Random questions...

[rebness]

1) Dear Americans,

Do they sell those little chocolate Kinder eggs in America?

2) Does anyone remember a cartoon from the late 80s or early 90s, American, about these children who would go to sleep of a night and become super heroes in their dreams? There was a little dinosaur toy that came to life, a boy on a skateboard, a bossy girl... can anyone remember what it was called, because everyone I've asked remembers the cartoon, but not the title.

ETA: The savage sc1ssors1ster reliably informs me that the cartoon was called Potsworth and Company, after the smarmy dog in it. Yaaz!

3)After my computer was re-programmed following The Great Crash of '05, I've lost my DVD playing program, though of course I still have the actual DVD drive. Does anyone know of a reliable cheap or free driver I could download for Windows Media to play my DVDs, or a DVD playing program?

Also, Doctor Who was fab, as usual. Etc, etc.

Comments

[peregrinuscanus.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you - http://www.badwolf.org.uk/index.html is the scariest creepy front page I have ever been to. Dr. Who is seriously excellent, and Capt. Jack deserves to last into the Tennant era.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Ah! wig_maker just messaged me with that site. It's seriously freaky-- especially if you have your sound right up! I'm really intrigued. She speculated it could be something to do with Mickey. Me, I'm wondering about both Mickey and Captain Jack (agreed on the need for him to be in the Tennant era)!

[wig-maker.livejournal.com]

Yes! Those missing years could come back to bite him in the arse.. or something. But Mickey was looking really jealousy-ridden and like he could've knocked the Doctor on the heed a couple of times ;)

In other news: Today on Points of View the woman on it said a) Billie is definately in the next series. and b) there's a huge cliffhanger (I think that was the word she used, I was straightening hair at the time) at the end of this series with lots of Daleks OMG! Get me a large couch and tell me when they're not scary anymore :( :p OH! And there's a Christmas special!

[wig-maker.livejournal.com]

I know which cartoon you're on about! But I've spent years trying to remember what it is also!

Ditto to Doctor Who! Er... which you know of already :p

[rebness.livejournal.com]

I swear it's some evil cartoon that sought to wipe our little infant memories!

[wig-maker.livejournal.com]

We should write into Points of View about it. I'm sure the 10 years or so gap between now and when the show was last on won't make a difference :D

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

You could say you're a very slow writer.

[diana-molloy.livejournal.com]

that icon scared the living daylights outta me. Only ep that has so far given me the creeps.

[wig-maker.livejournal.com]

Oops sorry! Very creepy episode but that and the Father's Day one are my favourites so far.

[diana-molloy.livejournal.com]

I missed that one myself. Have refused to go anywhere near any message boards to see what happened in the ep's i've not seen though. I'll wait till I can see it on DVD.

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

What about the one where Eric eats a banana and then becomes Bananaman???

[rebness.livejournal.com]

"Ever ready for the call to action!"

See, I remember everything about that dorky superhero. :D

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

Bangers and Mash?

[rebness.livejournal.com]

I'm hungry now. :(

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

Bodger and Badger with the Matthew Modine clone?

[rebness.livejournal.com]

I hated Bodger and Badger. Half an hour of that and not some sexy cartoon!>:

Er. I'll get my coat.

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

Especially James from Pokemon:

"Here comes trouble, make it double"

Indeed.

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

Eat some lunch.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Am getting onto that right now! :D

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

And then you could come online. Although 10.30pm is Will & Grace time. But I might have a half-hour window at 11pm before Scrubs.

What?

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Here!

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

I suppose.

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Never heard of the cartoon... And no to the eggs unless it was a specialty European shop.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks, Grace. It was one of those random thoughts that struck me and Had to be Satisfied.

[silverthoughts.livejournal.com]

1. Not American but in Canada, they sold them only during Easter. So, when I moved to HK and they sold them 365 days a year I was in shock.

2. Never heard of it.

3. Power DVD. Not cheap but reliable. *cough*go pirate*cough*

[rebness.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting. I'm reliably informed they're sold in Australia, Africa, of course, Europe and now Hong Kong. I wonder why they're not so readily available in the Americas?

Power DVD, eh? Thanks! I'll now go and try to get it. Legitimately, of course. Because piracy would be so bad. Oh, look! A flying pig!

[silverthoughts.livejournal.com]

I wonder why they're not so readily available in the Americas?

Because they advertised them as "Easter Eggs".

I kind of liked it that they sold them once a year. It made them more cool and exciting to crack open that egg and get that crappy made in China plastic toy.

Now, the fun and mystery is gone when it's sold all the time.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

LOL! I guess so. You're probably right-- it would add to the excitement of Easter. If you can get them every day of the year (with crappy plastic toy), it's not quite the same.

[gairid.livejournal.com]

You can get Kinder Eggs in specialty stores, but I order them online for my daughtwer occasionally. She discovered them when were in Ireland visiting some family and friends and she loves them.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Aww. But you know what, right? They had an even *funkier* version in Greece that I've never seen in England before. Am going to have to hunt them down myself, I think.

[zhonghua2000.livejournal.com]

1. Never heard of them until now. I have no idea what specialty stores would have Kinder Eggs either. (don't mention these to Jessica)

2. I have no idea about this cartoon and neither did my stepson, the one who knows every cartoony thing since time began. Sorry.

3. I dunno. I don't have a DVD thing on my computer. :(

[rebness.livejournal.com]

DVDs on computers are the best thing ever. But to have it cruelly taken away is more than I can bear!

[diana-molloy.livejournal.com]

Eugh screen is too small imo - unless you're monitor is tv sized. Large tv sized. Also you can't slouch on an office chair.

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

Does anyone remember a cartoon from the late 80s or early 90s, American, about these children who would go to sleep of a night and become super heroes in their dreams? There was a little dinosaur toy that came to life, a boy on a skateboard, a bossy girl... can anyone remember what it was called, because everyone I've asked remembers the cartoon, but not the title

Dream Warriers wasn't it? I had a crush on the Asian girl in it.


What?

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

No, that was apparently a Freddie Kruger filn according to Yahoo.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

I'm afeared.

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHA!

[rebness.livejournal.com]

I hated that dog!

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

I'd tell you my feelings on the Asian skateboarder but they aren't printable. Probably how you feel about Droopy, yes?

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Droopy's not half as sexy. :(

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

Speaking of sexy cartoons...