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Is there any greater nostalgic pleasure than putting on your tv theme song playlist and singing along to all the old greats? I think not. Did you know that Alan Thicke wrote the theme for The Facts of Life? You do now.
Here are a few of my favourite selections from the playlist today:
Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers - Ch-h-h-hip and Dale! Rescue Rangers!
The Facts of Life - The facts of life are all about you!
Family Ties - What would we do babe, without us?
Perfect Strangers - And nothing's gonna stop me now!
The Jeffersons - Moving on up, to the East Side, to a deluxe apartment in the sky!
Charles in Charge - And I want, Charles in charge of me!
Full House - Everywhere you look, there's a heart, a hand to hold onto...
Fame! - I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly, high!
Astro Boy - Soaring high in the sky, he may be small but only in size!
Fresh Prince of Belair - Now this is a story all about how, my life got flipped turned upside down...
Spiderman - Is he strong? Listen bud, he's got radioactive blood...
My Little Pony - My little pony! My little pony! What will today's adventure be?
Reading Rainbow - Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high, take a look, it's in a book, a reading rainbow!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles - Heroes in a half shell, turtle power!
A Different World - I know my parents love me, stand behind me come what may, I know that now I'm ready, cause I finally heard them say, it's a different world, than where you come from...
Captain Planet - Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart! Go Planet!
Alvin and the Chipmunks - Watch out cause here we come! It's been a while but we're back in style...
Carebears - Just when you think that trouble's gonna pounce, who's gonna be there when it really counts? Do the Carebear countdown, 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1!
Saved by the Bell - By the time I grab my books and give myself a look I'm at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by, but it's all right cause I'm saved by the bell.
WKRP in Cininnati - Maybe you and me were never meant to be but maybe think of me once in a while, I'm at WKRP in Cincinnatiiiiii
Strawberry Shortcake - Who sleeps all night in a cake made of strawberries?
Three's Company - Come and knock on our door, we've been waiting for youuu!
Okay, that's probably enough if you can't actually hear them. But you totally go download them off of all the awesome sites that host them for you. Wow, I can't find my links to them, but they're out there! I found Postman Pat the other day. It was driving me mad that I couldn't remember it!
Ohh, Born to Add just came on my playlist. If I could buy a CD that was a collection of all the best songs from Sesame Street back in the 80's I would spend good money on that. Must haves, Born to Add, Not Easy Being Green, Rubber Ducky, Letter B, A New Walk to Walk, Doing the Pigeon, I could go on. Sometimes I really am 5 years old still. At least when I listen to 80's theme songs.
I am disappointed that Fred Penner has changed his format so much since I was a kid. It used to be just him and Word Bird, and now there are all sort of puppets that he has to talk to and I think it's demeaning to Fred Penner's skills as a children's entertainer. Mr. Rogers never talked to puppets, though he did talk for them. Mr. Dressup did, but face it, Casey and Finnegan were awesome. I would also buy a CD of Fred Penner's songs from back in the day. I was watching a special on Canadian children's entertainers one time and it said that Fred Penner wrote more than one original song for every single show that he did. He would sit down before the show and write a song on the day's topic. And they rocked! That's why he was my favourite.
I wonder whatever happened to Raffi. Maybe Joshua Giraffe got him finally. Holy that was a scary song. Note to children's song writers, stick to cute baby belugas and leave the manically laughing monkeys for someone else. Biscuits in the oven, gonna watch em rise! Right before my very own eyes. Ahem, got carried away. I think I had Raffi on a record. My kids are going to think I'm so ancient.
Can you imagine what we get to tell our kids someday? My Mom would tell us about getting a flush toilet in the house when they were growing up. My Dad had to use the payphone in the hallway in university because they didn't have their own in their rooms. TV had 1 station.
We get to say "I remember going to buy our family's first mircowave". "We didn't even have a computer in the house until I was 10 years old". "I didn't have access to the Internet in my house until I was 18 years old". "The Internet didn't exist when I was young". "We reasearched from books in the library". "Cell phones only existed on Miami Vice". "There was no such thing as an MP3". "I have Raffi on record, this is what a record looks like". Man.
I was at Guides the other day and I had brought in some examples of symbols of peace that everyone would understand, and the girls were supposed to come up with their own symbol. As an example I brought in the picture of the Imagine mosaic in Central Park to commemorate John Lennon. I said, "This is in memory of John Lennon, does anyone know who he was?" Answer "Nooooo". "Well, he was one of the Beatles, does anyone know who the Beatles were?" Answer "Nooooooo". I suppose that's not so bad considering the girls are only 9, but really, what are they teaching in schools? The girls can tell me every Hillary Duff song but have never heard of the Beatles? This does not look good for the future.
Interesting fact: Did you know that "Yesterday" is the most covered song of all time? There are more versions of "Yesterday" than any other song in the world. I'm guessing Happy Birthday doesn't count. They were so smart to copyright Happy Birthday, they're making a mint. Wish I had thought of it.
Okay, that's my ramble for today, I hope it made you feel more nostalgic than old. "Well, I guess that's all locked up tight now, as it should be. Hi there Jodie! Hi Sam! Well everythings all safe down here, let's go upstairs, on our way to the children's department once again!"
