I've worked a lot of holidays in my life. It's not that I enjoy doing so (it sucks, frankly), it's just how it ends up shaking out. On the other hand, there is either time-and-a-half or double pay for working holidays in general, which takes a bit of the sting out. I also get paid extra for working Black Friday.
AwesomeSAUCE! Glad your wife was understanding. Always a nice bonus to have a spouse that can at least meet you halfway on your hobbies. I should know. :)
Worked Thursday and Friday (not retail, medical), worked on a paper Saturday and Sunday. That's it.
Anyway, I'm thinking of getting a PS TV myself. ToHR is my big motivator, but I think I'd also buy the digital version of Valkyria Chronicles II and play it on PSTV, among other games.
It is a Vita TV compatible.
Looks like your wife also understands how important these things are to you, too. Always a nice bonus when both spouses do realize even in the midst of compromise that the little things are important. Looking forward to your next entry. :)
I've never been through that tunnel (never been to North Carolina, for that matter), but I went sailing on the bay itself in 1988 through the Annapolis Sailing School.
While it's sad that you had to part with your game collection, it's understandable. Circumstances change, and a part of married life is setting priorities that both you and your spouse can agree on.
It was sort of a kids' variety show, with Bill Thompson (who played Wallace) acting as the "straight man" while Ladimir Kwiatkowsky (Ladmo) did the more physical comedy. The show was originally called "It's Wallace!" and Ladmo originally started as a cameraman before he ended up in front of the camera with Wallace. They also showed old short cartoons, and they parodied the pop culture and news of the day in a kid-friendly manner. Its last episode was in 1989. Kwiatkowski died in 1994, Thompson in July of this year.
This is a clip of Ladmo giving out one of his "Ladmo bags" on the show's 35th anniversary. The recipient was rock star Alice Cooper, who went to high school in Phoenix.
Here's Dynamo Duck:
Agree on Batman and Animaniacs. I don't have much interest in Marvel or DC myself, so that (along with the 1960s Batman show with Adam West and Burt Ward) were exceptions, and Mark Hamill was a great Joker. Those were my favorites. I also liked kid game shows Double Dare and Fun House when they were syndicated during the afternoon in the 80s. I also liked DuckTales. TMNT started off syndicated before CBS bought the series and put it on Saturday mornings, and I actually enjoyed the syndicated shows a bit more than I did when it went to CBS.
And yes, I did watch the Super Mario Bros. Super Show and the Zelda cartoons. At that time, it was just cool having Zelda cartoons on TV. I wish they'd do a Zelda series in Japan by a respected anime artist/animation studio and dub it in English for the US.
Remember in your last blog how I talked about Fido Dido bumpers? Fox had its own funny little bumpers starring a live duckling named Dynamo Duck. Apparently the footage was from a French TV show called "Saturnine le petit canard" (literally, Saturnine the Little Duck). He even got a 15-minute show on Fox Saturday mornings. Fox wrote his dialogue as a secret agent. He was voiced by Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson.
In Arizona, our local kids' TV show was Wallace and Ladmo, and I watched it a lot. It was considered one of the best local kids' TV shows out there. It was such a huge thing in Arizona that even the inmates at the Maricopa County jail call food bags "Ladmo bags" after the bags of goodies Ladmo used to give out as part of contests.
