Last week, Grampa Jim took the boys to visit their Aunt George Ann and ended up in the dog house. (Not to be confused with the Dogg Haus, a hot dog joint near us on Brady Street.)
Also, how fantastically great are the Backyardigans? A new episode last Friday ("Blazing Paddles") reconfigured the familiar Wild West shoot-out/Lone Ranger story by replacing guns and bullets with ping pong, all set to Algerian Rai music. That the Lone Ranger analogue (Uniqua, the Pink Fury) is pretty clearly voiced by a young African American girl, and that Rai has a rich history among Middle Eastern women, is just the radical icing on the awesome B-Yards cake.
Next week's episode, "Le Master of Disguise," is due to play with Pink Panther/Orient Express 60's caper movie tropes, featuring songs set to Nigerian Juju. (Which is right up my current alley. I've been listening to the Highlife music of Ghana and Sierra Leone since introduced to it in the "Mission to Mars" episode.)
I just hope that Sam and Caleb don't mind missing another "Face the Nation" so that their Daddy can watch cartoons.
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Ok, I am getting the DVR set up come hell or high water.
Oh yeah, and Mission to Mars helped save my sanity on our trip to Florida.
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