hey wait a minute, You guys are Zombies!!! AAAAAH!!!

Well, there's a couple of different things I could write about that I did this weekend, but you all get to hear about another cartoon instead. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy is about two kids who win the eternal friendship of the grim reaper by beating him in a game of limbo. (judging by the picture, I bet you can't guess why) This show might sound like a goth show, but it's actually really really funny.

This show is funny for a few reasons. First, it's really really stupid, which always makes a show funnier. It also parodies many other shows, movies, books, etc. and the characters are hilarious.

Parodies in billy and mandy run from harry potter (nigel planter) to the power puff girls, but it doesn't only rely on parodies for it's content. It's also got all kinds of great content of it's own in every episode.

The Characters in this show are great. Mandy is evil and never smiles, Grim, for all his association of death, really seems to just be a nice guy, and billy's happily oblivious to pretty much everything.

Overall, this show is just really funny. go watch it right now.

keane

As the title of my blog suggests, I really like keane. why is this? not only because they rock. well, yes it is, but, since I feel this strange obligation to describe it in more detail, here we go:

First off, Keane is a British band, and, as I'm sure we all know, any band from the UK is bound to be good. As an example, we'll just look at a few UK bands. The Beatles, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, that one guy who sings that one song that's on the top of those one charts, I think his name's James Blunt. And of course, Keane. While this last one is obviously the best, the other ones on that list are all good too.

Second, keane is a unique type of band, as in "no-guitar", instead they have a keyboard, drums, and vocals. They're also very talented, obviously having the ability and drive to write incredible lyrics, and that guy can sing. Don't believe me? Go listen to it yourself right here. I think a couple of those don't work though. Well, I think that pretty much sums it up with the example there. Keane rocks.

what's 2+7?

Well, this weekend I've had to write a ten page paper about my personal family history as it relates to the history of the United States. Until this experience, I was under the impression that writing ten pages about one topic was incredibly difficult. It's a good feeling to prove yourself right every once in a while.

There's several reasons why this was a hard assignment. First and foremost, it was ten pages, which, in case anybody has any false impressions about the length of ten pages, is not short. Second, it required research into family history, U.S. history, AND writing skills. and third, I am wiped out. Ten pages is a long way. Thank you for your time.

Chicks dig giant robots.

Megas XLR. Best. Show. Ever. Well, I should explain a little bit about this show. It's about this guy named Coop who somehow manages to buy a robot from the future from a junkyard for 2 bucks. After doing some touchups, like replacing the missing head with a 1972 Plymouth Barracuda and... well... touching it up all around, he goes around with his loser friend jamie, and kiva, who's from the future, in his giant robot and beats up a bunch of bad guys. mostly some aliens bent on taking over the earth, called the glorft.


So why is this show so cool? It's hilarious, it's full of cultural references, parodies, subtle humor, and satire.

It's Hilarious. Plain and simple. I mean, just look at the theme song!

Living here in Jersey

Fighting villains from afar

You gotta find first gear

In your giant robot car

You dig giant robots

I dig giant robots

We dig giant robots

Chicks dig giant robots

Nice!

No explanation needed.
Also, In every episode they blow up the entirety of jersey city, and yet, come next episode, it's always back again.

It's chock full of cultural references. In every episode they blow up some sort of POPTV (spoof of MTV) billboard, sign, building, blimp, pretty much anything. After a little background research, I found out that this is because MTV cancelled the first show that these same people made. This is their way of venting their anger. nice. They also make fun of everything from the DMV to Slurpees to fake cheese nachos.

It has lots of parodies too. The very concept of the show is a huge parody of giant robot cartoons, and they steal lots of the exact moves from gundam and the such. They even Parody Strong Bad in one episode, using the signature "Double Deuce". One of the best examples of parodies in this cartoon is the episode "ultra chicks" where the whole thing is one big jab at sailor moon. I can tell that and I've never even watched sailor moon! There's also a couple of episodes making fun of power rangers, which I can relate to. hehe, first grade, power rangers, good times.

The show is also just full of subtle humour. There's always little signs in the background which say funny little things, and whenever you see coop reaching down to press one of the seemingly limitless buttons on the control panel, there's a new convenient label on some button or meter that quickly flashes past. some of these are as follows:

Missles

More Missles

'ALL the Missles!

The button you should have pushed five minutes ago.

Five minutes till the end of the show.

Big Red Button of Irony

The Same Button He Just Barely Pressed

Bet You Can't Guess What This Button Does

Hurt the Good Guys- I mean, Don't Hurt the Good Guys

Heater:

Warm - Hot - DANG!

In conclusion. Megas is the best show ever created, and you should go watch it, and write hundreds of angry letters to cartoon network telling them to put it back on the air. right now.

<- And that's coop.