Do the "Chocolate" Thing!

Matt and I have been feeling real reminiscent lately. In fact, Matt even posted about the... uh... inventions... of the 90s. But I think we all remember the good stuff too. Mostly, Nickelodeon cartoons. Remember when those were good? Now, Nickelodeon has about... iCarly, and that's it. And iCarly isn't even a cartoon. AND there's that Gibby kid always takin' his shirt off, and it honestly makes me incredibly uncomfortable. On a side note, I played the "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader: Home Edition" with a few friends, like, last week-ish or so, and Gibby is one of the students of the class you're allowed to choose. His name is Noah. My team chose him, and we lost. I have very strong biases against him after that. So actually, Nickelodeon's got nothin'.


But they used to. They used to have real kick-ass shows like "Hey Arnold!" and "Doug" and "Rugrats" and "Ren and Stimpy" and "Spongebob" back when it was actually good! Oh, Spongebob. It's a real cornerstone of my life. It's by far the most quoted show among everyone I know. Kara and I have actually been approached by people we barely know with requests to "do the 'chocolate' thing." I think doing that scene so much has actually damaged my voice a little bit. We really like to quote Patrick though. We love Patrick. And when we remember a Patrick quote that hasn't been said in awhile, everyone dies. At the first All-County Jazz rehearsal, we actually had a conversation about Spongebob with the rehearsal director, and Matt said "Hahaha. It's a giraffe," and I lost it. I think I was the only one though.... I'm so alone...

"Doug" was a really well-put-together show. There's so much to remember about it. And if you remember your "Doug" trivia, I commend you, and you would very much enjoy this video.




I almost wish they would actually make that movie. Except they would definitely need to get a new Patti. She wasn't very Patti.

And everyone had better remember "Kablaam!" That show was so freakin' great. "Action League Now" was my favorite segment. And no, it wasn't because of the Flesh who was super strong, and super naked. Life with Loopy was pretty good too, and so was Prometheus and Bob. That alien and that caveman really touched my heart. Bob was always ruining all of Prometheus's plans. He basically saved the world.

I think more than anything though, I just wish people still woogied with me, or at least did the silly fist-thumbs-up thing that Gerald and Arnold did, and I know that it probably won't ever come back. But can't I dream?

~Not-Matt