Okay, kids, I've got an assignment for you. Back in the late eighties, there was this guy in a lab coat and green pants. Not regular green, but that bluish Miami Vice green that was all over the place back then. Anyway, this guy had four legs, and he would go up on stage and proceed to cut off his appendages with a chainsaw, one by one, while The Peter Gunn Theme plays in the background.
I would think it would be pretty hard to forget something that monumentally weird, but when I brought it up with my friends a few weeks ago, they all looked at me like I had mayonnaise bleeding out of my eyes. I should have been the one with the blank look on my face. I mean, how do you just blank out a guy sawing off his freaking legs? If we weren't all broke, I would have put money on this guy's existence.
Have you ever been the only one that remembers something, and it gets to the point where you start to think maybe you imagined your entire childhood? Fortunately, Al Gore invented the internet, where you can find 9,000 other people that remember the same ridiculous things you do. That's a pretty good feeling; to sit back and say, "See, I knew Snow White had her own sitcom in the eighties!"
So I went home and did a search for "chainsaw," "lab coat" and "Peter Gunn." Nothing. Nothing relevant, anyway.
So...anyone want to back me up on this? Max Headroom-looking four-legged chainsaw guy, anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
11 comments:
Sorry g_s, I can't help you with your dream date, but I did have to applaud you on finally updating the ol' blog...
I'm no help with the identification or the mayo bleeding from the eyes. You may need more help than we can give.
Sadly, the Charmings actually sounded familiar, though.
That sounds more like a nightmare. Sorry, I got nothing.
You're on your own on this one, but I'll ask around - if I remember. My friends have a tendency to remember weird shit like that.
I'd think this goes without saying, but he's a magician/illusionist.
Damn. Google knows everything.
Um...nope.
I guess I'm out of the loop--what the hell is Google Answers?
>>List Price: $10.00
Huh? You post questions and people answer them for a fee?
i have a mind like a steel trap and am constantly arguing with people over things that happened that only i can remember. not sure if having a good memory is a blessing or a curse, because it also causes me to relive things i would rather not in great detail. was that a ferris bueller reference?? nice.
I remember this guy! I loved him. He was a guest on "America's funniest people". And yea, to give away part of his secret - he uses a fake head to make himself look like he's 10 feet tall.
Sorry to spoil that, but I just HAD to prove that I saw it :)
If I can find a google link, I'll post it here.
R
Thanks for visiting and backing me up, anonymous R!
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