I know that this is not a Seinfeld episode title, but it is still a Seinfeld reference so I don't think I'm cheating. Today I wanted to talk about something different. As you have read in previous posts I sometimes let Lucas watch some Youtube videos on my phone so I can either get some more sleep or solve some pressing issue with Matias. At first, he would watch different children songs like the ABC song or Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. But lately he has discovered some interesting videos that I'm surprised they even exist.
Apparently, There is a whole niche of Youtube videos that show some person opening and playing with toys and the number of views are incredible. Of these, the most successful is Miss Hands. Miss Hands is the host of the Fizzy Toy Show, she is charismatic and funny, and all you can really see are her hands while she is playing with some toys. When I first saw Lucas watching one of these I was surprised about the number of views of the video, it was in the millions. I did some research and found this incredible article where it states that she makes a comfortable living out of this. I don't have a problem with Lucas watching the Fizzy Toy Show but there is a lot of crap in Youtube that is supposedly directed to kids so I usually keep an eye on what he's watching.
It made me think about a game I usually play with Lucas. We call it "Tournament". It is our own March Madness bracket style game. We pick a multiple of two action figures, dolls, toys, etc. (usually something between 16 and 64) and have them face each other in a bracket until only one is left standing. There are some great matchups like Spiderman vs Lightining McQueen or Bowser vs Simba. It is a lot of fun and it is not predictable at all, like the time Elmo beat Batman on the first round or the time Darth Vader beat each of the Ninja Turtles to be the only villain to date to have won the tournament. After the final match we will always sing "We are the Champions" while holding the winning action figure. I think it would make for great Youtube content. What do you guys think?
What did I watch?
Head: Psychedelic movies are usually a hit or miss with me and this was a definitive miss. The message was easy to understand during the first five minutes. Yes we know you are real people and not the sitcom characters you are trying to distance yourself from. But they kept repeating it in different "profound" ways for the next hour and a half.
Get Out: Pretty good, I wanted to see what the hype was all about and it delivers as a nice entertaining movie with a not so subtle message. I kind of wish it had a different ending and they had gotten rid of the TSA character.