AWAKE & DREAMING

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Guess Who....That Funny Bird

All of you who, when young or even now, remember this loony character who went into mischievious antics at tha drop of a feather. Woody is also famous for that one of a kind laugh, which is often immitated but never ever has anyone been able to duplicate it. I used to watch Woody Woodpecker as a kid in Kuwait, but can't ever remember seeing an episode since we moved back to India. I must protest to Cartoon Network. My two nephews watch all these nonsense cartoons that couldn't hold a candle to the red & blue bird. There have been very few cartoons in the last decade or so that are worth watching. I admit that I still like to see cartoon even at the age of 29 (although that is getting lesser & lesser every passing month). Sometimes there is nothing like a good cartoon to bring back traces of your childhood & innocense and can banish all your adult worries & stress, even if only for an hour or so.

One of my favourite episodes of Woody Woodpecker is the one in which he goes to a restaunrant for lunch. The waiter there (a dog??) see in the paper that there is $100,000 reward for the capture of a woodpecker. He dreams of the money, motorcars & women. So he sets out to capture our bird friend. When the waiter approaches, Woody asks "Can I have a Menu?". "A menu?" asks the waiter, to which Woody replies "Yeah, M-E-N Men, Y-O-U, You. MENU!!". Simpley hillarious and typical Woody. My sister & I used to mimic this dialogue a lot when we were much younger.....we don't do that anymore.



Song for the day - "Call And Answer" - BARENAKED LADIES