Watch My Chops

Corneil and Bernie is a television show which can be seen on NickToons Network. Corneil and Bernie is about a talking dog, Corneil, and his dogsitter, Bernie Barges. The series was produced, written, and animated in France. The English dubbing took place in London. The series was distributed by Millimages. It starred Keith Wickham, Ben Small, Dian Perry, and Dan Russell. In the UK, the show is called Watch My Chops, named after Corneil's catch phrase.

Corneil is a genius dog: not only can he read and write perfect English, but he is much smarter than most people. Since he's so smart, he knows that life doesn't get any better than being a pampered pet, and so he does anything he can to keep his owners from realizing his phenomenal skills. This plan begins to go awry when his owners hire the pinheaded Bernie to dog-sit, and Bernie learns Corneil's secret. Though the two frequently bicker, they form an uneasy friendship, and Corneil finds himself using his brainy powers to bail Bernie out of various scrapes.

Most episodes are driven by Corneil's reluctance to let anyone know that he is intelligent and capable of speech. The only person who does know is dogsitter Bernie, whose uncle minds the apartment of Corneil's "well-off" owners. Bernie found out about Corneil's speaking abilities by accident, and unfortunately he is somewhat lacking of intelligence and mostly devoid of morals. All this puts Corneil in an uncomfortable position—as Bernie often takes it upon himself to 'be the voice' of Corneil, capitalising on Corneil's reluctance to communicate and ignoring Corneil's requests. The Season 1 Vol.1 DVD will come out on September 26, 2006.

Episodes

1. Panic on Board
2. Stroke of Genius
3. Moonstroke
4. Jungle Panic
5. Radio Bernie
6. Close Encounters of the Alien Kind
7. Corneil in Love
8. Doggone!
9. Peas in a Pod
10. Surprise Surprise
11. The Secret
12. 200 Feet Under
13. Santa Paws
14. Love Me, Love My Dog
15. Art Attack
16. City Bumpkins
17. A Dog's Life
18. Double Jeopardy
19. Unlucky Break
20. Superficial Intelligence
21. Pregnant Paws
22. The Fan
23. Dog Walk Model
24. A Friend In Need
25. Don Corneilius
26. The Dog-Sitter Show
27. The Big Sleep
28. Dogs Are Dumb
29. Telepathic
30. Things That Go Woof In The Night
31. The Diary
32. A Dog's Dinner
33. Home Sweet Home
34. Mr. Know It All
35. Eau de Corneil
36. Let Talking Dogs Lie
37. Pipe Dreams
38. Basic Instinct
39. By A Whisker
40. Finders Weepers
41. Love in First Sight
42. Join the Club
43. No Place Like Home
44. Guardian Angel
45. Who Said That?
46. Gone to the Dogs
47. Your Move
48. Fur Wars
49. Where There's a Will
50. Police Dogged
51. Por-a-Palooza
52. Bone of Contention

Characters

Corneil: Corneil is a dog that can talk due to his high I.Q. and with his snese of extreme intelligence he comes up with most of the plans that make the show what it is.

Bernie: Bernie is Corneil dogsitter and will always go along with what corneil says due to his stron record of making mistakes that Corneil fixes before anyone has an actual chance to notice. Bernie often tries to blackmail Corneil to help him with task that he does not enjoy like homework or chores and other stuff like that. Bernie blackmail attempt is always failed though so Bernie just waisted a lot of time.

John: John is Corneil's master who leaves corneil with bernie when ever Beth(his wife) and him leave out to dinner, the movie, or another reason.

Beth: Beth is John husband who leaves with John to go where they need to go.

Uncle Rico: Uncle Rico is Bernie's uncle who lives with him but rarely appears in the show and when he is featured he only has few lines.

Trivia

Episode 1: Panic on Board / Stroke of Genius

When the camera pans back in "Stroke of Genius," the contents on top of Bernie's desk disappear.

• Corneil knows Bernie's last name (Barges) in "Panic on Board." How come he didn't in "Radio Bernie"?

Episode 4: Corneil in Love / Doggone!

• We learn that Corneil loves chocolate chip cookies in "Corneil in Love." However, dogs are allergic to chocolate in real life. And, when Corneil gets his appetite back, he eats enough food to give him bloat.

Episode 6: The Secret / 200 Feet Under

• The water that a Geyser shoots out is typically scolding hot, so it doesn’t make sense that Corneil and Bernie were submerged in the water without experiencing any pain in relation to the water’s temperature.
• When Bernie shouts like a girl, his lips are skin color, then back to red. (Edit)

Episode 8: A Dog's Life / Double Jeopardy

• At the end where Ms. Martin took her shoe from Bernie, the zipper was gone and then back.

• Is it not a tad bit strange that John and Beth heard Bernie say "I'll do whatever Corneil tells me to!" without giving that statement a second thought?

Episode 9: Unlucky Break / Superficial Intelligence

• The scientist determines that Corneil must be capable of speaking due to his score on the IQ test. Because of this, Corneil rigs the machine to avoid further hints of his secret. However, he is given a good score on the next test. There is no indication of the machine being fixed.

Episode 10: Pregnant Paws / The Fan

• We learn that Corneil likes opera and soft music.

Episode 12: Don Corneilius / The Dog-Sitter Show

• When Jack opens a box, the Jack Thumper in a Box has no band-aid, but Jack himself has some. (Response: Is it possible that the Jack in the Box was designed before he had a band-aid?)

Episode 14: Eau de Corneil / Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

• "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" is a bit common to "Double Jeopardy" & also similar to "Hot Shot Chef" of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.

Episode 15: Telepathic / Things That Go Woof In The Night

• The clue to Martha's riddle to Bernie was: "It's not a jacket for you, although you could use one."

• The answer to Martha's riddle was: "a stuffed animal lion"

Episode 17: The Diary/ A Dog's Dinner

• Corneil is real stubborn and does not want to try dog food. Corneil keeps a diary.

Episode 18: Home Sweet Home/ Mr. Know It All

• Corneil helps an old man seek love. It shows Corneil is also a compassionate character and helpful.

Episode 19: Pipe Dreams/ Basic Instinct

• In the sky when there is lots of smoke, the smoke spells "Bernie Barges."

• In "Basic Instinct" we find out Corneil cannot swim... yet he can in other episodes.

• In "Basic Instinct" we learn Corneil has allergies to grass.

External links

• CBBC Watch My Chops Page
• TV.com Page