Danger Mouse

Some things just aren't the same when view through the eyes of an adult. I loved Danger Mouse when I was a kid. I remember sneaking around to watch it because it came on just after bedtime. I have clear memories of this.

Obviously, we bought them for Thomas when we found them. (We also bought Animaniacs and have He Man.) Thomas discovered them earlier in the week and he's frankly obsessed. I, on the other hand, am struggling to remember why I loved the thing. The episodes are a little more than 10 minutes each and they always center around Baron Silas Greenback's nefarious plans and Danger Mouse's attempts to thwart them.

Sounds pretty straight forward, right. It is but Greenbacks plots are bizarre. One plot involves killing world leaders by turning elephants into sugar cubes which turn back into elephants when placed in tea. Thus squishing the world leader.  I'm not kidding. That's the plot.

I suppose on a certain level, I'm impressed with the sheer randomness of it all, but it all starts to wash over me.

Some things just aren't the same.