One of the downsides to living in the DC area is that you get inundated with political ads pretty much nonstop. And during an election year, it just gets worse. The barrage of ads is bad enough, but making it worse is that the ads contain little of any substance.
I ran into Zaphod’s campaign ad last year, shortly after the Hitchhiker movie came out on DVD. The movie’s not as good as the original BBC series, but that’s OK. I figure Zaphod’s a better choice than some of the other jokers who are running for office. His campaign ad is certainly no less informative.
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C for Cookie
My first introduction to television was through such shows as Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, The Electric Company (with Morgan Freeman as "Easy Reader") and, of course, Sesame Street. I remember watching the Apollo 11 moon landing, but I also recall learning letters and numbers from Sesame Street with Kermit, Grover and (of course) Cookie Monster.
I was quite disappointed last year when in a fit of political correctness (I was going to call it a "misguided fit of political correctness" but that would be redundant), the Children’s Television Workshop announced that Cookie Monster was going to become Veggie Monster. Surely this was just another Internet prank, right? Alas, no. Someone had decided that Cookie Monster had to set a good example.
Happily there are some very creative people out there who have a sense of humor. Check out this trailer for the upcoming feature (I wish), C for Cookie.