Uh-oh. I think it’s easy to miss the milestone this time.

We missed 666666, but at least have 777777, so watch your posting .

Oh, I dunno.  Cyndi Lauper, I was surprised to learn, sang the theme to Pee-Wee's Playhouse-- which has one awesome Christmas special, too, bee-tee-dubs.  I guess it depends a lot on if these groups were already big then or achieved their success some years later on.

So besides the TV shows, the tradition I like most is the annual Christmas parade.    The ones they have in the town I've moved to, sadly, aren't quite as big or festive as the ones I grew up with back home--to start with, they're held at ten a.m. on Saturday rather than Friday at night.  Boo.   Secondly, no horses.  It simply isn't the same without horses.        The real fun part of watching these majestic beasts go by is seeing at which point on the route one of them drops a deuce... then, seeing, A. if it's still lying there on Main Street come Sunday morning, and trying to guess how long it's going to remain there , B. how long it takes before a car hits it and leaves a tire-track down the center, and C. how long before it dries up and turns white.       For the record, a good-sized horse turd takes about two and a half weeks to fully turn to dust and blow away on the breeze.

Everything about the Raccoons was strange.  It had very big and obvious political messages and they somehow got some pop stars to make music for them.  It's a really weird thing.

Hm, yes--I remember thinking, upon hearing the closing credits theme, it's a very odd choice for a children's animated series with prosocial undertones.


The lyrics about "passion in your eyes","desperate love", and "we are free" feel like they'd be better suited to a romantic comedy...or a series of a more--erhm--adult nature.       

Plus, that's pretty quality animation for the time--really holds up well.  Looks as if they had a pretty decent-sized production budget, compared to many of the smaller Canadian houses coming up in the seventies and eighties.

I have been driving non-stop and have been lucky enough to drive both DLC's.  I finished the WOT event in ETS.  Now I need to work on the ATS one.

Canadian animation used to be better, and uniquely strange.   ^ The Raccoons is an example of that.  It's weird that theme song of their's hard dark undertones to it.

Quote from: Anyponedrawn on 2025-12-02 00:12:29

G5 Pone Plushes have appeared.

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2025/11/new-g5-plushies-spotted-in-sweden.html

I really wish they could make full accurate plush for G4.  The fandom community does a better job.

I do too. I feel we never really get accurate pony plushes.  It shouldn't be too hard to do.

I watched the old Frosty the Snowman.  The movie with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer... the animated Grinch movie and the Snow-mizer/Heat-miser movies!  Those are key Christmas movies of my childhood.

You have wonderful taste, doll.  I wouldn't mind cuddling up with a pretty little thing like you some chill dark night to binge-watching a few shows from each of our lists.         


Here's another obscure animated treat from right around that period, called The Raccoons Christmas Special.

I've just discovered this series quite recently.  It must not have aired on any of the American TV stations I grew up watching.  Maybe they're the Canuck cousins of the Shirt Tales...?       Another favorite show from my youth that's probably a bit before your time, my dear....

Well, for you who are both Grinch lovers and horror fans, I recommend The Mean One. This satirical take on everyone's favorite furry green holiday-hating boggart approaches the material with a uniquely vicious bent, with more aplomb than even the incomparable Jim Carrey mustered in the role.  Look for fun little shoutouts to other Seuss books, too, like a bar called Horton's or a couple of colorful fish languidly floating in their glass bowl--a bit of a chuckle to offset The Mean One's sociopathic savagery.

Great photos and reviews everyone.

Yeah, Louisiana feels pinched, but it is very nicely detailed.  Much prefer Nordic Horizons.  I am already back at it after finishing the WOT event on ATS.