things that have damaged us as children

[scumbone]

Thanks to something brought up in a recent discussion, I can't stop thinking about those awful, awful Fun Fruit trees from the commercials. This has of course triggered a rant, and I warn you not to read on if you're offended by the word "crap

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[calypsomyst]

I know it's a little later on the timeline, but I would like to add that I am forever damaged by Fragglerock... tiny, hairy little muppets jerking about like herione addicts having a siezure. Awful. And these thing supposedly lived in your house! For a long time, I was very frightened that my house was infested with Fraggles, and that they would come eat my feet off in the night.

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[scumbone]

doozers live in your sinuses, gorgs eat babies and the trash heap is sprouting in my fat roomate's moist folds.

if you think fraggles are bad, i intentionally left out all manner of god-awful pseudo-muppet-based children's shows that were far worse, mostly because i have very scattered (but still damaging) memories of them.
but i'll save my tirade about the Krofft Puppets later, when my soul is more able to take the punishment.

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[z0mbarella]

Oh, I love the Fraggles! But then again I am fond of trash heaps and edible structures. And i am completely off my rocker.

I was also rather fond of Land of the Lost back in the day, but Sid & Marty Kroft were pretty scary folk.

I am sad that Captain Kangaroo died.

Anybody remember Jason of Star Command?

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[scumbone]

land of the lost was awful. the entire cast was awful. the special effects were awful even for their time. the "bad guys" were crappy lizard things that did nothing more than hiss intermittently and advance as slowly as geriatric zombies. and don't forget their hideous, brown, fur-covered cave boy friend. the sight of that thing made me want to claw my eyes out and trepan myself with a concrete auger

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[z0mbarella]

Hehe. I'm suprised you didn't tie an anti-pot rant into this somewhere, as pot was obviously a big factor in the Sid and Marty Krofft creation process. Hell, Sigmund was made completely out of pot. And googly eyes.

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[calypsomyst]

I hate Sleestacks. It's impossible to respect a villian whose evil reign of terror would be brought to a screeching halt should he encounter a staircase.

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[scumbone]

sleestacks and daleks should join forces in an effort to pave the universe.then, noone could escape them, except perhaps by running.