Castaways!
So remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned I was obsessed with The Backyardigans?
I’m still obsessed with The Backyardigans.
BUT I’ve also found a video discussing the “Castaways” song and how much effort was put into making it a bossa nova groove. It is SUPER interesting.
Now I’m going to have that song stuck in my head for days, haha.
Ba-dum, ba-dum-dum-dum!
I’m getting weird “I’ve seen this report somewhere before” vibes from this.
Or maybe those are “yeah I lived in Tucson and I remember how many trailer parks there were” vibes.
We, surprisingly, didn’t live in a trailer park when we lived in Tucson. I say “surprisingly” because we lived in one in Moscow for several years. It was a nice trailer park. We had a nice trailer. That’s where Annabelle showed up and claimed us as her new family.
But I remember my mom and I would always drive through this one big trailer park in Tucson and we would think about the possibility of each of us living in our own trailer right next to each other (because we’re weird).
But then I went back to Moscow so that was that. And then she came back to Moscow. And lived in a trailer, hahahaha.
ANYWAY.
Community Table Read
This is absolutely hilarious. Pedro Pascal fits in with them so perfectly and it’s fantastic how he can’t get through the sperm dialogue without laughing.
Have I mentioned that I like Max Scherzer?
I like Max Scherzer.
The fact that he was pissed off because he had to wear a dark uniform on a hot day is just fantastic.
Muppets??
This actually looks like one of the old classic Muppet movies, yo.
Needs Rizzo, though.
Basque???
BASQUE!!!
This is a great summary of the Basque country by my dad’s favorite travel dude, Rick Steves.
I’d love to visit the Basque country sometime.
Here in my GRAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Do you ever notice that things which are kinda funny when you feel normal are just absolutely hysterical when you’re super sad?
Example: I rediscovered this video this evening and have been laughing for like 30 minutes.
That’s all.
SENN
I think that if I were ever to be rich, the one luxury I would allow myself to have is the luxury of expensive headphones.
Like…I’d like to think that I’d be very generous with my money in terms of donating it, giving it to my family/friends who need it, saving it for the future, etc.
But obscenely expensive headphones? That might be something I’d go for.
Hell, I’d like to just listen to one or two songs on these things and then just give them back, I don’t even care.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…
Calgary is a beautiful city.
I recognize a lot of these places thanks to walking everywhere, haha. I think my favorite thing about this video is how it shows just how many walking/biking paths Calgary has. Did you know that Calgary has the most extensive network of urban paths/bike paths in North America?
(I’m glad I picked Calgary over Ottawa)
The one place I don’t recognize at all is at 1:36. That path looks fantastic; I’ll have to figure out where this is and go walk/run it.
END!
SAY HELLO TO YOUR FRIENDS!
We had this on VHS. I loved the Baby-Sitters Club books when I was little.
SO 90’s, dude.
ALSO, this is one of those examples I mentioned a while back of something where I remember the intonation/rhythm of everyone’s dialogue (and I remember the music, of course) but I don’t remember exactly what they were saying. This is how a lot of my memories of early childhood movies/TV work. I can still anticipate every single change in intonation or rhythm because I remember that so well, but the actual words haven’t stuck.
Are anyone else’s memories like that?
Lynde
We had a big ol’ cable box back when we lived with my grandma and grandpa as a kid, and one of the channels we got was the Game Show Network. Back then (I don’t know if it still does or if the channel even still exists), it frequently showed older game shows mixed in with the newer ones. One that was fairly frequent was the old Hollywood Squares episodes from the late 60s-70s – the ones where Paul Lynde was frequently the center square.
Anyway, I’m bringing that up because I found this great video on YouTube today:
His laugh at the “69” at 1:39 is great.
“It’s always mild in Oregon.”
“Isn’t this DULL????”
“Boater’s forecast…oh, screw ‘em!”
Hahahaha.
Thanks, TikTok
Because everything has been so horrible the past few months, I’ve turned to TikTok as a source of “I don’t wanna deal with life so let me watch short videos instead” coping mechanism.
Don’t make fun of me. I need something.
Anyway, there’s this audio that’s been going around on TikTok called “Into The Thick Of It!” I had no idea where it came from but it sounded intriguing, so I looked it up. Turns out it’s from an episode of a kid’s show called “The Backyardigans.”
The Backyardigans ran from 2004 to 2013, a timeframe that definitely missed my childhood years. So I don’t remember the show, but apparently it’s known for its songs and music. All of its episodes are on YouTube, so I decided to check out a few.
