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"Song for Red," April 28, 2007

Posted at 7:30 PM on April 28, 2007 by Tony Lopez (3 Comments)

Sharing my childhood with Red has been a big deal lately. She's constantly asking me to tell her a story from when I was a boy. For some reason, though, the stories have to be sad. I guess sad stories are just inherently more interesting than happy ones. She's gonna be a tortured artist one day, I just know it.

I've started sharing with her the TV shows I grew up watching. She's caught up on the Fat Albert series. The Addams Family has caught her eye this week. She's getting to know the characters and peppering me with questions about why they do the weird things they do. Gomez and his train-crashing hobby, Morticia and her "black" thumb," and so on.

It's really hard to watch it as an adult, though. The laugh track is so noticeable and the jokes are stale but the cool thing is watching her watch the show and feel connected to me in this unique way.

I'm sure I'm about to relive Land of the Lost, Diff'rent Strokes and Isis very soon. God help me.

Comments (3)

Don't Forget HR Pufnstuff, unless you're too young for that.

And always, Schoolhouse Rock!

Posted by Frick | April 29, 2007 11:24 AM

How could I forget Schoolhouse Rock, Frick? A lot of those songs are still in my head! Remember Verb?
Music and learning go hand in hand!

Posted by Tony Lopez | April 30, 2007 10:10 AM

Thanks for the Verb, earworm, Tone.

"verb! That's what's happenin!"

You can get all the Schoolhouse Rock songs on a CD box set if you don't have it already.

Several years ago, they did Schoolhouse Rock Live! and I can still totally see Cedric Yarborough (now known as Jonesy on Reno 911) singing Verb!. He also did a killer version of Conjunction Junction. Had the voice down perfectly!

Posted by Frick | April 30, 2007 10:35 AM

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