Thursday, June 29, 2006
Won't you be MY neighbor? *wink wink nudge nudge*
My mom left to take a nap and left the TV on, so I am listening to Mister Rogers talk to a boy's choir right now. I would like to say that it came on after she left and that she wasn't watching it, which is true, but that doesn't really help because she watches Mister Rogers EVERYDAY. I am dead serious. She will be 56 at the end of the year, and she watches Mister Rogers religiously. No joke. Now I don't have a problem with people watching kids shows. Some of them are quite clever and entertaining. I myself enjoy Arthur and Between the Lions if they happen to be the only thing on when I'm wanting to watch TV, and Saturday mornings have found me watching Viewtiful Joe and occasionally Shaolin Showdown, I must confess. And of course I don't even feel the need to discuss cartoons that are in actuality too sophisticated for children, such as Futurama, Pinky and the Brain, and Beavis and Butthead. Kids wouldn't even get those for the most part, so they don't even figure into this equation. My problem here is that my mother watches a kid's show that is basically on the mental and emotional level of a three year old. Seriously. I found the show boring by the time I was four. I still had to watch it though, because my mom made me. You heard me, she MADE me watch Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Now it would be one thing if she was like, "Yeah, I know it's dumb and aimed at young children, but I just like it for some reason," but she doesn't do that. She will get mad if anyone says anything about it. She'll get mad and defensive and then start justifying her viewing of Mister Rogers. She'll say things like, "I write children's books, I need to stay current on kid's thinking." (In a huffy and puffy defensive manner to boot.) Ok, Mister Rogers is dead, and there hasn't been a new episode made in years. And you were watching it long before you ever started writing. So kiss my ass, lady. I'm done now.
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Yeah I never liked Mr. Rogers...I can kind of remember the puppets being vaguely interesting, but when there was no character/story development in that area the show became more boring....however once I saw Mr. Rogers playing with a gorrilla and that was kinda cool...but only 'cuz gorrillas rock. ;)
I like Mr. Rogers, don't get me wrong. But, even as a child I found his constant even-keeled demeanor and not-quite-a-monotone kind of creepy. I couldn't tell if he was patronizing me or, perhaps, was really a robot. Seriously, I thought things like this when I was a child. Besides, I did and still do prefer to get my life lessons from cooler shows like X-men (they taught me that genocide was wrong...well, the show's not PERFECT).
Wow. Your mom sure seems to love Mr. Rogers.
Joe: Exactly! I don't think I can accuratly portray how mad she gets about it, so I appreciate you exanding on her crazy obession. I'm not sure about that drain business though. My bathtub drain seems pretty shifty. I think it's plotting against me.
Josh: You should write TV scripts. And since when is genocide wrong?!? Great! There go all my plans!
Shemsi: She sure does. It's neurotic really.
Hey! Why didn't you respond to MY comment? Is thid your way of subtly telling me to piss off? I need validation!! ;)
Kiera: I am sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. Friends don't intentionally do things that will hurt their friend's feelings, and when they do, they say they are sorry. (Imagine all that in a calm Mister Roger's voice.) :) But seriously, I didn't mean to miss your comment. Did the gorilla throw poo? Cause that would have been awesome!
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