Here are a few of my favourite selections from the playlist today:
Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers - Ch-h-h-hip and Dale! Rescue Rangers!
The Facts of Life - The facts of life are all about you!
Family Ties - What would we do babe, without us?
Perfect Strangers - And nothing's gonna stop me now!
The Jeffersons - Moving on up, to the East Side, to a deluxe apartment in the sky!
Charles in Charge - And I want, Charles in charge of me!
Full House - Everywhere you look, there's a heart, a hand to hold onto...
Fame! - I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly, high!
Astro Boy - Soaring high in the sky, he may be small but only in size!
Fresh Prince of Belair - Now this is a story all about how, my life got flipped turned upside down...
Spiderman - Is he strong? Listen bud, he's got radioactive blood...
My Little Pony - My little pony! My little pony! What will today's adventure be?
Reading Rainbow - Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high, take a look, it's in a book, a reading rainbow!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles - Heroes in a half shell, turtle power!
A Different World - I know my parents love me, stand behind me come what may, I know that now I'm ready, cause I finally heard them say, it's a different world, than where you come from...
Captain Planet - Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart! Go Planet!
Alvin and the Chipmunks - Watch out cause here we come! It's been a while but we're back in style...
Carebears - Just when you think that trouble's gonna pounce, who's gonna be there when it really counts? Do the Carebear countdown, 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1!
Saved by the Bell - By the time I grab my books and give myself a look I'm at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by, but it's all right cause I'm saved by the bell.
WKRP in Cininnati - Maybe you and me were never meant to be but maybe think of me once in a while, I'm at WKRP in Cincinnatiiiiii
Strawberry Shortcake - Who sleeps all night in a cake made of strawberries?
Three's Company - Come and knock on our door, we've been waiting for youuu!
Okay, that's probably enough if you can't actually hear them. But you totally go download them off of all the awesome sites that host them for you. Wow, I can't find my links to them, but they're out there! I found Postman Pat the other day. It was driving me mad that I couldn't remember it!
Ohh, Born to Add just came on my playlist. If I could buy a CD that was a collection of all the best songs from Sesame Street back in the 80's I would spend good money on that. Must haves, Born to Add, Not Easy Being Green, Rubber Ducky, Letter B, A New Walk to Walk, Doing the Pigeon, I could go on. Sometimes I really am 5 years old still. At least when I listen to 80's theme songs.
I am disappointed that Fred Penner has changed his format so much since I was a kid. It used to be just him and Word Bird, and now there are all sort of puppets that he has to talk to and I think it's demeaning to Fred Penner's skills as a children's entertainer. Mr. Rogers never talked to puppets, though he did talk for them. Mr. Dressup did, but face it, Casey and Finnegan were awesome. I would also buy a CD of Fred Penner's songs from back in the day. I was watching a special on Canadian children's entertainers one time and it said that Fred Penner wrote more than one original song for every single show that he did. He would sit down before the show and write a song on the day's topic. And they rocked! That's why he was my favourite.
I wonder whatever happened to Raffi. Maybe Joshua Giraffe got him finally. Holy that was a scary song. Note to children's song writers, stick to cute baby belugas and leave the manically laughing monkeys for someone else. Biscuits in the oven, gonna watch em rise! Right before my very own eyes. Ahem, got carried away. I think I had Raffi on a record. My kids are going to think I'm so ancient.
Can you imagine what we get to tell our kids someday? My Mom would tell us about getting a flush toilet in the house when they were growing up. My Dad had to use the payphone in the hallway in university because they didn't have their own in their rooms. TV had 1 station.
We get to say "I remember going to buy our family's first mircowave". "We didn't even have a computer in the house until I was 10 years old". "I didn't have access to the Internet in my house until I was 18 years old". "The Internet didn't exist when I was young". "We reasearched from books in the library". "Cell phones only existed on Miami Vice". "There was no such thing as an MP3". "I have Raffi on record, this is what a record looks like". Man.
I was at Guides the other day and I had brought in some examples of symbols of peace that everyone would understand, and the girls were supposed to come up with their own symbol. As an example I brought in the picture of the Imagine mosaic in Central Park to commemorate John Lennon. I said, "This is in memory of John Lennon, does anyone know who he was?" Answer "Nooooo". "Well, he was one of the Beatles, does anyone know who the Beatles were?" Answer "Nooooooo". I suppose that's not so bad considering the girls are only 9, but really, what are they teaching in schools? The girls can tell me every Hillary Duff song but have never heard of the Beatles? This does not look good for the future.
Interesting fact: Did you know that "Yesterday" is the most covered song of all time? There are more versions of "Yesterday" than any other song in the world. I'm guessing Happy Birthday doesn't count. They were so smart to copyright Happy Birthday, they're making a mint. Wish I had thought of it.
Okay, that's my ramble for today, I hope it made you feel more nostalgic than old. "Well, I guess that's all locked up tight now, as it should be. Hi there Jodie! Hi Sam! Well everythings all safe down here, let's go upstairs, on our way to the children's department once again!"