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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

This One Time... How Movie's Have Impacted My Life


Thanks to movies…

1.  Not only can animals talk, but they are probably making fun of me right now.  Yeah, screw you right back squirrel! (Dr. Doolittle / Zookeeper / Every Animated Movie ever)
2.  When I drive through a tunnel and get to the center, I always look for doors and a way to get higher than the water that will inevitably come gushing through when the tunnel collapses (Daylight)
3.  I think that all prostitutes have a heart of gold (Pretty Woman / Milk Money)
4.  I am always on the lookout for wooded areas where I can take drive away as soon as the Russians parachute in (we know they will). I also start inventorying the things that I will need to “borrow” from the local gas station to get me through the winter. (Red Dawn)
5.  When I see above ground electric poles on an open field, I stop and wait for the monsters that will come and eat them away like a deranged Pac-man (Langoliers)
6.  Every time I hear the song…
a.  Cruel Summer by Bananarama – I think of Ralph Machio playing soccer (Karate Kid)
b.  Poker Face by Lady Gaga – I think of a dancing half goat half boy in a casino (Percy Jackson)
c.  I’m Alright by Kenny Loggins – I think of a dancing gopher (Caddyshack)
7.  If I go 1 on 1 with someone in any contest, I use a fake Russian accent and say…. “I must break you”.  Of course, I guess that is better than going to the hospital and looking in on people and saying “If he dies…he dies” in the same accent. (Rocky IV)
8.  Any pitch that is remotely out of the strike zone is met with a resounding “Just a bit outside” in my best Bob Uecker imitation (Major League)
9.  Whenever I am on a boat, in any weather, I yell…”Iceberg…right ahead!” (Titanic)
10. I grew up thinking the fastest way to a girls heart was to raise my boom box above my head and play “In your eyes” (Say Anything)
11. Anytime I reference a large amount of money, I automatically say 1 billion dollars and put my pinky in my mouth.  (Austin Powers)
12I tried to befriend my old eccentric neighbor thinking he may have a time machine made out of a Delorean in his garage.  Nope, he was just weird.  (Back to the Future)
13I wonder why the president just doesn’t come out and say that he knows about Area 51 and the upcoming alien invasion (or asteroid heading towards Earth) but that it is OK because Will Smith (or Bruce Willis) is on the case (Independence Day / Armageddon)
14. I think every archeologist carries a bullwhip (Raiders of the Lost Arc)
15. Anytime I have a cold I just assume it is some sort of Zombie Virus (Dawn of the Dead / 28 Days Later)
16.Every time I hear “This one time…” I follow up with…Yeah you know the rest

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Pop Culture's Impact on Our Kids: Past & Present

For some reason I was sitting here thinking, has pop culture changed because kids and society have changed…or have kids and society changed because pop culture has changed.  Let’s take a look at how certain aspects of pop culture are different now as compared to when I grew up…and you can be the judge.

Teen dilemma in a TV Show
·         Then: “Mom always said, don’t play ball in the house” – Brady Bunch
·         Now: Freshman Amy, juggles being a young parent while entering High School as a Freshman  – The Secret Life of The American Teenage

Message in Rap Lyrics
·         Then: “Superman looked up at me and said I rocked so naturally” – Newcleus
·     Now: “@!#$ the FBI and @!#$ all the Army Troops..." - Soulja Boy

Video Game Villain
·         Then: Donkey Kong
·         Now: Nazis

Celebrity trying to be a singer
·         Then: Eddie Murphy “Party All The Time”
·         Now: Paris Hilton or maybe Kim Kardashian – Oh wait, I said celebrity

Risque’ Poster
·         Then: Farrah Faucet in full one piece bathing suit sitting down
·         Now: Megan Fox dressed in, well nothing but her Megan Foxiness

Time for the news
·         Then: 5 o'clock news stations reporting…well, actual news
·         Now: 24/7 opinion stations that report, I am not exactly sure – but they are loud when they do it

Reality Television
·         Then: The same 5 o’clock news channel
·         Now: “Who’s my Daddy?” A show where an adoptive woman tries to guess who her daddy is as 20 men pretend to care about her and convince her that they are her dad to win $100K

Movie Sequel
·         Then: The Empire Strikes Back
·         Now: That one with the sparkly vampire

Young girls “rebellious” clothing
·         Then: The Jennifer Beals' Flash Dance off the shoulder sweatshirt and leg warmers
·         Now: Short skirts with thongs (short skirts optional)

Four letter greeting
·         Then: “Word”
·         Now: “YOLO”

College Coach’s Bad Decision
·         Then: Indiana coach Bobby Knight throws a chair on the basketball court
·         Now: Penn State coaches throw away their humanity