Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Funny Man Part 2
I was watching Little Bear with the kids the other night and was again reminded of how funny John could be without trying. For those of you not familiar with this show, it's a show whose audience is preschool children. It's quite adorable and a nice quiet show about family and friendship. The episode we were watching was one we had watched with John about a year ago. Little Bear was having some friends over on a Sunday afternoon and they were given strict instructions by his mother to be quiet while playing because Father Bear wanted to relax and read the paper. John very seriously turned to me and made the following statement: "Father Bear is a real prick."
I couldn't stop laughing.
That wasn't the only time a cartoon got the best of my husband. The Christmas before he died we were watching Frosty the Snowman with Aidan. You all know the story. Snowman comes to life with a magic hat...blah, blah, blah. At the end of the cartoon, Frosty melted in the greenhouse and Santa came and brought him back with his magic. Then he reprimands the evil magician. Well, the evil magician backtalks Santa at first. John turned to me at the end of the story, again very seriously, and told me that it was completely unrealistic that the evil magician would ever speak that way to Santa Claus.
"Yes, John," I told him, "in a story about a snowman who comes to life, a rabbit that communicates with people and the fact there is even a Santa Claus in the story, the magician being rude to Santa is the unrealistic part."
He got mad at me.
I couldn't stop laughing.
That wasn't the only time a cartoon got the best of my husband. The Christmas before he died we were watching Frosty the Snowman with Aidan. You all know the story. Snowman comes to life with a magic hat...blah, blah, blah. At the end of the cartoon, Frosty melted in the greenhouse and Santa came and brought him back with his magic. Then he reprimands the evil magician. Well, the evil magician backtalks Santa at first. John turned to me at the end of the story, again very seriously, and told me that it was completely unrealistic that the evil magician would ever speak that way to Santa Claus.
"Yes, John," I told him, "in a story about a snowman who comes to life, a rabbit that communicates with people and the fact there is even a Santa Claus in the story, the magician being rude to Santa is the unrealistic part."
He got mad at me.
Labels: Laughter
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8 Comments:
At May 20, 2008 10:42 AM,
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At May 22, 2008 8:21 AM,
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i totally have to agree with John on this one...Father Bear totally a prick! And could someone please please please tell me why everyone else on the show wears clothes, EXCEPT Little Bear?!?!?!?!
I love that episode of Little Bear...for exactly that reason. And also because it makes Mother Bear look like more fun than Father Bear, when normally she just has to sew and cook and clean and get the flu and he gets to go on adventures and camping trips.
I know the episode you speak of and I agree.
I found you by way of Snickollet, and have gotten a great deal out of reading you.
Keep posting.
Lots of love,
lil'sis
I just looked back at your post you linked to below, "last good weekend"...I grew up and am from Warwick, NY, I went to Pennings all the time as a kid and young adult...small world.
-lil'sis
Father Bear IS a prick!
When I was growing up, I LOVED those Christmas cartoons ... my parents let me stay up later to watch them ... even on school nights ... that's probably part of the reason I love Christmas time.
I am completely overwhelmed by the number of people who think Father Bear is a prick! John would be happy to have received such validation!
Sounds like John would also have agreed that the the map is trying to kill Dora. Always leading her through dangerous and monster ridden places to get to her destination, when she simply could have walked around them.
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