Disclaimer: If Phil of the Future was just a bit more successful, then Disney Books would have released the announced books five through eight, and more to boot. This would have gone on forever, just like Star Trek paperbacks. Gotta love FanFiction! It fills the void that Disney created, and fills up the emptiness I would suffer when I realize that I don't even own Phil of the Future.
•BEEP •
Phil, you cheer me up right now! T.V. is making me feel so old. First, there were infomercials for Hooked On Phonics to help kids who had trouble reading, and I suppose Dr. Seuss books even before that. I had no problem with those, but then came Your Baby Can Read and everyone thought it was a great idea to take away all the time toddlers have to explore the world and stick their nose in front of books. Did anyone ask the babies what they thought? I don't think so. I would have done an investigative report and found out the real reason carpet monkeys were being strapped into chairs by their own parents and forced to learn how to read. Anyway, what I just saw ... would you believe "Your Baby Can Speed Read?" It's all like, "In his child safety seat, your kiddie can read the complete works of William Shakespeare on the Sunday drive to Grandma's house, master Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre while in the drive-thru at Jack-in-the-Box ..." -- Phil, these babies just were nothing months before -- that's so insensitive -- "... and understand one-half of that future little talk you're going to have with them one day by reading Beekeeping For Beginners -- Don't Get Stung! while you're backing out of your driveway. Doesn't that sound wonderful parents?" Phil, the future is coming at me too fast. Is this how Level II Gonknoys evolved? I'm coming over, Pal, and, fair warning, I'm feeling retro. No future gadgets or spray food. I'm baking up a platter-full of chocolate chip cookies, then I'm going to grab a stack of Pim's comic books and just veg out on the hammock in your backyard reading nice and slow ... want to join me?
•BEEP •
