So we decided to go see a movie this weekend; pickins’ were kind of slim- we were going to go see Drag Me to Hell, but got talking about Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost. I was trying to explain to Alison what the craziness was of watching the Kroft shows as a kid- how, even when I was little, I knew they were cheezy. But somehow, they were still awesome, and we watched every damn day.

In that vein, we decided the Land of the Lost remake might be fun/nostalgic. (In the end, not so much, but that’s a different story.)

The trailers start, there are a couple things I’ll have no problem skipping, and then this came on:

First off, Tim Burton=”we will go to see it,” so that’s cool.

But, about halfway through the trailer, this music starts to play and I lean over to Ali and ask her who it is- it seems familiar. She looks at me like I’m crazy.

“No, seriously,” I whisper, “I think I know this!”

“Mom, ssssshhhh!” she hisses, looking around to see if anybody’s noticed her Mom behaving badly, not only talking in the theater, but claiming knowledge of some rock-music- something she’s only supposed to know about unless we’re talking Flock of Seagulls-era.

“I mean it,” I ask, still whispering, but annoyed. “Just tell me who it is! It’s driving me crazy!” The music has gotten louder now, and changed tempo- I am more convinced than ever I know it, but I just can’t…

“Hey!” I say, WAY too loudly. “That’s Coheed!”

“Mom!” Alison withers, sinking down, down, down into her seat, looking up at me like I am the biggest, oldest dork on the planet. I beam, unashamed of my essential dorkish nature.

It was all especially fun since- as we all well remember from teenhood- parents live to embarrass their kids, and I’m not sure how many more opportunities I’ll get. I need to remember to savor the ones I have as an ever-scarcer commodity.

And just to illustrate the level of cheez in the Kroft shows, I bring you the intro (yes, it’s just each episode’s opening credits, despite sounding like the entire series arc) to H.R. Puffinstuff. Hope you took your Lactaid:

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