Daddy Daughter Days: Must. Catch Up.

 ...On work

Sorry to hear about Rabbit btw. Unrelated, but I' sprinkling in some Easter Eggs to past YouTube projects that never made it to my channel. So only YOU would get these references.

 

Reference 1: An old Minecraft OC I made that I never actually named.

"I made your favorite... Pop Tarts!"

Basically 12 year old me wanted to recreate an episode of LPS Popular with her own characters. Dad was VERY impressed with this animation and I wish I could've actually saved my progress, but alas it is now lost to time. 

Good joke for Germy Fartz?

Daddy Daughter Days: Something Simple

 Missed out a ton of work due to taking a nap yesterday. I'll try and make up for it in the next few days!

Daddy Daughter Days: Another Tuesday Night

 Morning: Work your ass off while also talk to a computer

Afternoon: Also work your ass off while talking to the same computer

Night: Call it a day and spend some time with your dad watching a Family Guy clone and Camp Camp. ...No computer involved. 

Yes, I've fallen headfirst into the AI rabbit hole. 

Daddy Daughter Days: Mattress Monday

 Dad's getting a new mattress for his bed today, so mom and I gotta trap our cats in the basement once they get here. Also, it appears as if I got a Marketplace message about a Disney loungefly bag I'm selling. Let's see what becomes of THIS!

UPDATE: Lady is coming by at 2:30 to pick up the loungefly (I hope). If this follows through, I'll be getting $40 outta this. 

You'll have to explain to me what a "loungefly bag" is when I get home.

Daddy Daughter Days: "Just Another Family Guy Clone" I Think NOT!

 Dad and I had our evening drawing ritual last night. But before we turned on Camp Camp, we came across another show that got our attention. A liiiiittle show called "Crash Canyon." 

The show is an animated Canadian sitcom that ran from 2011-2013 on MTV and had a total of 2 seasons. Now I know what you're thinking. "M! This looks like another generic Family Guy clone! How could this POSSIBLY be any good???" Well, we watched the pilot yesterday and at first it started off on a not too great note, but the comedy factor picked up pretty quickly. 

The premise of this show is: A family of four (plus the annoying cousin) are on a road trip, but when the father isn't watching the road, they accidentally drive off the side and land in a giant canyon inhabited by other people of similar, yet different fates. The characters are pretty funny. You've got the classic "dad who tries his best to be a good dad," the "overprotective mom" (who in my opinion, they were trying to rip off Sally Botsford from Wordgirl). The one trope I REALLY hate "Technology addicted teenager" and "son that the parents sorta forget about."

Is the show another Family guy clone? ...Yes and no. Yes, they have a similar art style and stole the whole cutaway gag schtick, but the show is also trying to do its own thing, so they definitely get points for creativity.

Will we be watching more episodes tonight while dad and I write a comic about Camp Camp? Probably! After a little trip to SOOUBWAY!

What were your thoughts on the pilot last night, dad?

My take is that despite its "high concept" underpinnings, there's enough of that "If you think dat's bad, remember the time I..." flashbacks to keep it anchored firmly in FG wannabe status.

Having only seen the pilot and second episode I'm not sure how quickly the concept will burn out. If we get to like or care about any of the characters it may prove to be worthwhile. Fingers crossed.

https://archive.org/details/crash-canyon-full-series

Daddy Daughter Days: Remember THIS?!?

 

I swear this nostalgia trip I'm on wasn't intentional!!!

Daddy Daughter Days: Little Me Would Be So Proud

 Yesterday, while mindlessly browsing YouTube, I found a video. And not just any old video, but something that debunked a 15 year mystery that I was always curious about. 

Not a lot of people remember this show, and understandably so as it wasn't as well known as other children's media of past and present. But being a kid that grew up in one of the worst parts of the Carolinas, I was subjected to a lot mixed media when it came to our local PBS station. We had locally broadcasted shows like "Lomax: The Hound of Music" and....Ugh.... "The Enviropals" (seriously that show was terrible). But one show that falls under the category of mascot\puppetry in today's discussion is a little show called "Raggs."

"Raggs" was a TV show that ran from... Let's see... 2006 to 2008. The show is about an all dog band facing everyday, slice of life adventures. To say I liked this show as a kid would be an understatement, because I was (and still am) a sucker for all things puppetry related. But something that always boggled me as a kid was "how do they make the characters talk like that?" Which I recently found out that there were people performing in the suits that would later be dubbed over by voice actors (basically like what they did with Barney). ...Sorry, younger Mariel. It was NOT animatronics. 

But another thing that seemed to cross my mind were the concert segments of each episode. And how were they filmed? And the most common question I asked was "Is there gonna be a Raggs concert in Fayetteville? If so, can we PLEEEEEEEEEEASE go???" Yes, that's how obsessed I was with this show. Luckily, I got my answer yesterday. When someone posted footage from a Raggs LIVE SHOW to their YouTube channel. the footage dates back to 2010 (no surprise there) and the show is split up into 4 videos at about 10 minutes each. 

Nothing planned this weekend other than earning a little extra salary for the "World's Largest Yard Sale" next weekend. So this will give me time to work on those Camp Camp audio fanfics. My friend is supposed to be giving me her lines tomorrow. 

This is the best thing I've made by far.

A Rage Quit Christmas...