Hello.
Many of us are familiar with the legendary comic Bill Hicks and his skit about drugs and musical creativity. Here's an excerpt below:
"See I think drugs have done some good things for us. If you don't think drugs have done good things for us then do me a favor. Go home tonight and take all of your records,tapes and all your CD's and burn them. Because, you know all those musicians who made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years? Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreal fucking high on drugs, man."
R.I.P Bill...
But are we as familiar with the fact that the writers/creators of popular children's programs also rely on drug use for their creativity?? Well, I may be speculating here, just a bit perhaps, but it's difficult to argue my theory if you read the following summary for an episode of the popular children's show "Dora The Explorer". Shit, even the name of the show sounds like it came from some creative-type person at some drug-den-type party. Anyway, read on and be enlightened.
"Dora tells the Super Babies a story about how the Dream Fairy's golden rooster got locked out of the Dream Castle and couldn't wake her up to deliver dreams at naptime! This sounds like a job for the Super babies!"
No hard drug influence in that huh?
The episode is named "Happy B-Day Babies" and it flows something like this:
Dora meets up with two flying babies. Apparently their capes make them fly....the flying babies and Dora break into a Happy Birthday song....in the woods they encounter a giant baby --literally a giant's baby.....they proceed onward and encounter the giant who is searching for his missing baby....they approach a mountain in the distance that is shaped like a dragon....as they fly down the hill toward the dragon-shaped mountain, the crew breaks into a "Super Babies" song (pretty catchy tune I might add)....more flying baby stunts ensue (I discover that those aren't capes they're wearing but are actually their blankies)....suddenly and without warning or lead-in, the dialogue breaks into Spanish for an extended period of time....then, they take off in a high-powered, turbo baby cart made for twins (which the Super Babies are)....they encounter a gaggle of small dragons on the dragon-shaped mountain who are singing "eat it ...eat it ...eat it..." over and over.....some counting in the Spanish language occurs....apparently they achieved something upon completion of the Spanish- language counting because a frog, a cricket and a snail, all playing band instruments, fly by the crew on the back of a small dragon (WTF???)....Dora and the Super Babies arrive at the Dream Castle only to find the golden rooster locked out because the Dream Fairy is fast asleep on the inside....they break into the Dream Castle and manage to wake the Dream Fairy....then the whole crew flies off....on their flying journey, they encounter the gaggle of small dragons again and the Dream Fairy fires a number of chili peppers down upon the dragons, causing them to fall asleep....they eventually pass the giant --who has retrieved his previously lost giant baby-- and she (the Dream Fairy) rifles a cloud containing a bunny rabbit towards the duo.....this causes the giant baby to revel in the mere sight of the bunny (apparently this made something "better" although the show does not explain what that may be).....Dora and her crew continue their flight and it takes them into the woods where there are three baby raccoons --not sleeping....she hurls a cloud full of colored stars at them, causing them to fall asleep at last....the journey comes to a conclusion and the whole group of Dora, the Super Babies, a small monkey (haven't even mentioned the monkey yet, it didn't play a huge role either way) and the Dream Fairy sing a compelling version of a song that I think is called "We Did It" (it must be called that because the lyrics repeat "we did it...we did it...we did it..."), complete with MC Hammer-esq dancing....over and over....the snail, the frog and the cricket, still playing the band instruments, now ride small unicycles by the crew(???) as the song is in full swing.
The end.
No drugs involved in that shit???
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SEE MY POINT.
~ZFJ
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Working Mans Quote Trip
Sooooooooo...hello there you vibrant blog-reading types! Here I am at the daily grind, the bill payin' machine, the ole "9-5" on good Ole' St.Patricks day 2011! Bars will be filled with celebratory, sloppy, happy, self-righteous drunken people who'll be singing, reveling, drooling, passing out, involved in some grandiose scheming and proclaiming everlasting love for their "brothers" while also partaking in other generally loud and/or fun times while, "being Irish". Since I can't be involved in this type of activity at the moment -especially the grandoise scheming type thing- I decided to enlighten you with some quotes that I dig.
Why you ask?
Because I can.
Begin:
"No matter how hot she is, somebody somewhere is sick of her shit." -ZFJ
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity."
