By Mojo’s Work
I got into an argument with my mom one day over whether it was dinner time or Smurf-watching time. I was under the impression TV was always live, so I couldn’t miss this episode. (Apparently, I had never seen a re-run. Of anything. Ever.) She said something to the effect of, “They’ll be on again, now eat your macaroni.”
TANGENT: We frequently ate buttered macaroni with bacon bits mixed in, and somehow no one in my family has had cardiac arrest or a waistline that exceeds pant length. MYSTERIES ABOUND.
I argued the Smurfs would move onto new adventures and Mom said they weren’t even real, to which I replied, “WELL! ALL MY CHILDREN IS FAKE, TOO, THEN!”
I really got her. Like, burrrrrrrn. And then… she answered, “I know.”
Bubble. Burst.
Hard Ticket to Home Video 
Oh man, it always stings when you’re a kid and you think you’ve finally outsmarted your parents, but then they still manage to get that last word. I feel your pain at finding out that the Smurfs weren’t real. I felt the same when I found that out about the California Raisins. For some reason, I just really thought they were real.
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How did you find out they weren’t? Did you hear it through the grapevine?
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That is beautiful!
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Hahahaha, yes, that’s exactly how.
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The best (worst?) part is, I remember this like it was yesterday, and that’s pushing 30 years now. I also remember baconed, buttered macaroni like it was yesterday, because it was.
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Is the bacon/butter macaroni something that you will be preparing for your little one someday? It sounds like the kind of meal that needs to be carried forth, generation to generation.
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My little Bean will never eat baconed, buttered macaroni under my watch. It’s one step above Skittles cereal on the 21st century parenting guide. That little girl can have a pizza any fucking time she pleases, though.
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Can you imagine if we had DVR as kids?! Then it would have always been smurf time yah baby!
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I never would have left my room even more than I didn’t!
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I don’t think I would have been able to focus on school work at all. LOL.
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I invented DVR during that argument with my mom! When I accepted that it was time to eat, I wished that there was some way I could stop the TV in time, and come back to what I wanted to see later. I guess a shooting star blew past my house that night, because here we are.
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I seriously just LOL. Thank you so much for making DVR possible, you have helped me from not going outside for days and for never ever missing an episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
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And the shooting star said, “You know there are VCRs, right, numbnuts?”
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It’s not even close to the same thing, you dickhead!
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You’ve hurt the star’s feelings.
By the way, have you seen this?
http://jensenkarp.tumblr.com/post/78452259671/it-is-with-great-privilege-that-i-can-finally
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That’s sweet, and The Ultimate Warrior is going to send a cease and desist the first chance he gets. I need to get in touch with this man about some rasslin’ zombies.
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That’s pretty awesome.
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The first time I was aware of reruns was sometime circa 1984 when my dad got so annoyed at seeing a particular episode of Hulk Hogan’s Rockin’ Wrestling be on Saturday morning again. He didn’t even watch the show but was flabbergasted at how often they replayed their episodes. I was like, “Huh? But it feels new to me” which is really dumb but as kids, we could watch the same episode a dozen times a day and not give a shit.
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My kid watched the same episode of Sheriff Callie’s Wild West three times this weekend, and the same episode of Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling 19 times.
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My dad was…. um… rather harsh on me and I remember one time some TV talk show (Hollywood Tonight??) was doing an interview with the actors who voiced The Smurfs and I wanted to watch it SO FUCKING BAD but it was dinner time and when I opted to watch TV instead of going to dinner I got spanked with the ERIC BE GOOD paddle and then grounded from TV for two weeks.
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Weren’t you 17 at the time?
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’m most excited about the macaroni in this post. Someone send me some good ‘ol American Kraft Mac & Cheese!!!!!
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