I think I'm in love.

The more I watch this man, the more I fall in love with him. When Lazytown first came out, I thought it was annoying. I think I've gotten over that now because the show does have a good premise and teaches kids to be active and stay healthy. And, Magnus Scheving as Sportacus just seals the deal.

I know, I'm crazy. I should get out more. I'm cooped up with the kids too much. But watching Sportacus makes it so much better.

Now who's the pervert?

Bob the Pervert?

OK, so I'm hung up on Bob the Builder. (See my previous Spud post.) But, I can't get past this. In Bob's "Build, Dig, Haul" DVD, it starts off with "Scruffy's Big Dig." Bob & the gang are at Mrs. Broadband's house fixing the bricks. It starts off like this:

Dizzy: "What are we doing today, Bob?"
Bob: "Mrs. Broadband's got a big bulge in her wall and it needs to be repaired."
Muck (laughing along with the others): "Where is Mrs. Broadband's big bulge, Bob?"

Now, doesn't that seem a bit odd to you? It's not like construction people are going around talking about big bulges that they need to fix. It's not a common term, really, now is it?

OK, so you're not convinced. Here are some titles of other BtheB shorts: "Lofty's Long Load," "Wendy's Big Night Out," "Travis Gets Lucky" (come on - how much more do you need?), "Muck's Surprise." And then I started looking at some others a little differently, too. "Bob the Photographer," and "Mr. Beasley's Noisy Pipes" to name a few.

I think something's going on behind the scenes that is a little more obvious than it needs to be.

Cookie Crisp Mascots

Why can't Cookie Crisp keep one single mascot? Honey Nut Cheerios has had BuzzBee for as long as I can remember. Trix has the Rabbit. Lucky Charms has Lucky, the Leprechan. Cocoa Puffs has Sonny, the Cuckoo Bird. But Cookie Crisp just can't seem to settle on a single mascot.



(1970s) Jarvis, the Cookie Crisp Wizard. My absolute all time favorite. Do you remember when they had the original Cookie Crisp & then they had a vanilla wafer version? It didn't have the chips. Mmmm.




(1990s) Officer Krum, the Cookie Crisp Crook and Chip, the Cookie Hound. I think the dog stuck around the longest (remember his howl, "COOOOKIE CRISP!") I heard from a FOAF that knew them that once General Mills dropped Krum & Crook that they got an apartment together in San Francisco.







(2000s) And now there's a Wolf on our box of Cookie Crisp. His name is Howler. Oh, and, no sign of vanilla Cookie Crisp, but I did see Peanut Butter. Haven't tried it, but I don't see how it can compare to the others.



So what's the story, General Mills? Why keep changing? If you ask me, they jumped the shark with the cop, dog & crook. They should have just stuck with Jarvis. Think about it...with all the Harry Potter hype going on now, you'd think they'd want a wizard on their cereal. Especially since he was the original. I think I'll start a movement. "Bring back Jarvis!" Will you join me?

(Oh, and yes, I know entirely too much about breakfast cereal.)

It's uncanny, isn't it?