Comments on: Professor Madblood and the Wetware Interface: November 5-10, 2001

By: Brand Willis (brandyllyn)

Brand Willis (brandyllyn) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:41 +0000

'Little Boxes' is also the theme song to Weeds on showtime.

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:40 +0000

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: "I believe that's actually the gerbil inseminator."

There's a resemblance, but there's also enough differences from definite inseminator appearances that I'm not convinced that it's it. But the inseminator's appearance has never been really consistent, so it could be. That's why I said "gun-like object"... it looks like a gun, but Helen being Helen, it's not easy to tell whether it shoots death rays, does something intensely personal to gerbils, or cures intoxication.

Though it's probably not that last. If they'd brought the intoxication-curing gun along, I think she'd have used it.

By: Aaron Shades (prof_tinker)

Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:39 +0000

. . . . wow. That, that kinda sucks.

Easy to see how you can get a bit of a chip on your shoulder from something like that.

. . . . Bad Shaenon! Bad! Stop making me like Lupin! He's a twerp! Bah!

By: Daniel Barkalow (iabervon)

Daniel Barkalow (iabervon) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:38 +0000

How could you see Daly City and not know it inspired Little Boxes? I mean, it's these little boxes on the hillside made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same. They're even in blue, green, red, and yellow. Sure, it's hard to tell the occupants' professions from the highway, but that's hardly necessary after the first two verses are so obvious.

By: Metal Fatigue (metalfatigue)

Metal Fatigue (metalfatigue) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:37 +0000

“Little Boxes” needs to be updated for the post-'80s housing market, though. You don't find pastel-colored subdivisions going up any more; no, it's condo complexes, where “There's a beige one / And a cream one / And a taupe one / And an olive one….”

According to Dr. Demento, “Little Boxes” (as originally performed by The Womenfolk) was the shortest single ever to make the Billboard Hot 100. It's just over a minute long.

By: Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae)

Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:36 +0000

Mell’s gleeful smile is awesome.

By: Laura Rickelman (lazy)

Laura Rickelman (lazy) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:35 +0000

Until he changed his name, Madblood was Lupin Schumann. Can you imagine the elementary school rhymes? No wonder he related so well to Helen’s case study!

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:34 +0000

<i>She seems pretty grounded, all things considered.</i>

In the same way that Bill Davenport will be, anyway.

SIB: Mell's grin: Oh, she's already thinking of how to abuse Madblood with this.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:33 +0000

"I like the casually bored way Mell is holding that mad gun-like object on Madblood's mom." -- I believe that's actually the gerbil inseminator. "Hey Lupin, sweetie, guess what, yer gonna have six new baby brothers and sisters in a coupla weeks!"

During my teens, my best friends' mom had clear plastic slipcovers on the living room furninture. Apparently the sofa wasn't for sitting on, just for looking at.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:22:32 +0000

I do not like Mell’s grin.