"the last of the starmakers"...

our routine around here is fairly simple. i work in the morning/early afternoon allowing me to run home, grab a bite, & head out to pick monkey up from school 4 days a week. & most after-school afternoons go like this: quick errands, snack, chill time (yes, this includes a little television), homework, & dinner. & it works. cartoon network is usually our tv choice, but we are open to disney channel or nickelodeon as well (depends on the mood, ya know?!)

now, my child is an average 6 year old, for sure. wild & crazy; talks a million miles a minute (gets that from me), playful; sometimes a bull in a china shop (again, right here!), but always very sweet. he is also a very sensitive child. not whiney or needy…sensitive. he can’t stand for someone to be hurt or sad. his reaction to certain things is almost beautiful, in that coming from a 6 year old kind of way. most of us, as adults, are so hardened to reality & the world around us, that we almost seem to roll our eyes to every little thing, or i know i am definitely guilty of it at times.

so where am i going with this? oh, yea…our afternoon routine. so, i enjoy cartoons as much now as i ever did. hey, some of them are hilarious. & the fact that he loves ‘tom and jerry’ as much as i do, & always have, makes me smile!

another syndicated cartoon that we watch together is ‘courage the cowardly dog’ (originally aired 1999…ran through 2002). it’s a strange little show that was created by john r dilworth for cartoon network. the basis of the show revolves around a little dog, who lives with a lady, muriel & her husband, eustace bagge, in a place cleverly named ‘nowhere.’ it’s funny & dark & a little creepy…a black comedic cartoon, if you will, & at times, very thought provoking.

crazy things are always happening in ‘nowhere’ & we are used to watching & laughing at this bizarre show; it’s really good. so needless to say, we were totally taken off guard when one afternoon, with snack in hand, we proceeded to catch ‘courage’ on the tele.

when it first began, it seemed oddly different (more odd than usual, that is). i even thought that maybe it wasn’t our cute little, weird cartoon at all; because there are occasionally shorts that run between episodes, commercials, etc., but it was our show! & as we sat there & watched, we were both simultaneously frozen. my monkey & i became immediately moved to tears. he jumped over from his couch to mine & laid his little head on my shoulder & we watched (& bawled) together.

you’re just gonna have to watch this 10-11 minute sweet, little piece. & maybe it was the day we saw it…maybe we’re just emotional folks over here, but for whatever reason, my sensitive monkey man & i were touched at the exact same time! & i just had to share.

so, through the convenient post from a youtube.com sharer, (it is not my own, btw) who loves this episode as well, i present “courage the cowardly dog: the last of the starmakers” (season 4; episode 49) & grab some kleenex...NOW!