"Memories..."

"...light the corners of my mind...misty, watercoloured memories...of the way we were..."

You know...we all have certain memories that we hold very dear in our lives. Now even though I did a few things outside of the house when I was younger, most of what I remember came from watching TV. Sad? Maybe. But the fact that I have retained most of what I did as a kid should disprove the myth that TV rots your brain. Au contraire, mon frere. While I don't like my kids sitting around on a beautiful day watching the ridiculous Saturday morning cartoons they have on these days, I know that there are some things they can watch that will come in handy later in life. But man, have you seen the shows they put on these days? They're terrible! So if you will allow me, let me take you through sort of a timeline of TV shows I enjoyed and what they mean to me now:

The Banana Splits

Age: 6
Every day after school I would rush home and watch these gigantic animals that I thought were fake but had no way to prove it run around and get into all kinds of trouble. Even though it came out in 1968 our lovely community played reruns right at 3:30 knowing kids got home around that time. There was a CD that came out about 10 years ago where recording artists covered and Juliana Hatfield covered this one. Rox!

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling

Age: 12
At the time WWF was HUGE thanks to guys like the Hulkster who knew how to make fake wrestling appeal to anyone. I would have watched this show a lot more except my parents enrolled me in this karate class which happened to be the exact same time as when this came on! I was robbed! Looking back now this clip is one of the worst things I have ever seen...but then it was my favourite thing to do Saturday morning. I'll never have those days back but at least I'll always have this.
F.Y.I: No one ever used their own voice. So someone was getting paid for impersonating Hogan, Roddy Piper, Andre the Giant, and so on. What a gig.

You Can't Do That On Television

Age: 15
This one you may have never heard of. It was huge in Canada though. Before Kid Nation came along, there were these kids who put on a show of their own. If you watch this clip, see if you can guess who the girl in the red shirt is. The answer a little later. When we were living in Canada (Toronto to be exact) in the late 80's it was quite a culture shock for me. So, as usual, I turned on the TV to see what was on. There was something about this show that clicked with me. Their humour was my kind of humour. Nickolodeon aired it down here for a while but it wasn't for long. Sometimes I miss the days when I would watch it because it seemed like as soon as I had found it, we moved back to Texas. Gotta love YouTube eh?

Wel, the trip down Memory Lane must divert back to the present day as today we are having Zach's birthay party! He's gonna be two...and there is just something very hard to believe about that. I still remember the day he was born...and I'll never forget how we must enjoy life in our own way. I'm sure I'll have some pictures of the festivities on here before I know it. And here's hoping thee will be some better cartoons on Saturday morning. Like...Transformers? They should totally bring that back!

Oh yeah...the answer to who's in the clip! Well, You Oughta Know who it is by now! I mean...it is so Ironic that she was in Canada while they were filing this show.