Children's Programming
Emboldened by Patrick's post, I thought it might be time to confess something: I am a huge nerd. And not just a regular Star-Wars nerd like Brian, or a computer nerd Eric. I like cartoons. I know, its freaky. I mean, what other 26 year-old suburban wife would confess to that? Probably not many.
In any case, I have to give Patrick and Lindsay props for watching Fraggle Rock. I think it is really neat to watch old shows and movies that you watched as a kid. Sometimes you watch and are really disappointed with their suckiness, but sometimes the old stuff is almost funnier when you watch it as an adult. Your whole frame of reference is different, and you GET things that you didn't get as a kid. For example, The Muppet Show. I LOVED that show as a child. Now that I am an adult watching the Muppet Show I love it for a whole different reason; the puppets look real. I can't even imagine how someone could take a pile of cloth and googly eyes on a stick and give it a personality. And not just any personality, but that of Kermit the Frog, one of the most recognizable pop-icons in the last twenty years, by both children and adults.
That level of respect doesn't extend to...oh...say...THE SMURFS! Man, does that cartoon suck...
But anyway, enough of rapsodizing about the Muppets. I actually have been "collecting" hard to find cartoons and shows that I like. That's how far my nerdiness extends. So far my favorites are The Tick, Family Dog, Eek! The Cat, He-Man and Sifl and Olly (which is newer). If anyone would like a copies, I would be happy to make them for you....
Oh, and for my pop-culture reference of the day:
"Dad, what's a Muppet?"
"Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer your question, I don't know. "
posted by Ruth @ 7:10 AM
6 Comments:
Power to the girl nerds, Ruth! I too am a hard-core Muppets fan. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE some Tick cartoons! Patrick and I were thrilled when we heard that Pinky and the Brain came out on DVD.
Ok, there's a reason this family of ours gets a long. I love this stuff! Tick was the best, and I was so looking forward to the live action show, because I thought Patrick Warburton would have the perfect Tick (Puddy from Seinfeld), but he sucked and the whole thing sucked. They could have at least had Chairface, or El Seed. Muppet Show, rocks. I'm totally putting that back on Netflix, I don't care if Andi thinks it's dumb. I love that episode with Brook Sheilds and they do the whole Alice in Wonderland thing. Man...funny stuff.
-Brian
Ok, I can build on the Simpson's quote.
"Oh Princess Fair, wilst thou grant me thine dainty hoof in marriage?"
-Brian
Linsday, email us your address and I will make you copies of my VCDs this week. I saw Pinky and the Brain online the other day AND Animaniacs recently came out too, didn't it? "It's maaaaaagic...."
Fine, fine, fine...we'll have a Muppet party when the DVDs arrive! Any childhood favorite foods that should be on hand?
I have a confession...I too like Pinky and the Brain and the Tick.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that Transformers, the movie will be hitting theaters sometime in the future. We saw the trailer a few weeks ago. I'm not feeling good about this piece of childhood memories...
If you looked in our massive and eclectic collection of DVD's, you'd find a significant portion of cartoon movies and other kids stuff. We tell people we have them for our unborn kids, but really, they're for us.
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