Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 22, 2009
November 21, 2009
November 23, 2009
Transcript:
Alice: Mom, I forget, why are we here? Mom: We're here to meet Oswaldo Twee, who writes those books. Alice: What books? Mom: Those books I read to you all the time. The books about Fontanelle The Imperiled Infant. ... Alice: Those books have been made into so many movies, toys and t-shirts that I'm kinda sick of them. Mom: Well, Oswaldo Twee has published what may be his last book. Book I: Fontanelle & the Deadly Diaper. Book XVI: Fontanelle & the Risky Rattle. Book XXIV: Fontanelle & the Poisoned Pacifier. Book LVI: Fontanelle & the Faltering Franchise.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Simply love it!
cleokaya over 14 years ago
Perhaps Book xxx “Fontanelle Loses His Font in Hell.”
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Just apply for a bail out!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
He’s no Dr. Seuss.
eric stott over 14 years ago
I was wondering what became of Lemony Snicket…
rayannina over 14 years ago
bleeep – I was looking forward to Book LVII!
bald over 14 years ago
too many sequels, i’m running out of original reading material
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
fontonelle 1- soft spots on a baby’s head which enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child’s head to pass through the birth canal 2- a little fountain used by fairies 3- album by a punk rock band in 1992
Oswaldo Twee http://www.bing.com/search?q=oswaldo+twee&src=IE-SearchBox
Dmajor over 14 years ago
Teaching little kids to read roman numerals since MCMLXVII.
Ushindi over 14 years ago
BC13: Re-read yesterday’s comments on “One Big Happy”.
tgrfemme over 14 years ago
Deskmandmna, I always assumed these stories were a direct parody of Lemony Snicket! (For the geeky among us - like myself - his real name is Daniel Handler.) ;)
fenneuter over 14 years ago
I got sick of those Lemony Snicket books in a hurry, but when he decided to turn them into a treatise on existentialism (for the kiddies!) then I moved on to hate. Childhood’s tough enough without that “lesson” ladled on top. So good for you, Mr. Thompson. I prefer my doom orated by the Uh-Oh Baby.
MisterFweem over 14 years ago
As a portent of doom, the Uh-Oh Baby, in my book, is much more effective than any tattooed Masonic eye.