Thursday, July 2, 2009
Bananas in Pajamas
A queer, questionable name for a children’s cartoon series. Many baby-dove diversions, like adorable nursery rhymes and clean ‘cable’ cartoons, conceal cunning, clandestine, adult themes, which only show their unfaithful face and crazy colours upon dwindled innocence. My favourite poet – William Blake – was a master at the stainless strain of this craft. Imagine my heart of horror when it suddenly settled on my mind, in the shower – my thinking place – this morning. I thought back to Bananas in Pajamas and the scandalous sense it makes to me right now.
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its amazing how we sense lewd suggestions all around us once we lose our childhood innocence
ReplyDeletei misunderstood you, ms. understood. lol. true. hidden, risque nuggets of literary pleasure, taught to us as kids, to be remembered when old...er. does this not begin to suggest something? "Fox, Fox, Fox/ Go into the box ... Because I'm too big!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI watched this show on VH1 once; I love the 70's I think. There was a children's show called H.R. Pufnstuf with all these weird characters doing just bizarre things-an all around confusing show. Anyway, I can't remember exactly what the connection was, but it turns out the show had a lot to do with smoking weed, hence the name PUFNSTUF or PUFFING STUFF. LOLOL.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny but a lot of children's shows/movies have a lot of subliminal messages. Take Shrek and Cat in a Hat for example. I guess the good thing is as a child, you are often times oblivious to these things, THANK GOODNESS!
Never saw Bananas in Pjs but I can definitely see the double entendre! I have heard about subliminal lewd messages in some Disney cartoons including the Little Mermaid...Fascinating stuff oh and interesting thinking place.
ReplyDeletedear raine, pufnstuf? lmfao! it's weird adults doing weird, smart things, knowing they can get away with it. the subliminal lewd messages abena talks about.
ReplyDeletedear aby, what is it about the little mermaid? i'm curious.
ReplyDeletebtw, where is your thinking place?
Yes Nana Yaw. Pufnstuf. This show was way before my time so I can't give you a lot of details, but from the little snippet that I saw, there was a lot of smoke and psychedelic colors among other things (MUSHROOMS).
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of smoke, how about Scooby and Shaggy...notice how there was always a lot of smoke in the back of their van and the duo (Scooby and Shaggy) always looked high once they stepped out?
ha hahahah.
lol at the pufnstuf recall. about scooby and shaggy, i agree.
ReplyDeleteHehehe! Can't remember exactly but something to do with a priest officiating a wedding (between the main characters?) with a visible member. Now I'm exposing the fact that I have never watched The Little Mermaid or Aladdin or Bambi!
ReplyDeletenow, I'm going to have to look for the little mermaid. where're my friends who 'supply' movies in e-format?
ReplyDeletethis was definately way before my time, but my now "dirty" mind fills up wit it's own version of bananas in pj's lol!
ReplyDeleteConfession i still love cartoons.
lol, lucci,there's more. even some fairy-tale titles e.g. "puss in boots" no longer sound politically correct. hmm, our freedom of stigma-free expression is fast shrinking!
ReplyDeleteIt is believed that when certain subliminal messages are received by our mind, the subconscious mind is able to interpret it and so we act accordingly. Don't worry, they had always been there...
ReplyDeleteYou bet!
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