-H.S. Thompson
"You used to be able to tell the difference between hipsters and homeless people. Now, it's between hipsters and retards. I mean, either that guy in the corner in orange safety pants holding a protest sign and wearing a top hat is mentally disabled or he is the coolest fucking guy you will ever know." -C.Klosterman
"Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children." -B.Hicks
"We walk away like strangers on the street, gone for eternity." -K.West
"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." -G.Carlin
"Have I not destroyed my enemies if I have made friends of them?"
-A.Lincoln
"If I was scared...I would. And if I was bored...you know I would. And if I was yours...but I'm not." -A.Fire
"The room is on fire as she's fixing her hair." -T.Strokes
"If you define your personality as creative, it only means you understand what is perceived to be creative by the world at large, so you're really just following a rote creative template. That's the opposite of creativity. Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time."
-C.Klosterman
"The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth." -B.Proverb
"Noted AND appreciated." -ZFJ
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours." -H.S. Thompson
"Human beings, vegetables, or comic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player." - A.Einstein
"For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live." -M.J. Keenan
"My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud." -H.Rollins
"One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor." -G.Carlin
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
-A.Einstein
"Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his folly will not depart from him." -B.Proverb
"Your Mother." -Everyone (especially ZFJ)
"Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity." -F.Nietzche
“Question: Do you know how old I’ll be by the time I learn how to play the piano? Answer: The same age you will be if you don’t.”
-J.Cameron
"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything." -F.Nietzche
"Nobody really cares what YOU need." -ZFJ
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
-Somerset Maugham
"You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label." -M.Twain
"You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made." -G.Burns
"Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room." -W.Churchill
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." -M.Monroe
"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also." -T.Jefferson
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." -W.Wallace
"Nothing brings people together more, then mutual hatred." -H.Rollins
"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time." -M.Monroe
"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" -G.Carlin
Fin.
There. That could possibly be the best blog ever written. But, can I really call it possibly the "best"? Yes, I just did that. I hope these quotes save your life, make you "happy", give you that reason to live you've been searching for or cause you to take approximately 7:43:17 out of your day to read them. There are so many more but you already hate me for writing this post so I shall hold back.
Cheers
~ZFJ
Why you ask?
Because I can.
Begin:
"No matter how hot she is, somebody somewhere is sick of her shit." -ZFJ
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity."
-H.S. Thompson
"You used to be able to tell the difference between hipsters and homeless people. Now, it's between hipsters and retards. I mean, either that guy in the corner in orange safety pants holding a protest sign and wearing a top hat is mentally disabled or he is the coolest fucking guy you will ever know." -C.Klosterman
"Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children." -B.Hicks
"We walk away like strangers on the street, gone for eternity." -K.West
"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." -G.Carlin
"Have I not destroyed my enemies if I have made friends of them?"
-A.Lincoln
"If I was scared...I would. And if I was bored...you know I would. And if I was yours...but I'm not." -A.Fire
"The room is on fire as she's fixing her hair." -T.Strokes
"If you define your personality as creative, it only means you understand what is perceived to be creative by the world at large, so you're really just following a rote creative template. That's the opposite of creativity. Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time."
-C.Klosterman
"The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth." -B.Proverb
"Noted AND appreciated." -ZFJ
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours." -H.S. Thompson
"Human beings, vegetables, or comic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player." - A.Einstein
"For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live." -M.J. Keenan
"My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud." -H.Rollins
"One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor." -G.Carlin
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
-A.Einstein
"Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his folly will not depart from him." -B.Proverb
"Your Mother." -Everyone (especially ZFJ)
"Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity." -F.Nietzche
“Question: Do you know how old I’ll be by the time I learn how to play the piano? Answer: The same age you will be if you don’t.”
-J.Cameron
"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything." -F.Nietzche
"Nobody really cares what YOU need." -ZFJ
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
-Somerset Maugham
"You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label." -M.Twain
"You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made." -G.Burns
"Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room." -W.Churchill
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." -M.Monroe
"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also." -T.Jefferson
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." -W.Wallace
"Nothing brings people together more, then mutual hatred." -H.Rollins
"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time." -M.Monroe
"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" -G.Carlin
Fin.
There. That could possibly be the best blog ever written. But, can I really call it possibly the "best"? Yes, I just did that. I hope these quotes save your life, make you "happy", give you that reason to live you've been searching for or cause you to take approximately 7:43:17 out of your day to read them. There are so many more but you already hate me for writing this post so I shall hold back.
Cheers
~ZFJ
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