tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post3347523127249985282..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: AYPWIPJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-7166034907132430482010-11-01T13:36:22.890-04:002010-11-01T13:36:22.890-04:00Steve, you're thinking of "The Hand that ...Steve, you're thinking of "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle", where Brain plans to influence the children of the world through a series of "Baby Brain Booster" videos that will inculcate in them a predilection for everyone's favourite world-conquering lab mouse:<br /><br />PINKY: "Egad, brilliant, Brain — oh, wait, no... babies have very short attention spans!"<br />BRAIN: "Trust me, Pinky: I have inordinate experience dealing with short attention spans."<br />PINKY: "Oh, you're tall enough for your age, Brain!"<br />BRAIN: "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"<br />PINKY: "Wuh, I think so, Brain, but isn't Sally Struthers too old to wear Lycra?"<br />BRAIN: "Please, Pinky! Must you always be such a meathead?"<br />PINKY: "But Brain, you told me I was in a permanent vegetative state!"<br /><br />They really do say each other's name every sentence, don't they?!<br /><br />-David "thinks so, Plato, but who could write a song with that many rhymes?" GreenPlatonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-67675813050294411692010-11-01T13:33:47.249-04:002010-11-01T13:33:47.249-04:00Yup, "she'd never leave Mickey for you&qu...Yup, "she'd never leave Mickey for you" was Keeper's. (Brain does look a little crestfallen at the "Thumby" remark.) Some of the pop-culturey lines certainly could be considered Pinky's answer to what Brain was actually pondering (say, "Pete Rose? Can we trust him?" (hey, they used Rose twice!)), but others definitely fit the "Pinky POV"-mould. There are a few that are a bit too much of a <i>sequitur</i>, I think: "apply North Pole to what"; also the one about taking London Bridge apart, though at least that was delayed longer. Most of the ones I'd rate best are probably non-pop lines (e.g. "we'd look like weasels", "it's a miracle this one grew back", etc.). Though the Pippi Longstocking and Regis Philbin ones are good — and also early, too. But then those gags don't depend on who the people are, it's just an example of comic specificity.<br /><br />Something else more noticeable when the clips are played in order is how Pinky's voice changed over time (Brain's too, though not as much).<br /><br />-David "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" GreenPlatonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-11855502783014218732010-10-25T14:35:08.155-04:002010-10-25T14:35:08.155-04:00Great stuff. Wasn't there one involving Sally ...Great stuff. Wasn't there one involving Sally Struthers in Spandex? Or was that just a dream?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.com