Pinwheel, Pinwheel, Spin Me Around

[sunseenli]

OMG MY CHILDHOOD!

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(Thank you, kiathekat! How did you find this--are you even old enough to remember this?)

I've had this nagging at the corners of my memory for years--since senior year of high school, at least. My insane Physics teacher used to make similar sounds when she'd write on the blackboard and I vaguely remembered something being on when I

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[thehoodwatch]

I remember that show. That was old when I was super young. It pre-dates even my memories of Sesame Street.

[sunseenli]

::laughs:: Yeah, way to make me feel like a dinosaur. But I know what you mean--they really didn't bother to update kids shows for a LONG time. But Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood are still my imprints.

[dependonyou]

At first I thought I didn't remember this... and then you mention Mortimer. OMG. Memories. They flood my mind!

[sunseenli]

How great were they? =D

Re: CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

[sunseenli]

::laughs:: I'm not surprised. I bet you had all the cool toys in the 80s.

See, I actually USED to have cable when I was a kid, so I got to see all these cool shows. We seem to be devolving in my household...pretty soon we'll be listening to The Shadow on the radio.

[ladyterentia]

Hahahahaha! I love Bill Cosby! XD

[sunseenli]

How can you not? He was EVERYWHERE in the 80s--he's our imprint!

[sunseenli]

YouTube is blocked at my new work, unfortunately. That's cool that you and your manager can bond over stuff like that!

Today's Special! I just remembered more about it--there was an episode where the (puppet) character, Sam I think, was meeting up with a former (human) girlfriend and he was afraid she wouldn't find him attractive anymore, now that he was older...pretty interesting fare for a kiddie show, wouldn't you say?