Another reminder of an ill-spent youth that made me the woman I am today.

[ink_n_imp]

I signed onto AIM, and lo and behold on the AIM home page, and article about and a picture of Bronson Pinchot pops up. And holy shit, it was like the flood gates where fucking opened, the hounds of hell released. I just got to experience the real life version of that dramatic scene in the movies where the main character who's lost all their memories/can't remember their traumatic past has it all come back to them in a sudden rush of images and sensations.

I remembered--

Perfect Strangers.

Shit son. 1986-1993. That was the time I was a real wee bairn of a Nella, the tender ages of 1-8 years old. Those where the years I watched Inspector Gadget, Get Smart, Adam West's Batman, and William Shatner narrating "Rescue 911" (I FUCKING LOVED THAT SHOW WHEN I WAS 4 AND UP).

And then there was...Perfect Strangers. Man, I can't even. You've just got to watch the clip. Watch it, and Know Me Better, Man.

My God. How had I banished this to the farthest corner of my mind? HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN BALKIE????


AND ON THAT NOTE, I LEAVE YOU WITH THE DANCE OF JOY.

Comments

[gaslightgallows]

INSPECTOR GADGET IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR GENERATION'S LOVE OF CYBORGS YOU KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE.

Also, I now fully expect you to be able to perform half of the Dance of Joy the next time I see you.

[ink-n-imp.livejournal.com]

THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN. BE PREPARED FOR WHEN I COME TO YOUR HOLIDAY SHINGDIG WHAT NOT THING-A-MA-BOB.

[gaslightgallows]

BRING IT.

[the-reverand.livejournal.com]

I used to love this show. This and Simon & Simon.

[ink-n-imp.livejournal.com]

Heh, I don't recall Simon and Simon, but I've the strangest feeling that if I started watching on, I'd have a bout of deja vu.

It really is so ridiculously silly. And fun. So many warm fuzzies from watching the youtube clips. XD

[cherrybina.livejournal.com]

BALKI BARTOKOMUS FROM THE ISLAND OF MYPOS. OH MY GOD.

ALSO: ALL THOSE OTHER SHOWS ASDFGHJ. My sister and I still use the phrase GO-GO-GADGET ARM IN REGULAR CONVERSATION TO THIS DAY.

[ink-n-imp.livejournal.com]

DANCE OF JOY.

DANCE OF JOY.

DANCE OF JOY.

ALSO, I FIND MYSELF SAYING "SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL" WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY MORE OFTEN THAN I SHOULD. AND I STILL GIGGLE MADLY WHEN I PASS A PHONE BOOTH. MY WORK PLACE HAS 5 ANTIQUE ONES. I'M SO TEMPTED TO RUN INTO THEM AND PRETEND TO BE MAXWELL.

[swankyfunk.livejournal.com]

I loved Perfect Strangers. I think my mom and I started watching it when it premiered, and we were hooked. And don't get me started on the theme song. (I even made a Hot Fuzz fanvid with it. Yes.)

Ahahah Rescue...[dramatic Shatnerpause]...911! I don't remember much of the show itself but I do remember doing Shatner impressions with my classmates.

[ink-n-imp.livejournal.com]

O RLY?! Heh, that's a fanvid idea that in my mind seems to work A LITTLE TOO WELL--

Man, I LOVED Rescue 911. Edge of my seat stuff. And I loved all the reenactment bits. Between that, and watching my dad's surgical prep videos with him--well, let's just say I know far too many people who would be horrified at the idea of exposing a child to that sort of gore so early in life, but I think I turned out just fine!!

....right? Bueller? Bueller?

[swankyfunk.livejournal.com]

Suuuure! Of course you turned out fine! *twitchy grin*

Here's the Hot Fuzz/Perfect Strangers video (I also made one with the Three's Company theme song but I was given a cease and desist order via Youtube by whoever who puts out Three's Company on DVD, because APPARENTLY it was too slashy or whatever, I guess...yes, long parenthetical side note).