Good morning YOWzers (and traverballers from Atlanta)! Another spirit-lifting morning in the books. Thanks for being a part of it. Actually, thanks for being pretty much all of it. Working out to theme songs of TV shows from the 80’s and 90’s by ourselves could have been a bit sad. But working out to theme songs of TV shows from the 80’s and 90’s with a group of awesome people is arguably one of the cooler activities one can accomplish prior to 7am.
It’s amazing to think of the impact that many of these shows have had on our lives. They taught us valuable lessons about friendship and honesty, introduced us to the world of science, and created memorable characters that we could relate to. Heck, some even reminded us that delayed gratification is a thing, and that sometimes you need to wait a whole week before seeing another episode. Now, get ready for some heavy duty literature analysis (i.e., have another coffee), because it’s time to reflect on the inspirational words of wisdom that we may have taken for granted as children.
Tune into Arthur on any given day and what will you hear? “What a wonderful kind of day, where you can learn to work and play and get along with each other. Open up your eyes, open up your ears, get together and make things better by working together.” That comes straight from the aardvark’s mouth. Sure, the idea of working together is probably a pretty common theme in kids’ shows, but this song also reminded us that only by opening our eyes and our ears can we really make things better. Now, you can pretend that you didn’t watch Arthur, or you can be a mature adult and come clean about the fact that you watched it until you were in your mid-twenties (if you really didn’t watch Arthur, no hard feelings, but seriously – go check it out).
Then there’s Ash, striving to be the best Pokemon guy (Catcher? Trainer?) there ever was. He said “our courage will pull us through… You teach me and I’ll teach you.” Pretty strong words from a guy who keeps creatures in tiny balls, but still relevant. Sailor Moon’s advice hits home, too. “Never turn your back on a friend, always be there to defend.” Powerful stuff. Then good old Frasier told us that there are those days that you hear the blues a-callin’ tossed salads and scrambled eggs. Yeah okay, no idea what the lesson is there.
A few takeaways from today:
(1) We’re clearly overthinking things and just need to reflect on what lesson the animated person/animal was trying to teach us.
(2) When in doubt, use the lyrics from a children’s show for your blog title.
(3) You can use a blog post as a way of admitting that you watched Arthur well into your 20s.
What other life lessons or words of wisdom did you learn from TV shows? Feel free to share in the comments below! Seriously, we almost never get comments, so it’s really exciting to get a notification when someone does. Just sayin’.
And with that, we shall sign off with one last message from Passe-Partout.
“Où sont mes amis? Ils sont ici, ils sont ici.”
“Where are my friends? They are here, they are here.”
We really are.
Sole-fully,
Rebecca & Becca
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