Now I’m addicted, haha. It’s lighthearted and adorable, which is really what I need right now. Also, the music and songs ARE really good. Austin (the kangaroo) has the cutest freaking voice.
So if you need a chill kid’s show for whatever reason, give it a watch!
Conservatives are getting triggered by a Muppet and I’m living for it
Specifically, the BEST Muppet: Gonzo the Great.
So apparently there was a recently-aired Muppet Babies episode in which Gonzo wore a dress and called himself Gonzorella.
And the degree to which this is pissing off conservatives is HILARIOUS.
Oh No He WoRe A dReSs WhAt KiNd Of HoRrIbLe MeSsAgE dOeS tHiS sEnD
Hilarious but also sad, of course. What kind of delusional, backwards world must you live in to think that this is the biggest “threat” to children instead of, I dunno, the bi-weekly school shootings that we all get to hear about?
Fucking ridiculous.
Also, let’s be real. If there’s a canonically gender-nonconforming Muppet, we all know it’s Gonzo.
Remember
Remember when people actually cared?
For like…six months?
I don’t feel like this virus is going anywhere anytime soon, but I think people will get more and more polarized by it and the government’s response to it.
(Edit from late 2023: LOL YUP)
Scare
Kind of going off from yesterday’s post (kind of), I’ve been super into reading about (and watching videos/documentaries on) disasters. Especially structural collapse disasters, but we’re not limited to that.
So if you like to be horrified like I do, here are some fun YouTube channels that cover all sorts of disasters.
He does a good job objectively describing what leads up to an event, the event itself, and the aftermath.
They have a good number of non-disaster documentaries, but their disaster ones are good. The “Mayday” series will make you never want to fly again.
HAVE FUN!
HEY LOOK IT’S QUAKE
Everyone knows I love Quake.
(watch with the captions on, they’re pretty great)
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has an original Quake CD.
5:13: “Episode 1: the one everybody played because it was a shareware.” Hahaha, I actually got a hold of Quake because the guy who was working on our house at the time had a pirated version of the whole game. Same thing with Half Life, if I’m remembering correctly.
5:46: I’ve been playing this game for like TWENTY FIVE YEARS and I never noticed that it was the Nine Inch Nails logo on the nail boxes. Though to be fair, I play original Quake, which is so freaking pixelated it’s a wonder I can recognize the nail boxes themselves.
The NAILGUNS. I love the nailguns. My “Nailpit” name was oh so cleverly derived from them when I was seven.
But no, really. It’s an extremely linear game that’s exactly the same every time you play it, but like I said, I’ve been playing this for 25+ years and haven’t gotten tired of it. It’s exactly my type of game and is very satisfying to play.
One thing can be said about Calgary’s weather:
It’s never a half-assed attempt.
Is it winter? A WHOLE WEEK OF -30 DEGREE TEMPS!
Is it a snowstorm? A WHOLE FOOT OF SNOW PLUS SNOW DRIFTS!
Is it a windstorm? JUST KIDDING, TORNADO, BITCHES!
So today it rained, which means it rained like this:
The video doesn’t really capture the intensity. This also went on for like half an hour. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it rain so much for so long.
I don’t mind rain if I don’t have to be out in it. I didn’t have to be out in this, so HOORAY RAIN!
F-F-F-FIRE!
So British Columbia is on fire. Lytton, BC was actually literally engulfed in flames and everyone had to (without a lot of warning) evacuate.
That’s terrifying.
I also found a bunny hiding out under a car in the parking lot when I came home from my walk. It was obviously a domestic bunny – it was black and super small and did not look at all like the gargantuan hares we have around here – and seemed very timid and unsure of what to do. Which probably means that someone dumped him. Because what else are you going to do to a poor animal during the worst heat wave western Canada has ever seen?
I hate people and I hate the heat and I hate that this is going to be our future.
Beautiful
I love VOCES8, yo. This is such a pretty song.
That is all.
Oh my GOD, Todrick…
This is the catchiest freaking song, yo, holy hell.
HAHAHA WHAT THE HELL
Whoever is doing that Pavarotti impersonation is pretty fantastic, not gonna lie.
Also, I can’t tell if this is nightmare fuel or fantastic. Or both.
Take off Every Zigazig Ah
Holy crap, this is like next level internet meme madness mayhem and I love it.
“Superintendent! I was just, uh, stretching my zigs on the windowsill.”
Without Music
This has the same energy of a marching band rehearsing the march while not playing.
(Confession: I’ve actually never seen “Grease” but the girls in my elementary school class would do a reenactment of the “Summer Nights” thing every year at the talent show at our end-of-year trip to Klemgard Park. Because why not.)
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