Think, McFly, Think!

As I have just re-started this blog, and it is 4:30 in the morning, I thought I had better keep the momentum going. Or put myself to sleep with my own inane ramblings. So I thought, what the hell can I write that will be of any interest to anyone? And then, I realized. Abso-fucking-lutely nothing at all. Blogs are boring and stupid and everyone knows it, so I'm just going to talk about myself. Damn straight. Getting to be the Sarrah you all know and love today has taken years of precise conditioning and moulding by my parents, peers and the strangers who ask for my picture on the internet. I did not exactly have your average upbringing. I mean, no traumatic incidences, I actually had a totally bitchin' childhood. I owe a great part of who I am today to my parents, and all the shit they let me watch. For this reason, should I ever spawn, the products of my loins will only be exposed to things that are awesome and will make them rad adults (radults?). 

I present to you...

Things Sarrah Loved As a Child!

A collection of TV shows, movies, and people that made up my childhood.

TV Shows

Eureeka's Castle. 

If you don't remember this show, YouTube it now. I would still watch this show. If you do, even slightly, remember, watch the intro and feel the awesome waves of nostalgia wash over you.

Today's Special.

Same as above. Plus creepy moving mannequins and cartoons that became real!

Night Court.

This was not a children's show. Still awesome, though. 

The Simpsons.

Yes, this is an obvious one, but I remember watching this show with my brother in our old house (that we moved out of when I was two). That's commitment. 

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

The original one. I remember crying when our babysitter wouldn't let us watch it because it was too violent. And my brother, playing Power Rangers with my grandma, kicking her in the face. Don't worry, as it turns out, she wasn't Rita Repulsa, and she didn't explode in a mess of silver limbs. The 90's were glorious.

Ghostbusters, The Animated Series.

I remember having heated debates about how it was inferior to the movies. A blonde Egon? Come on! I was probably around 4.

Dinosaurs.

Great then. Great now. There are so many inferences of things that children wouldn't (or shouldn't) understand.

Who's Line Is It Anyway?

I guess this was a bit later on, though I still must have been pretty young considering I remember trying to get my friends to play some of the games with me. Their weak, ten-year old wits just couldn't keep up with a seasoned comedy veteran such as myself.

Seinfeld.

I didn't understand, I just laughed when the adults laughed.

Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

You want your kids to be fly, right?

Saturday Night Live.

My parents would tape it every week, and I'd watch it on Sunday morning. When all those other losers were watching cartoons, I was eating cereal to Chris Farley in a dress.

Movies

Back to the Future Trilogy.

Still probably could be considered my favourite movies. I was the only 5 year old who knew how time travel worked, and who's dream car was a Delorean. 

Ghostbusters, I and II

Because of my aforementioned love of Saturday Night Live, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd were fixtures of my youth. We even had a uniform and a proton pack. Jealous?

Wayne's World I and II

Although I am incredibly grateful to my parents for introducing me to these, and similar movies, I can't help but wonder why they thought it would be appropriate for children who were 2 and 5. I was the only kid in first grade who knew what pubes were. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

Jurassic Park.

Hell yes. No thanks, Aladdin. I'll take Jeff Goldblum.

Free Willy

Ew! They ate cake with ketchup on it! Gross!

Also, whales.

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

I saw this movie when I was seven years old. SEVEN. What the christ?! I was so desensitized, I didn't realize the title was a penis joke until this year. It was just so familiar. 

Liar, Liar.

Violence, check. Swearing, check. Sexual content, check. Jim Carrey, check. Owned it on VHS in 1998, checkmate.

The Muppet Christmas Carol.

My whole family still watches this movie every Christmas Eve. It is the reason I fell in love with Charles Dickens. The Muppets taught me to love literature.

People.

My childhood heroes:

Bill Murray

Dan Aykroyd

Jim Carrey

Gilda Radner

Harold Ramis

Mike Myers

Michael J. Fox

David Spade

Trey Parker

Christopher Lloyd

Phil Hartman

Dana Carvey

Hank Azaria

Chris Farley

Will Smith

Crispin Glover

Colin Mochrie

Rick Moranis

...Best childhood ever.

Now, go and contemplate how much cooler you would all be if your parents had let you watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I don't care what anyone says, the third one was awesome). Or you can rant about the kids these days, and all their Amanda Montana's and whatnot. 

I shall end this with a quote.

"Magic is great. I love magic. Without magic, Santa would be long dead by now."

- Me, age 6. (Seriously.)