Here’s a few more things in the old memory bank I thought they could bring back for us:
CALVIN AND HOBBESÂ
I cried on December 31, 1995, the final day of Bill Watterson’s incredibly memorable and hilarious comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. Sad day for us all because it was hard finding a strip better than a mischievous and peculiar little seven year old boy named Calvin and his “homicidal, psycho, jungle cat” stuffed animal tiger best friend, Hobbes. Though it was a comic strip, the realities within the strip were very easy to point out from Calvin’s rambunctious personality to the overwhelmed mother and father filled with sarcastic one-liners. Still haven’t found a strip to match Calvin and Hobbes. In fact, I haven’t even come close. Sad. 
MTV MOONMAN & MTV
MTV sucks. I know that, you know that and everyone who has even a small portion of a brain knows that. But there was a time when MTV was the bomb, tuned in to every day by the folks from my generation after a long (or short if you were ditching) day at school. And it used to be that the MTV Moonman would come at the end of EVERY commercial they did to put that MTV flag into the moon as he’s known to do. Also, MTV used to do something: PLAY MUSIC VIDEOS. I always wondered why a cable television network would call itself “Music Television” and the completely move away from music. Sounds a little contradictory, doesn’t it? Well, if you want to know why MTV sucks nowadays, here’s your answer: THERE’S NO MORE MUSIC.
DEADWOOD (HBO)
One of the greatest one hour drama shows I’ve ever seen in my life, Deadwood was so good, I used to be filled with excitement all day Saturday and Sunday because I knew a brand new episode would be airing Sunday night. Filled with cursing, violence and naked women, Deadwood, South Dakota was a made-up name of the town the show took place in during the 1870′s when gold was the number one dream Americans were aiming to find. To give you some stats on the show that you may find appealing or not, depending on what you’re made of: the f-word was said 43 times during the first hour of the show. The f-word was spoken a grand total of 2980 during the total 36 episodes the show ran. BTW: Al Swearengen, the show’s main character, may be the greatest character I’ve ever witnessed in a one hour drama series.
DORITOS GIRL ALI LANDRY
Doritos, in my mind, has one of the best records of all the food product manufacturers as far as consistently putting out a good product with a good flavor that’s just, well, GOOD. So, putting Doritos (Frito-Lay owns the brand) on such a high pedestal means they’ve rarely disappointed. In fact, in the entire history of Doritos, they’ve only made two bad decisions in my opinion: the discontinuing of the Jumpin’ Jack Doritos (one of the greatest and rarest Doritos flavors of all time) and not keeping Doritos girl, Ali Landry, otherwise known as ONE OF THE HOTTEST CHICKS ON EARTH around for longer. Ali is so fine, she made a salty, cheese, ranchy Dorito sexy as hell. Anyone who can make you think sex everytime you eat a Dorito is SMOOOOOOOOOOKIN’ HOT.
