Last article I described a writing style as a "Sandbox" style and I think that's what this blog is too. It's a big dumb sand box that I practice writing in. I've experimented with all sorts of styles from Kooky Styles, to Super Professional Styles, to Devil's Advocate Styles, to Dig Outta Hole Styles (dig outs are where you purposely bury yourself with the audience at the start and try to dig out in the middle and hopefully by the end the audience is almost back if not on your side), to Just Relaxingly Writin' 'Bout Things I Like, to Strange Ratings of Things, etc. etc.
At the start, back in like 2011, it was hard for me to do any style of writing and get 1000 words out of it ... now I can choose any topic, even really hard Dig Outs, and get thousands of words out for an article.
Sometimes, I'll get home from work and be like ... "wow, I haven't wrote yet this month" ... and that's how I feel right this second so let's write one of these things, why don't we? We need us a nice ripe topic though, gang. I have a .txt file I write ideas in from time to time. In there right now is the following topics:
1. The Ed McMahon mystery in which everyone remembers him doing Publisher's Clearing House adverts yet no video evidence exist of any of these ever actually happening ... leading experts in the field to declare that Ed McMahon never actually did these commercials and we are all Collectively Mis-Remembering the Past.
2. An In Depther on RamenMan. I'd work this as one of those "Great Moments in Literature" articles I used to do (I think there's 4 of them in the archives).
3. "If Frieza can Change ... Anyone can Change". This would be like a pro-Redemption article trying to show that even the worst of people can change their ways and it would use examples from Dragon Ball Super.
Which one Should We Do
Some of these are good topics. Hmmm. Let's review these topics first and then decide.
1. The Ed McMahon One
This topic is daunting for me because I don't understand how it's true. I don't understand how we all know he did this but there's no evidence that survives which shows him doing it. Here's an article from 2012 on Forbes about it:The Curious Case of Ed McMahon and the Pubisher's Clearing House (2012)
She covers the topic well enough (so it's not like it's a topic that hasn't been done before) and declares with utmost certainty,
"Ed McMahon never worked for Publishers Clearing House. He was a spokesman for American Family Publishers. McMahon never left the studio to ambush families, and he never held a giant check."
I have trouble with this one because if I close my eyes I can create an uncanny mental image of one Ed McMahon ringing door bells and showing people comically large checks (or cheques in some regions).
I feel like there's more to this topic and it needs more research devoted to it. I think I should cover this, full throttle, and really get my hands dirty and just get to the bottom of this once and for all. How can the image be so crystal clear in my head? How? Can we ALL have created this mis-remembered erroneous memory?
Hmmm, looks like someone HAS gotten to the bottom of this. There's some youtube vids and forum threads on this topic where people have found footage of Ed and the check. In the 1995 Roseanne Halloween Special ... Ed McMahon comes to her door with a comically large check ...
Look it:
For the WORLD to SEE ... ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Thank fucking God, we are not all crazy. Okay, it DID happen. We are not ALL totally crazy and all remember the same false memory. Seeing Ed here with this comidically large check has really put my mind at ease ... but ... it also makes this a pretty concluded topic so I don't think we'll cover it today.
2. The RamenMan One
I cannot tell a lie, I LOVE RamenMan ... it is the perfect mix of super-serious karate and ultra-ridiculous nonsense that I think is so good. It is a 36 episode spin-off of Kinnikuman and it's very good. I really rate Kinnikuman as one of the greatest comedic shows of all time.
Albeit ...
I can see why it's never been broadcast in most regions... USA, Canada, Europe, (and others) never had translated episodes of the show. Kinnikuman was very out-there, violent, and childish ... even for a fucking cartoon.
I read the comics recently and I really do think the animation company FUCKED it UP by trying to fix it. The animation studio tried to make it more culturally sensitive and just made it outstandingly worse. The comic doesn't have the scenes that really make you cringe in the show. A lot of the dumbest shit they did was in "filler" episodes that didn't appear in the comic.
Like, the animation studio cut out all references to a character (Kinnikuman's girlfriend) because she had a name based on a Korean dish (Bibimbap) because they deemed having a Korean name as being offensive ... yet they changed the German character to be constantly wearing very stupid t-shirts ... even when he's like at the beach and shit just chilling. Brocken Jr. doesn't do this in the comic.... he doesn't chill out in offensive t-shirts in the comic. One of the regions Kinnikuman will never be shown is Germany .... because they don't dig Brocken Jr. as Germany's representative in the "Super Man Olympics."
As a spin-off to Kinnikuman, RamenMan's show is about 50% less comedic and deals with far less cultural satire. It's so good, I love it, and I wanna do a "Great Moments in Literature" again ... like a super long one on "Victory" RamenMan but it's a hard topic to do because you have to cover all the blatantly seemingly racial stereotypes before you can fully dive into anything Kinnikuman related. Like, I'd have to do an "In Defense of" article about the Kinnikuman show before I could do a "Great Moments in Literature" one about the Victory man himself the one and only RamenMan-yo.In order to write a "In Defense of" would take about 2000 words and then to do the "Great Moments in" would be another 2000 words ... this is a BIG BITE to say the least ... I don't think I'm gonna do this topic right now ... maybe I'll do it in like 10,000 words like 5 years from now or something. It's a fun one though because Kinnikuman's about Pro Wrestling and especially Japanese "Pro Resu" so you can work in like a good section on Terry Funk and stuff.
It'll get it done, one day, probably. Not tonight though.
3. The Frieza One
You know why you're in HELL? It's because you belong there, Frieza.
I'm such a mark for Dragon Ball Super right now, holy shit, and reports say this inter-galactic Royal friggin' Rumble is going to be the last chapter of Dragon Ball ... if so ... I'm sad I guess ... but wow, what a high note to end on.
I was talking about this show a few months ago, and how I thought a 10-man tag team battle royale amongst universes sounded like it was gonna be super cool ... and it is.
My idea here was a Redemption piece of sort of ... "Hey, everyone can change even like super horrible people" and the jist was if Frieza can then anyone can .... but I don't think we can do this topic just yet.
Look, when it gets down to it... I don't think Frieza can change and even though he's been displaying clues here and there that he's gonna full Face-Turn ... If I were a betting man ... I would not put my money down on that happening. This guy? Forget it .... when the dust settles .... I have a sinking feeling that this little maniac is gonna polish off his back-stabbin' knife and just start stabbing everyone in the darned back. A lot of heels have face-turned on Dragon Ball from Yamcha to Tien to Piccolo to Vegeta to Majin Buu ... but I think Frieza is just one of these dudes who just cannot and will not change his evil ways.
So, I can't do this one because I think in the end there's only like a 40% chance that Frieza actually does a full 180 face-turn. I think there's a 60% chance this effiin' guy full back-stabs Goku in the end. I think that's decently accurately estimated odds there ... only 40/100 chance he face-turns.
We gotta wait and see how the Tournament of Power (10 man tag team inter dimensional Battle Royale of the Ages) concludes before we can do this topic.
Conclusion
Looks like there won't be an article for the month of March....
Looks like there won't be an article for the month of March....
We can't do Ed McMahon because that mystery is SOLVED with a big CASE CLOSED stamped on it (finally).
We can't do the Victory RamenMan one because that's gonna be like a 15,000 worder that one. It's a lot of topic that one. Too much for a lazy afternoon.
We can't do the Frieza one because, I'm telling you, that guy is gonna be stabbin' backs by the end of the Royal Rumble, man. He's gonna be back stabbin' backs. The guy CANNOT CANNOT change and I know that.
So I guess we won't be doing one this month because the 3 topic candidates are all not do-able really.
