jackassworld

Yeah … I know. Everyone else and their blog is jumping on the Sesame Street train today, but if you would be so kind as to recall a certain puppeteering post from yesterday then you will realize I was in fact the engine in this choo-choo scenario. But let’s blow this puppet stand and jump a few tracks off the PBS block to head south of the equator to Australia, where men raised on the more innocent days of television draw upon Professor Henson’s educational teachings and take puppets to the next obscene level on Wildboyz. Because when the wonder of childhood is lost, and all the toys are broken, how else are we meant to entertain ourselves in a working world gone mad behind cubicles, counters, and desks? Mark Twain was onto something when he penned Huck Finn; I’m just not so sure America paid close enough attention other than to briefly crown it as a Great American Novel before grabbing the briefcase, catching the train, and making it to work before the whistle or boss man blew. Next stop … Willoughby!

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