Qubo?

Hey Ben, happy birthday!

NBC has a new Saturday morning lineup that they've christened Qubo--the way it's pronounced, it sounds like "What's up?" in Spanish. Two programs from Big Idea are part of the schedule: Veggie Tales and 3-2-1 Penguins. I wondered what changes, if any, Veggie Tales would undergo. Today's episode was a retelling of Don Quixote. Long ago in high school, I remember reading the book, hating the fact that other people in my class found it humorous to call me Sancho (since it's very close to my last name), and feeling like I was missing out on a lot since we read the abridged version of it. Same goes for Les Miserable, I kind of felt like we were being shortchanged reading the shorter versions. I have repeatedly heard that I wasn't really missing anything at all.

In any case, Sancho wasn't called by that name but Pancho. Ok, no big deal. I did find it VERY amusing that Pancho/Sancho at one point advises the good Don to "lay off the salsa". I see the real life lessons being pushed onto us by NBC.

Nonetheless, the episode kept Abby's attention and well, mine as well. AND, and Babar's back on as part of the lineup as well!

As I sit and type this, I find myself wanting some calamari thanks to David Attenborough's narration of the squid life cycle.

Whoa!

Two commercials caught my eye today.

The first one was for Urine Gone. Yes, if you're living in home that is simply swilling in urine, then you NEED Urine Gone. Not only would one get the incredible enzyme action of Urine Gone, but you'll get a black light to highlight problem urine areas (the toilet that was shown in the actual commerical looked like it had a urine filled balloon flung at it--well one can only hope anyway) AND a bonus lint roller as well! Yes, Urine Gone!

Coincidentally, the episode of Dragon on Qubo this morning dealt with Dragon figuring out how to take care of his cat, which had a severe smelly yellow puddle problem.

Now, the site for NobelSmile doesn't actually have the ad, which is a real shame because the poor actress that demoed the all-ceramic crowns had what looked like fungus infected toenails for front teeth. Thanks to TiVo, Rachel and I could do a double-take and take another look at the TV spot.

Star Wars Fan Films

Hey, I didn't know the awards for 2006 were out already. Take a look here.

I had never seen a Pink 5 entry until tonight either.