Inspired by Tragic Moments, I’ve reworked a later collectables craze:
A series of cute little plushies, each with an edible exterior. Their filling is dried rice. When your kid loses interest in collecting the things and you’re tired of having them all over the place, just rinse one in the sink, throw it in a pot of seasoned, boiling water or broth, simmer 30 minutes, and you’ve got an economical and tasty side dish or dessert base!
We’ll call 'em…
RICE RICE BABIES !! Each comes with cooking instructions and a recipe on the back of their name tag.
(Working on the dried-legume-filled version. Gotta’ clear it with the lawyers first.)
Ok, hear me out: we make us as the bean plushies. Also, I said “Si” (as in yes in Spanish) at a Chinese restaurant to a worker there today. Am I going crazy?
Johnny Longtorso came to mind in the last few years.
The process to assemble Johnny reminded me of the subscription service I did to build the Back to the Future time machine. In the end, after 2 1/2 years and a few thousand dollars, I had my own 1/8 scale DeLorean Time Machine, but given the process to get it all together, it reminded me so much of Forrester’s IE.
Though I soon learned this is a method for a number of other items. From R2-D2 to many other vehicles…but given the stress I was feeling just building this one model, I passed on KITT.
With no reservations it is Cowboy Mike’s Own Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce. All the IEs are a fun little appetizer for any MST3K episode, but the one for Starfighters was memorable, fun, they were all so enthusiastic, and it was such a great send-up on BBQ ad tropes. And it took place in a time before the show gave up on IEs. And so many great zingers… It’s an IE that’ll bulldog your taste buds and hog-tie your tongue, you little priss-ants!
Every time I see some useless sports equipment I think of the Squaremaster. So much that its kind of a shorthand. Like i see this and say, “oh, its a squaremaster.”
