Gigaaa-aaaantor
Posted by Joe Lunievicz on September 2, 2011
We’re in the car. Travelling from Target to home. Mom-ita is driving.
“Dad-dito,” M-ito asks from the back seat.
“Yes.”
“Back in your time, when you were a kid –”
“Way back in my time?”
“Yes, way back then – what TV shows did you watch? I mean what cartoons were on way back then.”
“Well, way back then, we used to watch cartoons just like you did but the big day to watch was Saturday when we watched cartoons all morning. There wasn’t cable so we just had channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 13.”
“That was it?”
“That was it.”
“Well, what did you watch?”
“My favorite shows were The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Speed Racer, Gigantor, Whacky Racers, and Scooby Doo.”
“I like those too. What’s Gigantor?”
“Giant robot and a boy. Theme song is Gigaaaaaantor. Gigaaaaa-aaantor. And I forget the rest. It’s a cool song.”
“Yeah.”
“We watched the Banana Splits too and live action shows like Batman,”
“Superman,” Mom-ita added.
” – and Wonder Woman.”
“Yeah.”
“Any reason you wanted to know?”
“No. Just asking.”
