BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) STARTER JACKETS
I know some folks still wear Starter jackets, but it’s not the same. The trend came and went, but I dug it because I had a really cool Michigan one. They were big, they were colorful, and they were pretty damn gaudy if I recall. Yeah, they were cool… but still gaudy as hell. Kids are totally missing out on this.
(THREE) CHUCKY MOVIES
That evil little red headed doll was awesome. The first three or so movies were awesome but then it down hill with Bride and Seed. This is so retardiculous to think about. A small doll was responsible for so much carnage. I’d like to see them try to bring that back now. I don’t know if a modern audience would buy into it nearly as much as the old schoolers did.
(TWO) OBNOXIOUS LIVE AUDIENCE
I know it’s cheesy and I do prefer my television to not be in front of a live crowd. Laugh tracks are ridiculous. Imagine if The Office had one. That would be weird as hell. But I do miss the old school obnoxious live studio audience. The crowds that sat in for “Married with Children” are the best examples. When an attractive woman show up the crowd hooted and hollered, when someone was put in their place the crowd would “ooooh!” at it, and the cheers were more like cat-calls and had a sense of comfortable sleaze to them.
(ONE) MR. ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD
Tell me you wouldn’t want to watch some Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood right now. He took his shoes off, fed his fish, over dressed for hanging out at home, chilled with the Mailman, and had this crazy world in his head full of puppets. After Mr. Rogers, and hell even while he was still on, there were many more kid icons to come. We had Barney, Lambchop, Teletubbies, Blues Clues, and others for sure. The two constants were always Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers. Sadly, Mr. Rogers was made of flesh and not rubber and cloth or we’d have him forever too.
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