Teaching 90s Kids Language Skills Via Mass Murder Through Advertising
I had blocked this from my memory until our friend Jim Swift dropped this 90s flashback into the Twitter timeline this morning. From YouTuber Mitchollow, the strange and complete history of Muzzy:
I never knew the plot of Muzzy, but holy cow.https://t.co/xq6FwwUf1j
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) March 18, 2021
Personally, I blame the Boomers and the Yuppie Larvae.
The Muzzy Commercial a Complete History | Muzzy Foreign Language Course
This must be before my time, I don’t remember this at all.
The only two foreign language ads that stick in my mind are
1) the Skymall Catalogue one where it sorta promised that you the US farm boy could gain the ability to speak to foreign supermodels. And
2) S O C K S.Report
S O C K S!!! I had forgotten about that!!!Report
Rosetta Stone, but those were magazine ads.Report
there is very little appreciation for how much easier it is to get children’s educational products now than it was then.
I remember seeing that commercial and wanting it for my older boys so bad! Now it’s practically garbage!Report
Holy cow. I saw this commercial a million times but had no idea that it was a scam.Report
I remember commercial for Muzzy.Report
I guess this was after my time, but good grief that plot!
Important language skills:
1. Order from restaurant
2. Get directions
3. Buy something from a store
4. Express incel rage
5. Genocide
Everything needed for a healthy growing mind!Report
It’s amazing, I saw that commercial so many times, and they had that in the libraries of the schools I went too as well. And never noticed any of that. Funny how things work out.Report
It’s basically a Japanese shonen anime but with worst animation and less blood and violence.Report
Andrew, It sounded like you said Muzzy was munching from a bag of (‘clocks’ without the ‘L’). I thought what the heck kind of kids video is this? Good thing you reiterated it more clearly the next time.Report
I was reminded of this week watching the first season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, which, while far better than the opening season on TNG, still had some plot devices that would be an entire series arc and/or show premise in modern day.
Basically, this one off character is able to create a living sentient fully formed clone in his own bedroom, just for the purpose of framing someone for his murder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_Alone_(Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine)Report
I recently watched the pilot and found myself struck by how many bikini scenes there were in it.
It’s a show about Deep Space Nine! WHY ARE THERE CHICKS IN BIKINIS
Ah, well.Report