tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post116284317592527744..comments2023-10-05T07:46:44.392-04:00Comments on And Now the Screaming Starts: Television: For the little monsters.CRwMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-1163436784220745162006-11-13T11:53:00.000-05:002006-11-13T11:53:00.000-05:00I remember occasionally running across episodes of...I remember occasionally running across episodes of Xuxa. It is weirdly out of scale – part football match, part Gong Show, part prime-time variety show.<BR/><BR/>Even weirder, apparently she started her film career in a hardcore. I can't imagine American parents letting their kids on to the set of a show hosted by somebody who got their start in a skin flick.CRwMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-1163358231303294182006-11-12T14:03:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:03:00.000-05:00Ha!That Ghoul-a-Go-Go stuff is nuts!I told the guy...Ha!<BR/>That Ghoul-a-Go-Go stuff is nuts!<BR/>I told the guys at Atomic Don's about this clip, with the 5,6,7,8's, and they're looking at me, like, what? what are you talking about?<BR/>Makes you wanna start some nutty, improbably genre-colliding kid show, don't it?<BR/><BR/>And although this isn't really horror-related or macabre, it is weird and concerns kids show hosts. Are you familiar with Xuxa (SHOO-sha), of Brazil?<BR/>Now defunct I believe, I happened to catch some of her kids shows on the Disney Family Channel during the 90s and I was, huh? WTf? <BR/>WTf-ingf?<BR/>If you google-image "xuxa" you'll see some pictures of her, and the first one is VERY revealing (actually, there's a few surprisingly explicit photos-- that strange international sensibility), which is just part of the weirdness.<BR/>The Simpsons' parodied her on one of their episodes.<BR/>Very stange. Vlad's clumsiness, physically and socially, with children made me think of her.<BR/>When you watched her show, she seemed to have no real affinity for kids, no real chemistry. In Vlad's case, I think it's part of the act. I don't think Xuxa was acting. Although her fondness for children may have been sincere.<BR/>But she looked great in her outfits, that European fashionable look that somehow looks 70s as well, you know?<BR/>But her show seemed hugely budgeted! Huge set! Like, it appeared to be a whole sound stage. Two or three actors in animal costumes, as energetic mascots! That was the most jaw-dropping thing about it. How did this happen? Like her husband was this old billionaire and he just wants to please his young, hot, well-meaning, clueless wife who wants to do a kids show.<BR/>Weird.<BR/>She had musical guests, like Michael Kamen (?!) doing duets with her and singing songs TO her. Way nuts.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, trying to stay on subject here:<BR/>In my travels, I stumbled on this website:<BR/>http://www.shillingshockers.com/<BR/><BR/>and while looking for THAT site, I found THIS site:<BR/>http://horrorhosts.com/<BR/><BR/>and if you go there, and then click on HHU Network, you'll see a funny take on Grant Wood's American Gothic.<BR/>Man, our world's wonderfully screwy, some times, some places...<BR/><BR/>But I'm serious about the inspiration to create something insanely wonderfully improbable on local TV.<BR/>Come on! I know you feel it, too!<BR/><BR/>Just causing trouble like I got a quota to make...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com