It’s my last day before the Phoenix trip. I hope to do some posting from there to the baseball blog.
That blog (also linked on the side… have a gander) isn’t going to be an ongoing, regularly-updated thing. It’s just for baseball events like this trip.
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Well, I’ve finally hit bottom. That is, I’m finally bothered by a kids’ show.
Barney didn’t bother me.
Wiggles, nah. Elmo, nope. Not Dora, Blue’s Clues, Teletubbies, Dragon Tales, or any of the superhero stuff.
Well, until now.
THEBOY has some DVDs of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Now I’m annoyed.
Bad art, bad voices, bad plots, no imagination, no redeeming value… Each of those shows seems like it’s twice as long as it is. I guess these are from the 80s. Really, it’s a concept with a little potential if you’ve got a little creativity to back it up.
Whoever was behind this show did not. Blech.
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The forecast for the Phoenix area this weekend: Lows in the mid-40s, highs in the mid to upper 50s, and RAINY.
What the heck?
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Had a fine hot bath last night. Ever get the temperature just right? Yeeeeeeeah. Nice to have hot water back. The shower at the rec center sufficed for a few days, but really, nothing beats the comfort of home.
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Lunch approaches… clock’s ticking, folks…
3 comments:
TMNT fricking rules!!!! you know nothing.
omg the ninja turtles were and still are awesome! whe i was little i wanted to marry michaelangelo...i had a poster of him in my bedroom. best show ever! you take it back! TAKE IT BACK!!!!
Must be a generational thing...I remember reading the comic (which was originally a parody of a comic called Ronin, created by Frank Miller of Sin City fame) and thinking it was funny but not enough to base a series on. Little did I know.
By the way, a bit of trivia: TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman went on to become the publisher of Euro-scifi/fantasy/chicks-in-skimpy-outfits comic mag Heavy Metal and to marry former Penthouse Pet/pinup girl Julie Strain. I wonder if he imagined any of that when he came up with the original TMNT concept.
And we won't even speak of the many, many parodies of the parody that came out in those dark days of the 80s indie comic explosion...Adolescent Radioactive Black-Belt Hamsters, anyone?
Michael
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