Monday, April 11, 2005

Diddly Doo forever



I don't know anything about that picture, but it seemed like a good way to start off the week.

A very interesting thing happened today. I woke up and took a shower, and between my second shampooing and conditioning I suddenly remember the cartoon Doug, and more specifically the "bangin' on a trash can" song that he, his dog Porkchop, his best friend Skeeter, and his crush Patti, performed. I sung this song all day, in my head and outloud.

And I only know the "bangin' on a trash can, drumming on a street light, strumming on my banjo, some little voice is calling me calling me" part. So I basically repeated that all day. And it wasn't that annoying, even though my sister thought I was a fool. Her favorite cartoon was always Rugrats, while I, being older and mature prefered the more sophisticated humor and the intelligent stories of Doug. This was all Nickelodeon days mind you, none of the Disney abomination that became Doug. So, after a while I went to play soccer with my dogs outside. After an hour of that, I came in and headed to the shower, still singing that song, and I had starting to get annoyed with it. Then, to my suprise and delight, as I was lathering up my loofah, a new song popped into my head. This time, I was honored to be singing the beloved Edelweiss, as performed by Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music. Except that I only know the part where he says "Edelweiss, edelweiss" and then I would hum the melody and make up my own words as I saw fit. But I found that you can really belt out edelweiss even if you don't know the proper words.

Writing all this out, the story sounds amusing, but not exactly interesting. I just found both the quick turn ons of songs in my head and the vast differences between the songs my head chose neat, and thought I should share.

P.S. during the day I downloaded the "bangin on a trash can" song as well as several hits by the beets including "I need more allowance" and "killer tofu". They can all be found on the fast track network should you want them.

4 Comments:

Blogger mollycrowe said...

I enjoyed Doug. I know the song you're talking about, and it's fun. I'm glad you brought it back into my memory.

2:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

quite possibly the best post of all time. doug was my favorite cartoon during its period and i definitely remember those songs.. thanks for bringing them back. oh yeah, i sometimes catch myself singing edelweiss, but i can only remember the same part you do.. but luckily i own the sound of music on VHS tape so maybe ill watch it when i get back.

5:18 AM  
Blogger Brad Witty said...

you forgot the classic Beets song, "Where's my sock." I'd have to say that one and "Killer Tofu" were always my favorites. i know when i was a kid, i really identified with Doug. What was your favorite episode, Evan?

8:10 AM  
Blogger BBC said...

I'm happy everyone enjoyed the memories.

Erin - Yes

Brad - I can't think of any specific episode of Doug as being my favorite, but the "bangin on a trash can" one is good. As is the hamburger man one. The road trip episode was fun. And the job day thing was nice. Overall I think any episode in which Quailman or Wafflestomper or the Indiana Jones guy appears is good.

Jessica - I have a saying that goes a little somethin' like this:

Hair washed twice is ninety nine times as nice.

1:41 PM  

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