At one point, I know y'all probably thought this series should be renamed "The WMATA Chronicles" because of my 31-years-and-counting obsession with D.C. Metro. However, as much children's programming as I've been exposed to over the past two years, maybe I should consider rebranding this "Memoirs of a Pitiful Big Kid". So remember my edition of "RANDOM THOUGHT ALERTS!!!" when my crazy brain connected Ramone aka Mr. "I Do What I Can" from PBS Kids' Peg + Cat to Project Pat's "Out There Part 2" skit from his Mista Don't Play - Everythangs Workin album? Welp, the ignorance has resurfaced once again. One morning when I was getting ready for work, PBS Kids' "Where in the World Is Hooper?" came on in between shows. After Hooper the Hamster gave all of his clues per the usual, asked the kids "can you guess where I am" and then said "you guessed it", you probably can deduce which popular "trap" song of the past two years came to mind..."B---h u guessed it...HWAH...u was right." So it's official: I can't watch PBS Kids without thinking about Project Pat, OG Maco and other ratchet rap songs. I mean, Hooper does moonlight as a fake-me-out DJ if that means anything at all regarding the connection in my mind between him and rap. (BTW, saying the words "fake-me-out" gave me an idea for a future random thought, but I digress.) Let's get on with the rest of this mess...
