tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702968106792531600.post3745493221200475850..comments2023-10-03T10:56:50.717-04:00Comments on Whiskey Pie: 30 For 30: The Adventures Of Pete & PeteScrambledGregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13755892007082633280noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702968106792531600.post-55724332418735076922014-03-10T17:49:57.783-04:002014-03-10T17:49:57.783-04:00Funnily enough, Chris Elliott was on Pete & Pe...Funnily enough, Chris Elliott was on <i>Pete & Pete</i>. I think it was the Sick Day episode.ScrambledGregshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755892007082633280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702968106792531600.post-28747563170733616082014-03-10T16:21:37.015-04:002014-03-10T16:21:37.015-04:00It never really dawned on me that Pete & Pete ...It never really dawned on me that <i>Pete & Pete</i> was a weird show until I watched it as an adult. There was a lot of kooky shit going on, but it never felt like they were going out of their way to be strange or absurd. I took its weirdness at face value, which was also how I took in <i>The State</i>, <i>Beavis & Butt-head</i>, <i>Ren & Stimpy</i>, <i>The Maxx / The Head</i>, <i>Rocko's Modern Life</i> etc. etc. The ten year-old me didn't really understand the blatant sexuality of <i>Æon Flux</i>, but he <i>did</i> like the mutant superbaby that appeared in the final episode. Sometimes I forget that the nineties were a golden age for weird fucking shit, much more so than the zeros or the tens. Honestly, I think I appreciate <i>Pete & Pete</i> more now than I did back then. It's like the missing link between Jean Shepherd and Chris Elliott. I watched it regularly as a kid, but it wasn't something I discussed with my friends or classmates, which is kind of weird, because we talked about MST3K all the time, and there's no way we got the Larry Csonka or <i>Bone Machine</i> references. I guess it's too much to expect taste from a bunch of fifth graders. <br /><br />Has anyone ever told you that you look like a bona fide Sludgesicle man?Sherman Krebbsnoreply@blogger.com