Special Guest Stars Include...

Hey, good news. I am no longer creatively challeneged. I am, however, short on time. But, promise you a post today, I did, and deliver a post today, I will. It just won't be the post I thought it was going to be. No, that one will have to wait until tomorrow (it requires some organization and a little time to put together.) So, while I apologize for not having a long diatribe for you this Saturday, I brought along some people to help keep you entertained while I go out and run some errands. I think you probably know these guys. They certainly know you and are anxious to say hello again after a long absence. So, without further ado:

Murky Words today is brought to you by...

The Wrong Seven Dwarves



("Proud" and "Cheerful" had me on the floor. Which wrong dwarf would you be? As much as I'd like to say otherwise, I know - without question - that my friends would not let me say anything other than "Angry.")

The Letter I...



(I had completely forgotten about this hippie folk song skit. I remember being confused and slightly scared at three years old when I first saw it (the melody can be a bit menacing at times), but now I think it's just phenomenal. What do you think Msrs. Henson & Co. were trying to tell us with this little sketch? Read between the lines. Capital "I" = Capital "Me"? I, I, I, I, I. We're all too selfish and caught up in the primping and polishing of our own egos to pay attention to anyone else??? Also, were we supposed to have taken a bong hit before we could have fully appreciated this sketch? At three years old?

Nah.... they just wanted to teach us about the capital letter "I")

and The Number 8...



(That's some classic Sesame Street right there. Love the way Lefty shushes Ernie when he yells out about the octopus legs. Side note: Were Bert & Ernie gay? Also, I remember hearing some apocryphal story from some idiot in junior high school that "pretty soon Ernie will die of AIDS." No joke. We all believed it too. I mean, why not? Everyone was scared shitless about the disease at the time. It was the PC, snob disease du jour, and Sesame Street was all about increased understanding and tolerance. Made sense to me anyway...)

Come back tomor...

Ah, what the hell. Here's two more. If you can't remember these two than you had a thoroughly deprived childhood, my friend. I don't know what to tell you.



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Special thanks to foldedspace.org for pointing me in the right direction and youtube.com for hosting the files.

And that's Murky Words for today, folks. Tune in tomorrow for some more fun and sensory overload. Today brought you the video... what do you think tomorrow will bring?

Gee... that's a tough one.

Later.