by the power of Greyskull…
August 10th, 2005
I’ve been crying a little for the past few days. Well, other than the fact that my daughter started school. And that patron that managed to mangle the last existing nerve in my body. Yeah, I’m a manly man.
I treated myself to the He-Man and The Masters of the Universe DVD set of the top 10 episodes. Upon hearing the intro song, I damn near peed in my pants. Our television immediately transported me back on the shag carpeting of a 1-bedroom apartment, with a bowl of Fruity Pebbles in front of me and my mom telling me to hurry up and finish eating or I’ll be late for school. Ironically enough, I rarely finished watching a full episode -because by the time the show was over, school was starting. Yeah, I rarely caught the morale of the story - thus leading me into a life of unethical behavior.
I tried so hard to remember all the characters that kept me awake on school mornings: He-Man, Man-at-Arms, Teela, Orko, Ram-Man, and Stratos. Ooh, and Battle Cat. And of course, all the bad guys: Skeletor, Beast Man, Trap Jaw, and Mer-Man. Of course, there’s a bunch of other characters in ‘em, but those were my all time faves. I still have my metal He-Man lunchbox prominently displayed in my kitchen. With the thermos still inside! There’s a whiff of Hi-C fruit punch still in there.
My childhood died when Dolph Lungdren became He-Man.
My next purchase, in an attempt to revisit my childhood, is the Thundercats Season 1 Dvd set. Who needs a shrink to get in touch with your inner child?
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