Thursday, September 08, 2005
For some reason or another, something reminded me of Paddington Bear. If you were lucky enough as a child to watch an episode of Paddington Bear, you know that he was a fuzzy little stuffed bear that wore a blue corduoroy jacket, a big black hat with the front rim flipped up, and no pants. (I don't know what it is about characters on childrens shows and not wearing pants, but it seems to be a pattern that's running rampant.) You also know that Paddington was the only character in the show that wasn't a cut out piece of paper.
Paddington was best known for his love of peanut butter. Man, every episode he'd find a way to get into the peanut butter, and usually at one of the human's expense. He'd be holding the ladder for the father of the family (is it his family? better yet, why is there a walking, talking stuffed bear?) anyways, Paddington's holding the ladder for the father while he cleaned the gutters or something, and the father sends him in to get a tool. Well, Paddington, be the dumb bear that he is, goes to the kitchen to look for the tool. He doesn't even know what the tool is or looks like. As he's looking around he stumbles across the peanut butter in the pantry. He then spends the next 5 minutes of the show making and eating a peanut butter sandwich. Meanwhile, the father is still up on the ladder when a strong gust of wind knocks him off and he falls to his bloody death. Paddington hears the noise and investigates, and upon seeing the dead father shrugs and says, "Hmm, this is a delicious peanut butter sandwich," then walks off and the cartoon is over.
That was the basic plot-line of each episode. And yet, I would find myself watching it often as a child. What possessed me to keep watching this terrible show? We'll never know.
Ironically, the show was British, which explains why it was so terrible.
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correction: paddington was trying to get marmalade, not peanut butter. though to me, both are equally disgusting. -jism
I stand corrected. Paddington was indeed trying to get marmalade. I should have remembered that the Brits don't have peanut butter and thus neither could Paddington.
But it still doesn't change the fact that Paddington's obsession with food caused his friends harm. It's not even funny like Strong Bad, who intentionally harms his friends.
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