Comments on: NPF: PARENTAL SUFFERING http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/03/21/npf-parental-suffering/ OPIATE OF THE ASSES Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:57:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christina http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/03/21/npf-parental-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-7776 Christina Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:37:22 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=851#comment-7776 I have TMNT I, II and III. The Boy loves them. And gods help me, all the Power Rangers incarnations. Take my word for it, freebasing heroin wouldn't help. I have TMNT I, II and III. The Boy loves them. And gods help me, all the Power Rangers incarnations.

Take my word for it, freebasing heroin wouldn't help.

]]> By: j http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/03/21/npf-parental-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-7775 j Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:00:48 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=851#comment-7775 Never sully the exalted name of Ninja Turtles 2 again! It enchanted a generation of children with the mysterious secrets of The Ooze. However, if you must, you may slander the vile anticlimax that is Ninja Turtles 3. Never sully the exalted name of Ninja Turtles 2 again! It enchanted a generation of children with the mysterious secrets of The Ooze.

However, if you must, you may slander the vile anticlimax that is Ninja Turtles 3.

]]> By: Mike http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/03/21/npf-parental-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-7774 Mike Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:23:37 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=851#comment-7774 http://youtube.com/watch?v=ue4Bca8DbAQ Mario Brothers on Ice, from the 80s, with Mr Belvedere as Bowser. If I have children, "______ on Ice" is going to be taken off their list of things I'm willing to take them to. Sorry. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ue4Bca8DbAQ

Mario Brothers on Ice, from the 80s, with Mr Belvedere as Bowser.

If I have children, "______ on Ice" is going to be taken off their list of things I'm willing to take them to. Sorry.

]]> By: Peggy http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/03/21/npf-parental-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-7772 Peggy Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:01:54 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=851#comment-7772 Like Nickelodeon's good older cartoons--Rugrats, Ah! Real Monsters, etc. I actually watched "Enchanted" last night (without benefit of the excuse of small children, even) and wished it had had significantly more of that. As a small person, I also really liked stuff like Dragnet and Get Smart! and The Dick Van Dyke show, which I didn't really *understand* per se, but I at least could tell I wasn't being talked down to. I wish more children's stuff wouldn't assume that children are idiots, because the more they learn to deal with adult stuff at 30% comprehension, the more likely they are to take on challenging stuff even as they increase their abilities/comprehension. (Hmm, this clearly has nothing to do with why I make high school freshmen read Beowulf...) My parents also liked to have us watch stuff like The Three Amigos, The Blues Brothers, etc that was sort of childish but not "for children." That way they cut down on their heroin consumption. Like Nickelodeon's good older cartoons–Rugrats, Ah! Real Monsters, etc. I actually watched "Enchanted" last night (without benefit of the excuse of small children, even) and wished it had had significantly more of that.

As a small person, I also really liked stuff like Dragnet and Get Smart! and The Dick Van Dyke show, which I didn't really *understand* per se, but I at least could tell I wasn't being talked down to. I wish more children's stuff wouldn't assume that children are idiots, because the more they learn to deal with adult stuff at 30% comprehension, the more likely they are to take on challenging stuff even as they increase their abilities/comprehension. (Hmm, this clearly has nothing to do with why I make high school freshmen read Beowulf…)

My parents also liked to have us watch stuff like The Three Amigos, The Blues Brothers, etc that was sort of childish but not "for children." That way they cut down on their heroin consumption.

]]> By: Liz http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/03/21/npf-parental-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-7771 Liz Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:09:07 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=851#comment-7771 There is also the idea of "children's" movies that have a huge adult fanbase-- Harry Potter, The Last Mimsy, Stardust, The Golden Compass, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Tim Burton's animated films, etc. There is also the idea of "children's" movies that have a huge adult fanbase– Harry Potter, The Last Mimsy, Stardust, The Golden Compass, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Tim Burton's animated films, etc.

]]> By: Nick http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/03/21/npf-parental-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-7769 Nick Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:38:19 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=851#comment-7769 You mean, besides Vanilla Ice freestyling about ninja turtles? You mean, besides Vanilla Ice freestyling about ninja turtles?

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