Oh hell yeah I still wanna read it, though!

I've asked them about those. They said that they didn't realize that they were parodies of existing songs, haha.

I picked up the non-special edition VHSes at a thrift store about 15 years ago, but don't remember if I kept them…I hold out hope that someday the original films will be released on blu-ray.

Zack's friends was ducks.

Zack was only shown to have a heart when it was convenient for him to have one for the sake of the plot.

I regret never being introduced to "Calvin and Hobbes" when I was little. :( My dad was a fan of "Peanuts" as a kid, so I got into that through him. I don't know if at almost 30, Calvin and Hobbes is worth getting into for me. I feel like I may not "get it".

That hadn't occurred to me, but that's an interesting point. Though I'm kind of of the mindset that that shift towards real world-based shows helped to contribute to the generally idle and entitled nature of so many Gen Y-ers, now. We were fed all these narratives about kids our age who were these underdog heroes who…

I'd be more drawn to InSeXts if the title wasn't formatted in a way that so closely resembled my haphazardly-thrown-in-capital-letters-because-awesome MSN usernames from high school.

While I was well out of the target demographic by the time the show began to air on PBS, "Between the Lions" was an absolutely precious show focused on teaching kids to read. I recommend tracking it down. Plus, Dr. Ruth was in it!

I can't believe I'm verging on defending SbTB here, but I feel as though what a lot of people fail to realize is that SbtB's over the top obnoxiousness was sort of deliberate. The show was made to air on Saturday mornings, and needed to compete with cartoon blocks. So the creators went out of their way to make the…

I think it's important for kids to develop their own tastes, especially since they need to assert their own identities and be able to bond with other kids over shared interests. But I don't think that there's anything wrong with encouraging your kids to do some "pop culture research" every once in a while, especially…

There's a difference between remembering a thing, and thinking that said thing was actually good.

Bill Nye is a national treasure. I'm a tutor, and a lot of my students are in and approaching their middle-school years. Many of them watch Bill Nye in the classroom, completely unaware of how old the show is. When I mention how much I loved Bill Nye, they're like, "Wait, Bill Nye was around when you were a kid?!"…

And the joke is, when he awoke his…

I had little doubt that he's actually a great person, but it makes me happy to have someone actually confirm that. There are few things that would break my heart more than finding out that one of my childhood heroes is actually an awful person in real life.

Man, all this talk about Canadian music takes me back to August 2004 and my first big outdoor concert I attended with my best friend on Olympic Island in Toronto. Which is funny, as she and I visited Olympic Island just for a day out by the water last weekend. As we were walking, we noticed how small the space…

Pretty much anyone who was in high school/university from 2004-2008 in Canada owned a Metric t-shirt.

You got Gowan but not Corey Hart?

No article about Canadian music is complete without a shoutout to Lisa Lougheed, aka the singer who did the theme from "The Raccoons".

Maybe it's more convenient for touring purposes? I also suppose they figure that culture/taste-wise, the U.S. has more in common with Canada than countries in Europe do. There's a lot of indie/alt rock in Canada, and I feel as though that kind of stuff is easier to export to the U.S. I think that there's still a…