Meet the Punks ('88)

[mister_punchy]

I've wanted to make this post for years. In my living room is a stack of stapled-together school notebook paper from the mid-to-late 80's, and on at least half of these pages, I drew pictures of blood geysers erupting from cartoon characters' eye sockets when I should have been learning my multiplication tables. (I'm still a little shaky on the 6's

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[libertina]

That snout-faced Lisa Ruddy got what she deserved.


Wonder what happened to Alastair though. I thought that kid was goin' places.

[mister_punchy]

Alistair-- who grew into a man before our very eyes, whether or not green sludge was trickling through his hair-- was truly the Michael J. Fox of Canadian childrens' programming.

Here's a party invitation I made four-plus years ago (this scanner pays for itself):

Don't encourage him!

[libertina]

Yep, that photo of Les Lye proves without a shadow of a doubt that he was the precursor for Homer Simpson:


By the way, I just looked at www.ycdtotv.com and I don't--uh--know (braces for slime) what happened that little moppet. Alasdair grew up looking less Marty McFly than a weird hybrid of Christian Slater and Chris Klein. And he's bald.

Re: Don't encourage him!

[libertina]

P.S. No stranger to slime, the Miss Piggyish Lisa Ruddy now owns a funeral home.