At the end of another nutty week in middle school, a few teachers were standing around swapping stories about student antics this afternoon.
"He was dead set against going, until I told him we were watching Wallace and Gromit in class today, and he literally spun on his toes and raced toward the classroom," somebody said. "It was like he was a cartoon!"
"Y'know, his expressions and gestures are kind of like claymation," I noted, "I wonder if there's a subconscious connection?"
"Somebody told me his dad looks like a character from The Flintstones," a younger colleague told us, "but the reference was totally lost on me. It was the alien guy or something?"
"Gazoo?" I said. "His dad looks like Gazoo?"
The young teacher laughed and shrugged. "I know Fred," she said, "but that's about it."
Our other friend couldn't really place the little green guy, either.
"Don't feel bad," I told them, flashing back to the countless hours of my childhood spent with Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, Dino, Pebbles, Bam Bam, and Mr. Slate, not to mention The Royal Order of the Water Buffalos, Stony Curtis, Ann Margrock, the boy scout jamboree, and the castle at San Cemente running in the background. "Unless you've put in the time, Gazoo is a pretty deep dive."
"He was dead set against going, until I told him we were watching Wallace and Gromit in class today, and he literally spun on his toes and raced toward the classroom," somebody said. "It was like he was a cartoon!"
"Y'know, his expressions and gestures are kind of like claymation," I noted, "I wonder if there's a subconscious connection?"
"Somebody told me his dad looks like a character from The Flintstones," a younger colleague told us, "but the reference was totally lost on me. It was the alien guy or something?"
"Gazoo?" I said. "His dad looks like Gazoo?"
The young teacher laughed and shrugged. "I know Fred," she said, "but that's about it."
Our other friend couldn't really place the little green guy, either.
"Don't feel bad," I told them, flashing back to the countless hours of my childhood spent with Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, Dino, Pebbles, Bam Bam, and Mr. Slate, not to mention The Royal Order of the Water Buffalos, Stony Curtis, Ann Margrock, the boy scout jamboree, and the castle at San Cemente running in the background. "Unless you've put in the time, Gazoo is a pretty deep dive."
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