Slog - Comments on Re: Flippin' Like a Pancake, Poppin' Like a Cork http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a Brad's post about The Banana Splits inspired me to find the long-lost intro from Pinwheel, a show I watched as a kid on Nickelodeon (originally called the Pinwheel network.) Never has an intro to a children's show been more forlorn, wistful, creepy, and sad--from the scary mime at the beginning to the badly animated puppets to the washed-out colors and ghostlike children's singing. It gets in my head every now and again.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 May 2007 15:29:45 -0800 Sat, 05 May 2007 01:11:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by JC My god, I had completely forgotten about that show.

But I'll see you your theme and raise you a Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings theme. It always inspired this feeling of loneliness in me whenever I heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvssomC2zVs&mode=related&search=

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707220 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707220 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 15:47:27 -0800 Comment by Betsey I'm with you, Erica. The final, melancholy "pinwheel" is so uncertain and sad. The only real antidote to that sadness can be found watching "Sisters and Brothers" from Free to Be You and Me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ5fd8__U4A

It's pure joy, possibly best dance sequence ever filmed in Central Park, and definitely some of the best hairdos in the history of hair.

]]> Betsey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707240 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 16:06:01 -0800 Comment by PA Native Holy childhood flashback.

I remember when my family first got cable. My Mom turned on Nickelodeon and Pinwheel was on. I loved Sesame Street so this was right up my alley. I remember being transfixed by the show and thinking cable was the best thing ever.

Today, I'm not so sure.

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707267 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 16:24:42 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley Thanks, Betsey! Watching all those Free to Be put me in a good mood, except that it was a long time ago and the times have sure changed...

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707278 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 16:39:25 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Not half as cool as The Electric Company...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WdqTzpZUEcY&mode=related&search=

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707330 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 17:17:09 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me But the one that is really seared in my brain in The New Zoo Review

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e18_KL8PUYM&mode=related&search=

If only this segment had made it past network, it might have saved me a lot of time. Now that I think about it, I think I always kind of wondered...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Idmbd2qnVv4

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707346 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707346 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 17:25:42 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me And of course the hands down best of all time ever…

Because, of course, you can’t do a little because you can’t do enough…

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JA3FFT54Ehs&mode=related&search=

…and I could always totally identify with Sigmund, and really wanted to be “friends” with Johnny & Scott…

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KmoYJogmieY&mode=related&search=

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707369 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 17:41:34 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Holey fuck… How did I ever forget about these fairies? I think they must have been my first positive role models… (and Benita Bizarre totally worked it)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xvUvC2dDKWA&mode=related&search=

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707389 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 18:00:09 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Oh… and don’t forget Charles Nelson Riley (oh, and “Mark” was kinda hot)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MOyG9WN9udI&mode=related&search=

Okay. I’m done now. (I can’t believe that all this stuff lives on still)

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707398 Life Thu, 03 May 2007 18:08:47 -0800 Comment by DE Dono This is actually the ending, not the intro... in this, everyone is going to bed. i'm not sure if that context really changes anything though.

I'd forgotten how forlorn the song was. And #2, you're right - that last "pinwheel" sung is just so not right.

]]> DE Dono http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707535 Life Fri, 04 May 2007 03:12:05 -0800 Comment by fooeynet What about the Great Space Coaster???
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dddm5bQeKvg

Where's Gary Gnu? No Gnews is good gnews!

]]> fooeynet http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707602 Life Fri, 04 May 2007 09:11:35 -0800 Comment by Dr_Awesome Holy cow. The Bugaloos! Hands down my favorite show from when I was three... or four... And I had a huge, HUGE crush on Joy! Seriously, what business does a four-year-old have having a crush on a much-older girl? And why did the scene with Joy tied to Benita's turntable forever stick in my mind the way it did?
http://www.bugaloos.com/joy17.html

]]> Dr_Awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c707660 Life Fri, 04 May 2007 10:29:21 -0800 Comment by z girl That was my favorite show! No wonder my sister used to roll her eyes whenever it came on!!

]]> z girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c708282 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_flippin_like_a_pancake_poppin_like_a#c708282 Life Sat, 05 May 2007 01:11:32 -0800