Children of a Child of the 80's

When I was at my mom's recently I  noticed she had a DVD sitting on the counter: MacGyver Fan Favorites. As with many of you who may have grown up in that wonderful era known as the 80's, this show was the soundtrack to many of my nights. I vividly remember sitting in the living room with my dad and brother watching it religiously. The intro music seriously took be back to about age 5.

We asked mom if we could borrow it, thinking Billy and I would watch it. Little did we know that my older two hooligans would be the ones doing most of the watching. We put it in to watch it and they were hooked. They've asked to watch it repeatedly. I have the 5 episodes on the DVD totally memorized I think. I remember all of them from when I was little, but they are forever burned into my brain now.

They've even been observed acting out several of MacGyver's stunts, wearing masks to keep from inhaling "poison gas", and trying to unlock doors, and sneaking around the house complete with falls and rolls. MacGyver was a pretty cool guy, and while they may copy his stunts neither of them will be sporting his mullet anytime soon. No offense to MacGyver, because that mullet was pretty cool at one point. And I'm afraid I've noticed it coming back...but I'm just not ready for that.

I'm glad that they have enjoyed something from my childhood. I'm sure there will come a time when all of the stuff mom and dad like is for old people. I remember going through that with my parents. (You want me to listen to THAT?) I just hope its later rather than sooner. I'm not ready to have my music made fun of quite yet.

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