Me On Your Front Porch

This is my “3 Clips” video. I was trying to manipulate the “I Love the 80’s” icon all around the screen, at random, and kind of emulating the helicopter.

Today’s Special Promo
This clip represents the very earliest memories that I have. It is intangible and I have never come across somebody else who knows Today’s Special. It is a Canadian show, so it is weird as shit. When I found it on Youtube.com, it blew my mind. I had not seen a single frame from this TV show in 20 years or more. The visuals triggered some very strange, genesis memories. They aren’t even formed memories. It is hard to explain, but it was a trigger of something long forgot, and as soon as these feelings and remembrances came to my mind, they were gone. The most striking visual in this clip was the cartoon mother goose flying by with a rainbow contrail being ejected by the goose. It is very possible that this intensely scared me as a child. I know I loved this show, but I also know it struck me as very foreign and surreal. This show has the same aesthetic feel as many weird dreams I’ve had. There is a very strong connection in my early developing mind to this show.

Duck Tales Intro
I had a best friend who lived 2 houses away from me all throughout my childhood. In fact, we are still friends to this day. He and I spent our afternoons getting in to trouble right as school was let out. We would generally have a set routine. We would first hit the neighborhood streets hard on our bikes, hopping curbs, kicking over garbage cans, trying to impress Ashley Briggs, etc. After that, we would climb his huge tree and try and convince his dad to build us a treehouse. If it was Autumn, we would pile the fallen leaves at the base of the tree so we could make high altitude jumps from the tree. If it was winter, we would pile up snow at the base of the tree. This way we could make higher, more dangerous jumps. This would usually lead to snow fort building and by night fall, we would strategically hit passing cars with snow balls. The fort provided excellent cover to hide from angry dads of all kinds. The common thread of our activities, warm or cold outside, were the late afternoon slow downs as we watched Duck Tales and Tale Spin. We later decided that our obsession with jumping out of his tree into piles of leaves or snow came from Scrooge McDuck’s daily swim in his money vault. After our cartoon session, I usually had to go home to dinner. After dinner, We would be back at it. That is what Duck Tales is to me.

Airwolf Intro
My dad had his own one man painting business when I was young. I was in year-round school, so many times when I was off track (on break), I would have to go along with my dad to his various jobs. He had this little black and white TV set that I would watch, as I sat in the middle of the room, sitting on paint covers made of heavy canvas. There were many shows that stick out in my mind during those days, but Airwolf is the distinctive show that I remember. I loved the music and I loved the visuals of the stealthy helicopter as it flew around. I only saw the show in syndication, so by this time, the Airwolf helicopter was on a tour, stopping at airports across the country. One sunny Saturday morning, it made a stop at the municipal airport, which was a little over 1 mile away from my house. I remember being so excited about this, so my brother and I spent all morning sitting on the roof of our shed, trying to catch a peek at the Airwolf. We never saw it.