Bye Bye See ‘n Say, Hello iBarnyard?

By admin | February 11, 2009

Our old See ‘n Say, how we loved thee. There are many folks out here who have very fond memories of their trusted See ‘n Say. We were cord pulling, barnyard sound fools.

Fast forward 25 years and we here at Fershur are watching children playing with their parents’ iPhone at the age of 2. Who would have thought that one of the most interesting and forward thinking pieces of technology in recent memory would have kids playing barnyard games? Surely not us.

Yet after witnessing this first hand, we had to pass it along. It looks like the team over at Silly Rabbitz created an iPhone application that functions as a barnyard soundboard with animal sounds and pronunciations. The app, called iBarnyard, has 9 sounds in all. So the kids today get an iPhone and we got a See ‘n Say. Somehow the Fershur team feels cheated.

App: iBarnyard (link opens iTunes)

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Network TV Prepares for 80s Invasion

By Jess | January 27, 2009

We knew the day would come, television shows featuring the 80s are headed our way! According to THR.com, both NBC and ABC have pilots underway. NBC is looking to produce a show called “Lost in the ’80s” that is said to be a cross between “The Wonder Years”and “Fast Time At Ridgemont High”.

ABC has two, count ‘em, two pilots that have been picked up: “V” and “The Witches of Eastwick”. Both shows are set to be remixes of the original ’80s creations. We are trying to imagine “The Witches of Eastwick” as a modern series, I guess we will just have to see what the pilot has in store.

We will keep you updated on the buzz around the new series as we get more information!

Rulers of the Muppet World: Fraggle Rock Doozers

By Jess | September 24, 2008

What is small, green and loves to use a bulldozer? Why a Doozer from Fraggle Rock of course. Fraggle Rock was one of the most popular cable based childrens’ shows of the 80s. Doozers where the tiny little green worker muppets that helped to power the Fraggle world.

As Jim Hansen describes, the Doozers were the worker bees of the Fraggle world. Not only were the Doozers the power behind the Fraggle empire, but they were, quite simply, rulers of the Muppet world as well.

Why were Doozers rulers of the Muppet world?

Towers from Beets: What other Muppet can build giant edible towers out of beets? Why none of course. The Doozers sweat and slave over their beet based towers, a talent that is uniquely theirs.

Doozers live to work: While all of the other Muppets are off celebrating their success, the Doozers are hard at work. No convenience breaks for them. No sir, while the other Muppets slack off, the Doozers keep Muppetland together.

Experts with Hard Hats: Our little Doozers are trained professionals. While Kermit is trying to figure out which way to put his helmet on, the Doozers are climbing into their dump trucks with hard hats placed firmly on their heads. Each Doozer can quote their hard hat regulations with out hesitation, they are hard hat experts.

The Greener Muppet: The Doozers create their structures from natural assets and feed those around them with the assets at hand. Doozers are dedicated to using renewable assets.

The Cute Factor: Where else can you find tiny little green Muppets with little pink noses? No where. The Doozers were the cutest of the Muppet world. They brought in admiriers by the dozen with their incredible “awww” factor.

Doozer Mafia: The Doozers have a dark side, the Doozer Mafia. Touring around on thier tiny dump trucks, the Doozer Mafia kept close tabs on all sorts of Muppets. They might have been small in stature, but the Doozer mafia was not to be trifled with. How would you like to be tripped by a beet cart?

Doozers were a vital part of the Muppet world and helped to define a muppet generation.

The Cabbage Patch Kid Riots: Oh the Maiming!

By Jess | September 24, 2008

It was a chilly October morning outside of a nameless suburban Toys R Us in the heart of Midwest. The year was 1983 and tension hung in the air. Dozens of Moms and a few frighted dads lined up at the store doors, their eyes darting back and forth, cracking their knuckles in preparation for the up coming battle.

A shipment of Cabbage Patch Kids had been delivered the evening before and these women would stop at nothing to get their hands on the dumpy little doll. They waited, watching each other, looking for signs of weakness. It was make it or break it time, little Jenny had to get her Cabbage Patch Kid or there would be hell to pay. The time was 8:58 in the AM. Two minutes until game time.

Game Time

At exactly 9:00AM the doors opened. What were once a group of mild mannered suburban moms, became Cabbage Patch Kid thugs. They pushed through the door, ran to the doll section and decimated one display after another. Hair was pulled, shelves were flying, kids were crying and a store manager was forced to fend off 50 angry Cabbage Patchless moms with a garbage can lid and several fake light sabers. After the dust cleared and the trampling ceased, the Cabbage Patch thugs moved on to the toy store around the block and the saga continued.

Cabbage Patch Kid Mayhem

This was sadly the scene out side of many toy stores in the fall of 1983. On the eve of the 25 anniversary of Cabbage Patch Kid pandemonium, we remember the joys of battling for that little dumpy doll!

Cabbage Patch Kid Mayhem in Sight and Sound

So after all the broken bones, scrapes and bruises, poor little Jenny got her Cabbage Patch Kid. Either that or the parent just had to say, “Santa ran out.” For the poor child who had her doll stolen out of her hands, we are sure after some therapy and first aid, she was ok.

Leggo My Eggo: A Letter From Your Eggo Waffles

By Jess | September 23, 2008

Ahh, the sweet smell of Eggo waffles. Often a food that was eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner by the ever health conscious teen, Eggo frozen waffles have been a staple convenience food for years. Made even more popular by the “Leggo My Eggo” commercials, these tasty waffles came in every flavor from blueberry to chocolate chip. There’s nothing like an Eggo sugar high at 8:00am to keep a weary parent hopping.

Almost everyone has a specific technique for eating their Eggo waffle. However, has anyone really thought about the Eggo in all of this? There are some common courtesies that the average Eggo waffle expects. In fact, Eggo waffles everywhere have united to write a letter to express their concerns

A Letter from the Eggos