Well, Halloween is coming up, so I thought I’d cash in on the hype!
Actually, that’s a lie. I just thought it would be the perfect time to share some awesome links with you all, with a feature in common. And that feature is:
Things that weren’t scary, and aren’t meant to be, but surprisingly have been made to be scary. Or are just scary for other reasons.
*cough*
So, to start with, here is a clip of the trailer of Mary Poppins. Fantastic kids’ show. But this one is rehashed so it’s a horror. Sounds wrong to you? It is so fantastic, I now think of Mary Poppins as a sinister old witch. And I frakkin’ love that show.
Of course, you may be one of the nigh-on eleven million people who have already seen this video.
Another favourite of mine is Kermit the frog. I think Kermie is just the bees knees. But isn’t it scary to think of him as an actor, rather than a puppet? A real muppet, with a real life. And often, stars fall off the bandwagon and headlong into an ocean of crack. If that still doesn’t scare you, watch this awesome clip, where Kermie does a cover that will just blow you away.
Well, did Kermie blow you away like I said he would? I think Ralph felt it. XD
More of the Kermit awesomeness at Sad Kermit. It’s territastic. Or is it fantifying? Either way, it’s fantastically terrifying. Which is why it qualifies to be in this post.
Let us move on.
Another clip, scary but ultimately sheer awesome, is this clip also throwing artistic licence into the Muppetverse. The idea that Elmo is not an easy-going guy on set. (When I was young, the fact that Elmo was not a girl was enough to scare me for a while.) In fact, what makes you think Elmo won’t cut you?
Yup, scary.
You know what else is scary? That this could ever happen. Ever.
And this ties in, because even in a world with sensible officers-of-the-law as seen above, you still hope that this invention hadn’t happened. Or, if it had to happen, did it have to be advertised? Couldn’t it be a hushed, word-of-mouth thing? Did they have to bring this upon us as well?
Finally, we have a cameo. Not scary because it’s scary, but I guess it’s scary how you miss this stuff when you’re younger. And it’s scary it was ever allowed! This you will not regret watching.
But then, when you consider other scary facts about censorship and ratings, that doesn’t really seem all to bad. Like how Tweety only has feathers because you can’t have a naked bird on tv. Seriously, that was the reasoning. Nudity. Don’t ask me how Donald has gotten away without his pants for all these years. Same reasoning stopped Clarabella cow from having an udder, folks. And all this in the same era they were making Chicken Little videos about Reds under your Beds, and Popeye was crash-landing German submarines at Number Ten Downing Street. And let’s not forget that Disney classic: Der Fuhrer’s Face.
That said, I do enjoy when we make a total mockery of bastards. And I guess England copped a bit there, too.
Did you know Kim Jong’s Ill at the moment? XD
I’m not even sure whether we have progressed or degressed; or maybe we’ve just swapped out one set of stupid rules for another, and stayed put on the scale of ridiculosity.
Whatever happens, I’m scared.
Happy Halloween.
Suck it up, Sunshine 