Green
• Amy Sedaris as Bonnie Spark
• Michael Bolton as Rick Rizzle

Production

Big City Greens was renewed for a fourth season on January 21, 2022, ahead of the third season's premiere, alongside a musical film.^[4] The Houghton brothers reached out to Michael Bolton to see if he was interested in guest starring.^[5] Bolton had various suggestions for his one-off episode, and Rick Razzle's character design was modified and the episode's story was rewritten accordingly.^[5] The episode was completed somwhere between January and October.^[6]

This episode was directed by Nick Sumida, written by Laura Eichhorn, Gabi Rodea and Carl Edward Mongan, and storyboarded by Rodea and Mongan.

Reception

The episode received 0.15 million viewers on its premiere.^[7] David Kaldor of Bubbleblabber gave this episode, alongside its sister episode "Truck Stopped", a 7 out of 10.^[8]