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  • Apr. 20th, 2008 at 5:17 PM
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When I was a kid, I watched a little show called Romper Room, where a teacherly woman hung out with a bunch of little kids and there was learning and stories and hijinks.  Over time, I came to be very frustrated with the show.  Why?

There was a section called Magic Mirror, where the lady would incant some arcane text and hold up a "mirror" that let her see all us kids watching the show out there.  Then she'd say "I see Michael and Shannon and Lisa and Kevin and..." and every week she'd say different names.  But NEVER in the years I watched it did she ever say "Tony"!  It's common enough, but bitch never said my name.

Cut to yesterday at Passover.  Orly breaks out some old VHS tapes.  Pops one in.   It's the early 80s and she's actually one of the little kids on an episode of Romper Room.  She was the cutest four year old I evah done seen, running around and jumping and clapping.  Then it gets to the Magic Mirror portion and I shit you not, they said "I see Tony!"

Thirty years of bitterness gone just by seeing my wife on the show!  If that's not proof that the universe has me married o the right woman, I don't know what is!

Comments

[info]thismortalquill wrote:
Apr. 20th, 2008 09:38 pm (UTC)
That. Rocks. Totally fate.

You know the reason you never heard your name is so you didn't hear your fate too early and then go and seek out that poor four year old girl and hound her until she did something drastic. That would have torn the very fabric of the universe!
[info]skyekissed wrote:
Apr. 20th, 2008 10:09 pm (UTC)
That's awesome!

She never said my name on the show either. I was always sad!
[info]queenoftheskies wrote:
Apr. 20th, 2008 10:33 pm (UTC)
I think that's definitely fate. :)
[info]radiumhead wrote:
Apr. 20th, 2008 11:03 pm (UTC)
Penguin is sabotaging you.

I was going to buy your book at the con, but they gave it to me for free.
[info]antonstrout wrote:
Apr. 20th, 2008 11:06 pm (UTC)
We gave the alll away... alhough most of that was at the signing Friday.. they must have given you the display one if it was today or late yesterday.

Everyone is sabotaging me every second of every day!
[info]radiumhead wrote:
Apr. 20th, 2008 11:10 pm (UTC)
Yes, it was the display one! I got the last one! (Unless they kept a box under the table and just put another one on the shelf.)
[info]antonstrout wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2008 08:13 pm (UTC)
Now I have to go kill Lisa...
[info]kelly_swails wrote:
Apr. 20th, 2008 11:38 pm (UTC)
Dude! The 'verse has spoken! That's really cool.
[info]macbeaner wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2008 12:10 am (UTC)
Oh wow. That's cool! But let me know if you ever see her say "I see Virginia" or "I see Ginny"

:)
[info]cdpeck wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2008 01:19 am (UTC)
Yeah. Romper Room would never work today. "I see Rumer, and Scout, and Apple, and Moxie Crimefighter, and there's..."
[info]penpusher wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2008 05:12 am (UTC)
I mentioned this point in a passage from my book... it's the 14th segment from the bottom actually for easy reference.

Of course, the real thing was parents would secretly send their kids' names in to the lady hosting the show and she would read them. The parents who had other stuff to do never did this. And, it doesn't hurt if you have a more common name. There weren't a whole lot of Deans out there when I was a tot.
[info]lalam wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2008 12:23 pm (UTC)
Romper room... geez, you're really showing your age;)

They never said Laura either.

You really are messed up:)
[info]razorart wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2008 05:10 pm (UTC)
Tell me about it...
between the shout-outs on that show and Magic Garden, I began to wonder if I really did exist.
[info]antonstrout wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2008 08:14 pm (UTC)
Re: Tell me about it...
I think the verdict is still out on that one. Maybe yer like Snuffaluffagus and only I can see you...
[info]evelynnash wrote:
Apr. 21st, 2008 10:13 pm (UTC)
Screenshot!
(Anonymous) wrote:
Apr. 23rd, 2008 07:41 pm (UTC)
Just so I'm sure I have the details straight: your 4-year old wife saw Tony Randall in a magic mirror?

That, sir, IS fate, indeed!

What?