I’ve never seen the Blue Man Group live (yet), but some of their performance pieces have managed to catch my eye and ear, like this one: “What is Rock” from their album The Complex. It’s funny, whenever I hear this song, I think of a big-eyed J-Pop band performing it, not a trio of bald headed blue guys. The song still rocks, though. Give it a listen.
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Nerdvana: Song of the Songs
Hello and welcome to another installment of our newest segment on Twinsanity: Nerdvana. For those who don’t know, Nerdvana is the segment where we celebrate the geeky stuff we like. There’s so much ranting and snarking on the internet, we figured we should occasionally break out of cynic mode and say nice things about the things in media that we enjoy. Nerdvana is all inclusive, and can be about anything: a show, a character, an episode, a trope, a song, a skit, anything, as long as it’s something we like and we have something entertaining (or at least interesting) to write about it. Be warned: some of these Nerdvana entries are going to be very free-form and non-linear, and these entries aren’t informative in any way; think of Nerdvana as nerdy ramblings from someone who’s buzzed on Happy Juice and celebratory geekings out from the right side of the brain. That said, buckle up, and let’s begin.
Today I’ll be praising all things, concepts and characters connected to one of the characters on The Hub’s Littlest Pet Shop, Blythe Baxter’s BFF, Youngmee Song.
She’s cute, she’s got purple eyes, she’s a mathlete, she possesses encylopedic knowledge which Blythe sometimes finds creepy, she squees at boy bands and even wrote a song for one, she and Blythe have watched scary movies and tried on identical outfits together, she refuses to call adults (such as Blythe’s dad Roger) by their first names and can’t be made to do so via reverse psychology because she’s “different”. Awww.
Another reason I like Youngmee is because she’s related to this lady, her Aunt Christie.
She’s one of my toon crushes right now. I consider Christie to be a BILF: a Businesswoman I’d Like to…uh, Fool around with. Yeah, let’s go with that.
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Christie owns and operates this place, a sweet shop called Sweet Delights, where Youngmee works in her spare time.
Conveniently located right next to Littlest Pet Shop and right in front of a pile of tires.
Come on. The lady owns and runs a flippin’ SWEET SHOP. For some reason I really like this idea. How awesome a fictional job is that?? Surrounded by cupcakes, eclairs, ice cream sodas, doughnuts, jellybeans, malted milk balls, licorice, lollipops, parfaits, jaw breakers, peppermints, caramels, gumdrops and other assorted fattening tooth-rotting indulgences.
“OK, screw the diet! The only word I wanna hear after ‘healthy’, is APPETITE!”
Aww, look at Youngmee’s little hat!
Christie’s personality is largely that of a business woman. She is often seen talking on the cellphone and is usually working. Aunt Christie is often seen doing a combination of cooking, talking on the phone, emailing and interacting with others, showing an extremely good ability to multitask (even going to the degree of performing certain tasks with her feet to save time, such as opening oven doors and catching things she dropped).
“Feet. Yeah….heh…heh…heh…heh….”
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Enough heavy breathing, please. You’re steaming up my monitor.
Anyway, Christie is Youngmee’s aunt, though in the theater of my mind she’s her mom. In a recent episode of the show, “Feud for Thought”, which suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked in my humble opinion, we learn that Youngmee isn’t an orphan, she has parents who have yet to appear on screen, but I still like to think of Christie as Youngmee’s mom. It makes her that much more MILF-ish. Plus for me that makes things like this that much more fun:
Gee, I wonder if they like that box. I don’t know about you, but I could watch these two sing about their box for hours. What?
They’re also the owners of Buttercream Sundae, a adorable pet rabbit who’s clearly been eating too much of the unsold candies.
“Living in a sweet shop is great! I don’t know why you humans are always saying that too much candy is bad for you. Aside from the frequent trips to the dentist, the foaming at the mouth, the periodic blackouts and the odd night sweats, I’m as right as rain!”
“Yeah! I’ve been surviving on nothing but junk food and no brushing for 45 years, and look how I turned out!”
So there you have it, my celebration of all things Youngmee Song.
“Say, I’m a little peckish. Can I eat that rabbit? I likes ’em raw! I want my baby back baby back baby back…”
“Just so ya know, I’ve got a taser!”
Nerdvana: "World Clique" by Deee Lite
Welcome to a new segment here on Twinsanity: Nerdvana. These segments will be very loosely structured and will be in no way informative. Here, we’re just going to talk about nerdy, geeky stuff that we like. It can be anything; a character. A show. A trope. A song. It doesn’t matter. Just as long as we like it and want to write about it. Even we need to take a break from snarkiness occasionally.
Let’s start with one of my jams. The song “World Clique” by the group Deee Lite. I first heard this song when Deee Lite performed as the musical guests on Saturday Night Live. The host that week was Rosanne Barr. Deee Lite performed their big hit song “Groove Is In the Heart” as their first number, and this on, the title track from their first album, as the second number. This song just sounds like a ‘B’, ya know.
Anyways, here’s “World Clique”. Enjoy.
Our Favorite TV Show Openings At the Moment
After sending a chill down everyone’s collective spines last month with a selection of creepy, scary and just plain disturbing production logos last month, we’ve decided to make things a little more mellow and talk about something that we like. We give you some of our favorite TV show intros of the moment:
Let’s start with an oldie, but a goodie. The opening for Cartoon Network’s 1st original series: Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Man, the late Sonny Sharrock could certainly rock!
Next, here’s another smooth jazz tune that I’ve always enjoyed. The opening theme from The WB’s Mission Hill, courtesy of alternative ska band Cake.
I like Mission Hill‘s closing theme also, but unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find that one anywhere.
On the subject of Adult Swim shows, here are a couple more of our favorites. Here’s the into Sealab 2021, courtesy of Calamine. Some of Williams Street’s funhouse mirror version of old Hanna-Barbera shows have rubbed some people the wrong way, but Sealab 2021 was good, at least it was up until the unfortunate passing of Harry Goz, the voice of Captain Murphy. The show was never the same since.
And here’s one of my personal picks, the intro for Metalocalypse. Doesn’t this kick a little ass? But should we expect anything less from the most brutal band in the world?
This next one is tad out of date now, since the series has been renamed twice since then, but I think this theme is best of the revamps. Here’s the intro for the 1st re-branding of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, performed by Queens of the Stone Age.
Next, here’s a great intro from a show starring one of the coolest bands of the moment, the opening of The Hub’s The Aquabats Super Show!
We realize that this next series opening isn’t from a cartoon, but we like it anyway. This is from the IFC channel’s original series, Comedy Bang! Bang! We think the show is great, but we’re also a little ticked at creator Scott Aukerman for taking that title. Comedy Bang! Bang! could’ve easily been the name of this blog!
Next, again this isn’t from a cartoon, it’s from an internet series, 2 Best Friends Play, in which 2 two foul-mouthed but hilarious dudes play through video games while cracking wise and ripping on each other throughout. Hardcore gamers will know that the music is actually from Green Greens, which is the 1st level on several of the Kirby games.
Finally, here’s one from the most recent series. The intro for the Disney Channel’s newest animated series Wander Over Yonder, the brain child of Craig McKraken. Theme song courtesy of The Two Man Gentleman Band. Say what you will about the show, the opening theme is downright infectious.
Honorable mention goes to the opening theme for Comedy Central’s Key & Peele, which like the Comedy Bang! Bang! theme, was written and performed by Reggie Watts. We would have included it here, but the intro doesn’t seem to be anywhere on the internet. Bottom line: don’t screw with Viacom!
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