by Dezro on Fri Aug 31, 2001 5:54 am
I've suspected this for a while, but tonight it's been confirmed. Everything that can be bought directly from a television commercial is crap.<P>You see during my dramatic return to television watching, I've seen many commercials for scary things like "Aaron Carter" and "Dream Street", from which you could order direct. This scared me.<P>Now, just a while ago, I finished watching Invader Zim. I realized Rocket Power came next and had to act quickly. I grasped the remote controller and swiftly changed the channel. I changed the channel until I saw something odd...<P>The Rocket Power Alarm Clock.<P>The first odd thing was that the commercial was on a local station. It was also horribly produced (the commercial not the clock (okay both)). The really odd thing was the clock itself. It had no visible time display, and the "alarm" was the damn theme song. Three of the main characters slowly moved around the clock while the song played and another slowly spun around on a half pipe. If you wanted, you could remove the figures of the characters so you could play with them. With no obvious moving parts, I don't see why a kid would in this day and age. On second thought, I think they were just too cheap to glue them in.<P>Of course the worst part was the theme song. A hideous song suited more to a Power Rangers rip-off than a 'realistic' cartoon kids show. The worst part is the combination of the catchy-ness quotient and the fact that songs get stuck in your head easier in the morning than at night makes the clock seem worse.<P>Ugh...<P>Hey, anyone know where I can get a random episode of "Rocko's Modern Life" in a non-divx format using HTTP or FTP?<P>Dave "No you don't!" Smith<p>[This message has been edited by Dezro (edited 08-31-2001).]