25 Jun 2008

This Is A Happy Moment

OMG OMG OMG.

I don't know when it happened or how long it will stay, but the best thing ever has just occurred:

I just found out we get Game TV.

We never used to. I used to try, now and again, just to see - and every time I'd flip to the channel I'd get the Rogers Digital Bitchslap Screen, informing me to pay up or get the hell out.

But ... oh .... no .... not this week! I pray it's not a demo week and that it's now just included in our package on a permanent basis.

But why has Game TV excited me in a way my husband cannot? It's because Game TV airs the show that would get me so, so psyched as a kid and now disturbingly giddy as an adult - JUST LIKE MOM.

This darling of a Canadian game show aired in the early and mid-eighties and teamed children (ages 7 to 11 or so) and their moms in a Newlywed style match-up. While that part was sort of boring and in some ways embarrassing to watch, the BEST PART EVER was the bake-off. Children were sent to a kitchen to 'cook' a specific recipe. The Moms had to sample each goodie and guess which was made by her child. But it wasn't that simple. No way, Jose. The show would give the kids access to WACKY ingredients. Like, you're told to make a brownie, but there's also ketchup and Gatorade and jellybeans on the table. Now, if you were nine, what would you add?

The crazy shit! DAMN STRAIGHT! And MOM HAS TO EAT IT.

BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAA.

Here's a sample:



And just when you thought it couldn't get better, one of the prizes you could win was a trip to a camp where you could zipline into a lake. ZIPLINE INTO A LAKE!!!!

Just Like Mom was Just Like Crack to me.

I watch the show now and still find myself excited (although totally, totally disturbed by host Fergie Olver's begging of kisses from the young girls while their moms are still backstage. What the eff was up with that?).

If GameTV goes away from my package, I need to find out where I can petition to get this series on DVD. For serious.

4 comments:

Anonymous,  10:16 pm, June 25, 2008  

The comments section on Blogger is buggy right now ... just testing.

Rockstarbride 3:59 pm, July 01, 2008  

ah ahahah!! Loved that show. And Kidstreet. Loved Kidstreet (esp the hands over the head clap)

Laura 10:03 pm, July 07, 2008  

Awesome!!! Thanks for the clip! I watched it with my husband laughing the whole time. I remember the show clearly!!

Jessica 1:28 pm, July 10, 2008  

Hah! I forgot all about that show. I used to "bake" just like that, and then give it to people to eat.

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