THIS IS WHO WE ARE

This is what we do for the joy of the King,
For His peaceable Kingdom,
For a world in despair.
And this is why we bring any hope we can give,
Any bread from the table,
Any touch of His hand.
This is what we do.
This is where we go.
This is why we sing.
This is how we live.
This is who we are.


Monday, August 4, 2008

CHOWDER? Weird or Wonderful??

Okay...when I was a kid, I really loved cartoons.  I was totally addicted.  I ALWAYS preferred animation to "real people."  I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I was seriously into cartoons through puberty--although I'd learned to enjoy "real people" shows too.

Anyway, today when I was sitting with the kids at Kristi and Curtis' hotel, Haley and I were watching this bizarre show on CARTOON NETWORK called CHOWDER. The volume was really low (Lexi was still sleeping), so I didn't know what the odd little characters were saying. But I could see them barfing green slime all over each other, and one of the little fairy creatures--it had boobs, so I assume it was female--kept having one horrible temper tantrum after another.  I kept saying, "This is disgusting."  Then Haley picked up the mantra and was saying, "Yuck, that's disgusting."  THEN I googled it and learned that it's been getting all these amazing reviews, hailing it as one of the greatest cartoons ever put on the air.  I was dumbfounded to read this.

Am I just an old geezer who doesn't "get it," or is it a really gross show?  Is grossness the point of it?  You young parents--please educate me.

Here's a clip I found so you uninitiated can see what I'm talking about. I don't think there's any green barfing on this clip, however.  That was really something to behold.  (The ill-tempered little fairy isn't on the clip, so you're going to miss her EXTREMELY odd character.)

                                

9 comments:

Carrie said...

I'm going to agree with your assessment. Strange! A lot of the cartoons on Cartoon Network are like that. Maybe it's for the Tween audience.

Roni said...

Most definitely weird. Certainly not entertaining...

Kristi said...

never seen it before and hope it won't be on again soon. but in a small hotel room, you gotta do what you gotta do....there have been several things that have been on that i've raised my eyebrows at a couple of times. the good thing is you were sitting with her and she knew that it wasn't entirely appropriate behavior. I've noticed that in the afternoon there seems to be "older kid cartoons" on....

what ever happened to the smurfs? flinstones? those were quality toons.

Don said...

Well, Haley hadn't seen it either, I don't think--she didn't know any of the characters by name. She was like me, kinda openmouthed about the whole thing.

edie said...

Never seen Chowder before and hope to never see it again. That was both really weird AND annoying.

Makes me miss Looney Tunes.

discomommy said...

Yeah, anytime after noon it is all strange stuff for the older kids. Bizarro stuff you're watching over there!

discomommy said...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Don said...

Gina...I deleted your duplicate comment...

Diane Davis said...

have you seen that show Oovi on Noggin? Taylor (Brian's daughter, age 14) likes it. It is a hand that has eyes painted on and talks. No fancy puppets, just the thumb and forefingers acting like they are talking. Sometimes when she watches that show, I wonder if I should drug test her. ;)