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But it's not just the card in this example: c'mon, it's the Swedish Chef!
Like many Gen Xers who raised themselves, I grew up on TV The Muppets, also fish sticks and tuna and Miracle Whip and Cheez Whiz and the Bionic Man and leaded gas, etc., so these characters are MUCH MORE than puppets to me...they're my people? My clan? My Proustian mind-trip support-group?
The questions marks are intended to help me sound a tad less pathetic and/or psychologically suspect. But let's be honest folks: we're all kind of pathetic in this regard, aren't we? We all irrationally stan some musician or sports-hero or scientist or pandas or Moira from Schitt's Creek, yet in my case I also reserve ample room for Animal, Kermit, Beaker, Miss Piggy... and at the pinnacle of my crush is the one and only Swedish Chef. Bork. Bork. Bork.
Why? Let's be honest: I could rely on them... for escape and humour and companionship and specifically the Swedish Chef for his erratic physical comedy and mild violence aka the nervy mayhem craved by a powerless, lonely kid. That's healthy, right? Don't answer that because I've already introduced him to my grandkids. Insert (smirking) sheepish face here.
Who says that pixel on screens are not vibrant things too? Dear friends, who has this elevated status among your pixel friends?
Wallace and Gromit are my all-time favourites, though I do also like the Aardman advertisements, with real people's voices, sometimes actors, for the characters.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate them too!
DeleteI love Moira on Schitt's Creek! She can make me laugh by just watching her, before she even begins to speak. My cartoon character that I loved was Bugs Bunny!
ReplyDeleteWasn't Moira the best?! I sure will miss Catherine O'Hara.
DeleteMy pixel tribe was Uncle Arthur and Endora on "Bewitched," LOL!
ReplyDeleteOh I remember Endora...very saucy.
DeleteMy dad got such a kick out of the Swedish chef (Dad's parents and ancestors: all Swedes). The Swedish Chef is one of the options for notifications on my phone, and a couple days after Dad died, it played by itself. -Kate
ReplyDeleteThe Swedish chef will always find a way, ha.
Delete...Gen Xers? Dang, you are young!
ReplyDeleteCheck the stats on us...we're not that young anymore.
DeleteAs a child I was more of a reader than a television watcher. Although now I do more internet than book reading I still prefer to have the TV on as background noise rather than the main event.
ReplyDeleteYes, TV is a faithful companion for me too.
DeleteInteresting. My kids grew up on Sesame Street and fast food while their mother tried to work and be there for them all at once. Does Kraft Dinner resonate with you? Chef Boyardee?
ReplyDeleteDuring university I survived on KD & Chef Boyardee.
DeleteI was earlier than you, so I remember a lot of westerns: Rin Tin Tin, Gunsmoke, Lone Ranger and on and on.
ReplyDeleteI can still recall the Gunsmoke theme song. My Dad LOVED these shows...and the Flintstones.
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