i , like many others in their mid twenties, revels in bits of treasured pop culture from my youth. it causes many moments of recognition, resulting in joyful glee - such as when i looked up the smoggies and gummi bears theme songs on youtube. it also caused a bit of a disturbing feeling because i can remember "magic and mystery are part of their history/ along with the power of gummi berry juice" and "suntots suntots earth and wind and sea/smoggies smoggies smokey oily greasy", yet i cannot remember 90% of what i learned in my OAC history of Upper Canada class in which i received a grade of 93%.
in any case, i watched the amazing flight of the navigator the other night. i must have been no older than 8 years old when i saw it, yet i remember so much - particularly the part when the young hero, david, says he has to go to the bathroom, and the robot spaceship thing max (voiced by peewee herman!!) says, "does not understand 'bathroom'." later, max makes a reference to david leaking.
bathroom humour was such a magical thing back in the day. i haven't seen the movie the boy who could fly since my days of after school care, but i clearly remember the nerdy hero getting revenge by pulling up in his big wheels and spraying his foes w/ a water gun. when the bullies ask him to stop spraying them with water, he says, "it's not water...it's PISS!"
in any case, i watched the amazing flight of the navigator the other night. i must have been no older than 8 years old when i saw it, yet i remember so much - particularly the part when the young hero, david, says he has to go to the bathroom, and the robot spaceship thing max (voiced by peewee herman!!) says, "does not understand 'bathroom'." later, max makes a reference to david leaking.
bathroom humour was such a magical thing back in the day. i haven't seen the movie the boy who could fly since my days of after school care, but i clearly remember the nerdy hero getting revenge by pulling up in his big wheels and spraying his foes w/ a water gun. when the bullies ask him to stop spraying them with water, he says, "it's not water...it's PISS!"
pre-pubescent gold.
anyhoo, there's not much else to this post, except that i reallllllllly want one of those tiny little aliens david holds in his hand throughout the movie. it's called a puckmarin and it looks like this:
if you are wondering what to get me for an upcoming mother's day, canada day, civic holiday, etc... that little thing is your answer.
p.s. nerd alert: it looks like you can watch all of flight of the navigator on youtube. search the title and it comes up pretty easily.
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