Just an Old-Fashioned Lab Song... (Dexter's Laboratory)

"Just an Old-Fashioned Lab Song..." is the second part of the thirty-second episode in the second season of Dexter's Laboratory.

Plot
Dexter reluctantly takes piano lessons from Professor Williams (Paul Williams), but when the Professor stumbles onto Dexter's lab, he discovers that Dexter has more musical talent than he thought.

Why It's Musical

 * 1) Despite Dexter not wanting to take piano lessons, his parents do have a good point on him spending too much time in his laboratory.
 * 2) Some emotional moments, such as Dexter having a nightmare about Professor Williams making fun of him for not being good at piano.
 * 3) The song Professor Williams sings in Dexter's lab, "Breathe in the Sunshine" when discovering that some of his moving buttons actually make music is very catchy and great to listen to and teaches some good morals about teamwork & being happy. Have a watch for yourself.
 * 4) As mentioned above, Dexter making music with the buttons in his laboratory is very impressive.
 * 5) Despite Dexter not becoming interested in the piano until the end, the episode was still great to sit through (especially near the end where Professor Williams sings the aforemtioned song to Decter).

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) The ending was a bit mediocre, as when Professor Williams left Dexter's lab, Dexter says that he's thankful for the session being over despite his teacher being impressed with his buttons making the music, along with the aforementioned song - and it ends with him smashing the "musical" buttons with his wrench.

Reception

 * It holds a rating of 7.5/10 on IMDB.

Trivia

 * This episode is a parody of 1971 song, "Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song", which coincidentally was made by Paul Williams - which guest starred here to help Dexter.
 * In a way, it inspired the Kick Buttowski episode, "Runaway Recital", but with a musical number/guest star instead of a stunt performance.