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I think Beetlejuice was based on a Schoolhouse Rock segment.

November 4, 2008 Leave a Comment

We got a new camera. I haven’t read the manual. I haven’t figured out how to upload my Halloween photos yet. Therefore, no Halloween pix to post…. which may be a good thing since I still had a wine buzz at 6:00 the next morning.

(Thanks for a fun night, Auntie E!)

I have a creepy video for you nonetheless…

Am I the only person who was completely creeped out by Little Twelve Toes from the Schoolhouse Rock series?! My children make fun of me, but I can hardly be in the same room if this comes on. (We have the whole DVD series).

I loved Schoolhouse Rock growing up. If I am counting by fives, I still do it the way the hide and seek guy did. Counting by threes? Same thing. Little Twelve Toes, however, terrified me as a kid.
My reasons (and they are still valid in my adult mind too.)

  1. He is an alien. Space is cold and empty and scary.
  2. I find the idea that his footprints glow in the dark, but you can’t see him until he wants you to see him is incredibly disturbing, even now.
  3. If it was a horror movie instead of a cartoon, that yokel farm kid would be the idiot who goes into the basement asking “is anyone there…?” right before he gets killed.
  4. Why is he alone outside in the dark, following an alien? My parents never would have let me do that.
  5. Math is scary enough. Why rename two of his digits and then expect me to have my 12s click into place?

Like I said, the boys laugh at me. I don’t care. I know how a bill becomes a law. I know what an adverb is, and I even know how to make myself a nutritious snack (a PSA probably sponsored by the National Dairy Association…) I know lots of things… If I don’t know my Twelves, well, I’m OK with that.

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