Thank you, YouTube.

Thank you for reminding me of a part of my childhood I hadn't thought of in many, many years: The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley. Who could forget the utter genius behind taking an SCTV character, turning him into a cartoon (as if he wasn't cartoonish enough), adding a talking rat (Sheldon) and a depressed goldfish (Moby: "Why is he talking to me? Does he think I need to be talked to?"), science lessons from two inept brothers, and a live-action segment starring Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd ("Ooh, pretty scary kids!").



Seriously, wtf?

Actually, I remember being quite fond of the character and the show, probably because it was just so weird. As as kid, I always thought I was kinda "weird", so Ed was like a kindred spirit. I later found out that there was a name for our kind: geeks. Then again, growing up in the 80's I was exposed to a lot of weird stuff, some of which is only coming to the surface now, with the help of the Internet. You go back and watch something like Pee-Wee's Playhouse and have to ask yourself: is it crazy, or is it brilliant? I'm not quite sure.

In a related note of local interest, I found this comparison photo amusing. Explains a lot.