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Who is Captain Flail?
Thursday, December 4. 2008It's Come to This
You've driven me to this. Just remember that your lack of posts caused this.
Watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with the Poopsmith and Captain Flail. Well, it was on last night, and I've been doing my duty as an irresponible father by hyping Christmas endlessly. We've been singing Christmas songs in the car and putting up lights and it just seemed like to take things to the next level, we needed Rudolph. It was on CBS last night, so I got the boys into their pajamas and we settled in on the lovesac to watch this classic piece of claymation. Opening scene with the weird snowman was not a hit. The Poopsmith asked, "How is he walking in the snow?" How do you answer that? There on the TV is a snowman who can talk and he's what? waddling? through the snow. There's a distinct trail behind him, but he just kind of shrugs his form forward through the snow. I honestly can't remember how I answered the question. Captain Flail didn't seem overly concerned one way or another. After the second commercial break, Captain Flail asks, "Is it just starting?" Well, son, we already had the opening credits five minutes ago, what you're seeing right now is called an advertising overlay. Since so many people are using DVRs, the networks are putting commercials on top of the actual show content. Hey look, Rudolph is flirting with a girl reindeer! Everytime our elfin dentist is on screen, the poopsmith's attention wanders off. Was dentistry a disrespected profession when this show was created? There are lots of things I don't understand. I can't really blame the three-year-old for losing interest. When the word "misfit" is outside your vocabulary, it's difficult to care about a little elf who puts teeth on dolls so he can practice being a dentist.
Our heroes have encountered Yukon Cornelius, and everyone's singing again. This apparently frustrates both boys. For two kids who love singing so much, this particular musical clearly lacks a beatbox. Ooh! The Abominable Snowman attacks! "Why is he so angry?" asks the Poopsmith. Well son, he's hungry and he wants to eat Rudolph. The trip to the Island of Misfit Toys is. . .satisfactory. Clearly anyone willing to throw away a train just because it has square wheels isn't getting any sympathy from my two boys. Rudolph sneaking off on his own. . .over their heads. Ok, we're back from the eighth commercial break and Rudolph has grown up. His parents and girlfriend have apparently been out looking for him all this time in the Abominable Snowman's cave. This is okay with the boys because they like action and this promises to be the best they're going to get. Cornelius and the elf dentist show up just in time to save Rudolph from being eaten alive. Our dental genius removes all the snow monster's teeth, and the prospector jumps over a cliff with him for good measure. Everyone else goes back to Christmas Town. When Cornelius and the Abominable Snowman show up at Santa's workshop, the Poopsmith wants to know why they let the monster in. "To put stars on the trees." Apparently kids were a lot less demanding in the Good Old Days. They didn't require consistent character motivation for their TV Specials. The Poopsmith on the other hand. . . And finally Rudolph's time to shine arrives. The boys seem unimpressed. I don't think they were very concerned about Santa getting out to deliver the toys in a blizzard. They did seem to enjoy watching the elves throw the toys out of Santa's sleigh with umbrellas for parachutes. Oh look, there's the Charlie in the Box. "Can I have a train for Christmas?" No, son. You can't have everything you see on TV. It's really sad, but true. Next time I'll take actual notes instead of going by memory. Trackbacks
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Who is Captain Flail?
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Are they aware you refer to the as "The Poopsmith" and "Captain Flail"?
On a side note, Friday's trip RB game will include Mrs. AoD and the AoD-lets, after a fashion...they will be dropping me off and then attending the "Zoo Lights" at Hogle, and then circling back to meet us at Ming's for dinner. The Mad Giggler on :
In a word, yes.
Daboo and I are going to the temple tonight. Stop tempting us. The author does not allow comments to this entry
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