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Friday, December 1st, 2006
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2:34p - Pinwheel, Pinwheel, Teach Me To Fear!
These are the programs I remember watching from Pinwheel:
Bod, which apparently inspired Homestar Runner.
Simon! And the things I draw come true! Bum-lookers.
Picture Pages, my first exposure to Bill Cosby.
Paddington, which always kinda freaked me out.
King Rollo, which annoyed me because the characters moved weird.
Hattytown, which I think had the same narrator as Bod.
Emilie. I used to be convinced that the hedgehog was just a baby porcupine, and grew concerned for Emilie's safety. I was scared of hedgehogs more than I was scared of nuclear war, but maybe if Pinwheel had a short with a claymation nuclear reactor who teaches life lessons in a mealy-mouthed English accent, I could have properly processed the fear of Communist takeover.
I guess every generation has to have its H.R. Pufnstuf. Thanks, Pinwheel, for teaching me to fear getting marmalade anywhere near clay, and massive, imminent angry hedgehog rampages.
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