Dance your cares away. Worries for another day. Let the music play… Down in Fraggle Rock! If the theme song to Fraggle Rock is now stuck in your head for the rest of the day, well… you’re welcome. I remember watching the Fraggles on HBO with my sister when we were kids. There was Marjorie the trash heap. The adorable Play-Doh-bodied Doozers. Doc and Sprockets, the cutest dog puppet ever made. (Sorry, Triumph.) The fat, …
It’s time to buy the popcorn. It’s time to shush your neighbors. It’s time to kick the seat in front of you… on the Muppet Show tonight! Sorry, I’m just a tad bit excited. Y’see, I bleed Muppets. Wait, that came out wrong. Suddenly I’m picturing some insanely grotesque horror mashup of Saw and Silence of the Lambs, with Miss Piggy hanging upside down froma basement ceiling… let’s just stop right there. What I mean …
Christmas time means one big thing for me… Christmas Movies! Growing up, I always loved Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. How could you not? That crazy animation. The elf who wanted to become a dentist. The scary (yet lovable) Bumble! Pure timeless awesomeness. And then there’s one of the funniest films of all time, A Christmas Story. There’ve been a lot of great ones over the years. Christmas Vacation. A Charlie Brown …
I may’ve turned 40 on Saturday, but I feel like I’m 12 again. This weekend, my wife and kids pulled out all the stops. And I do mean all. The day started bright and early at 7:02 when my alarm clock (a.k.a. Ryan, my super-excited 6-year-old) jumped into bed screaming it’s my birthday. He then proceeded to watch an episode or two of T.U.F.F. Puppy on TV while I dozed in and out of dreamland. …
