Two conversations about Frosty the Snowman
Yesterday morning, Sam swung by my Twinkly Lobby of Doom while "Frosty the Snowman" was playing on the lobby muzak station.
Sam She Is: You know, I'm listening to your Christmas music...and it just occurred to me: Frosty melts at the end, but he says "I'll be back again someday." How does he know he'll be back?
Me: Wait. Frosty melts?
Sam She Is: Yeah. And what if they made an Al Gore version, where Global Warming prevented Frosty from ever coming back? *evil cackle*
Me: Frosty melts?
Sam She Is: Yeah. What?
Me: He doesn't melt, he leaves with Santa and goes to the North Pole.
Sam She Is: *eyes askance* No...he melts.
Me: *pouts* He goes away with Santa. And lives at the North Pole.
Sam She Is: Oookay.
And then she went back to work.
Later that day, the song came on again, and I listened to it in its entirety, apparently for the first time, as the following e-mail exchange ensued.
To: Sam
From: Marie
Oh my gosh, Frosty DOES melt! I'd never really listened to the words before! I just saw the cartoon and assumed that the whole going-away-with-Santa thing was what happened in the song, too.
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To: Marie
From: Sam
I thought you were KIDDING! I always remember him melting (in the greenhouse)...Woah. There must be more than one version!!!!
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To: Sam
From: Marie
No, the one I saw he went away with Santa to the North Pole at the end, I was totally serious!
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To: Marie
From: Sam
Ok, we’re both moded. I just Wiki’d it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman_%28TV_program%29) and he does fly off with Santa (so don’t remember that…) - but he does say “I’ll be back on Christmas day”…
So. Good to know we’re not both crazy. J Well, not *entirely* anyway.
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To: Sam
From: Marie
But he also melts at some point? This I do not remember. We are both totally moded.
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To: Marie
From: Sam
Yep - read the Wiki article - he stupidly walks into a greenhouse and the bad guy locks him in… (That’s what I remember the most - because I always scoffed at how stupid Frosty was)…
I totally don’t remember Santa. :)
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To: Sam
From: Marie
Okay, so you remember Frosty’s lack of smarts and his resulting (temporary) demise, and I remember the dues ex machina that shows up in a red suit to give the story a completely non-canon happy ending.
What does this say about us?
At which point, it was time to turn off the phone and begin tidying up for the day. I swung by her office, where she was discussing something with IT Guy. On seeing each other, we burst out in peals of laughter that subsequently had to be explained to IT Guy, which led to discussion of the Rankin-Bass Christmas movies, whether or not the Rankin-Bass animated Hobbit was any good or not, and the discovery that IT Guy was unfamiliar with the Island of Misfit Toys.
I love my Shiny Office peeps.
Sam She Is: You know, I'm listening to your Christmas music...and it just occurred to me: Frosty melts at the end, but he says "I'll be back again someday." How does he know he'll be back?
Me: Wait. Frosty melts?
Sam She Is: Yeah. And what if they made an Al Gore version, where Global Warming prevented Frosty from ever coming back? *evil cackle*
Me: Frosty melts?
Sam She Is: Yeah. What?
Me: He doesn't melt, he leaves with Santa and goes to the North Pole.
Sam She Is: *eyes askance* No...he melts.
Me: *pouts* He goes away with Santa. And lives at the North Pole.
Sam She Is: Oookay.
And then she went back to work.
Later that day, the song came on again, and I listened to it in its entirety, apparently for the first time, as the following e-mail exchange ensued.
To: Sam
From: Marie
Oh my gosh, Frosty DOES melt! I'd never really listened to the words before! I just saw the cartoon and assumed that the whole going-away-with-Santa thing was what happened in the song, too.
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To: Marie
From: Sam
I thought you were KIDDING! I always remember him melting (in the greenhouse)...Woah. There must be more than one version!!!!
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To: Sam
From: Marie
No, the one I saw he went away with Santa to the North Pole at the end, I was totally serious!
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To: Marie
From: Sam
Ok, we’re both moded. I just Wiki’d it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman_%28TV_program%29) and he does fly off with Santa (so don’t remember that…) - but he does say “I’ll be back on Christmas day”…
So. Good to know we’re not both crazy. J Well, not *entirely* anyway.
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To: Sam
From: Marie
But he also melts at some point? This I do not remember. We are both totally moded.
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To: Marie
From: Sam
Yep - read the Wiki article - he stupidly walks into a greenhouse and the bad guy locks him in… (That’s what I remember the most - because I always scoffed at how stupid Frosty was)…
I totally don’t remember Santa. :)
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To: Sam
From: Marie
Okay, so you remember Frosty’s lack of smarts and his resulting (temporary) demise, and I remember the dues ex machina that shows up in a red suit to give the story a completely non-canon happy ending.
What does this say about us?
At which point, it was time to turn off the phone and begin tidying up for the day. I swung by her office, where she was discussing something with IT Guy. On seeing each other, we burst out in peals of laughter that subsequently had to be explained to IT Guy, which led to discussion of the Rankin-Bass Christmas movies, whether or not the Rankin-Bass animated Hobbit was any good or not, and the discovery that IT Guy was unfamiliar with the Island of Misfit Toys.
I love my Shiny Office peeps.