You can't stop them, because they won't stop!
Why won't they stop?
I speak, of course, about the wacky little cratoon known as The Littles. The greatness that is Wikipedia breaks it down like this:
Henry never knew they existed in the books? I learned something. Did you know that The Littles had three separate seasons, and openings for each season? Yeah, you know what happens next.
Season 1
Season 2, which inexplicably says that Henry found the Littles in his suitcase. Like all musical discrepancies, this was probably done simply to make a rhyme.
And in Season 3, much like MC Hammer, they went around the world... from London to the Bay. Well, they went places. They even went into space. Dinky stole a microchip and the shuttle almost couldn't re-enter the atmosphere. Why do I remember this stuff?
But unlike Hammer, The Littles actually did become sellouts. If the last intro didn't make it clear, the show was more or less circling the drain at that point. Still, it was on for three seasons, which is two seasons more than most cartoon shows got and three more than I've ever had.
And of course, I still occasionally remember this theme song and wait desperately for someone to adapt the entire thing into a horror film of some sort. Can't you just see some labcoat wearing scientist, blood coated face and all screaming into a grainy video screen, "You can't stop the Littles! The Littles... don't... stop!"?
No? Just me, huh? Yeah, I got issues.
Why won't they stop?
I speak, of course, about the wacky little cratoon known as The Littles. The greatness that is Wikipedia breaks it down like this:
Similar to Mary Norton's earlier novel The Borrowers, The Littles features a family of tiny but intelligent humanoid creatures with mouse-like features (the Littles) who live in a house owned by the Bigg family. The mouse-like features include a long, furry tail, long teeth and mouse-like ears. Their height is 4-6 inches. In the original books, nobody (not even the Biggs) knows anything about the Littles. By contrast, in the TV series, only Henry Bigg knew of the Littles.
Henry never knew they existed in the books? I learned something. Did you know that The Littles had three separate seasons, and openings for each season? Yeah, you know what happens next.
Season 1
Season 2, which inexplicably says that Henry found the Littles in his suitcase. Like all musical discrepancies, this was probably done simply to make a rhyme.
And in Season 3, much like MC Hammer, they went around the world... from London to the Bay. Well, they went places. They even went into space. Dinky stole a microchip and the shuttle almost couldn't re-enter the atmosphere. Why do I remember this stuff?
But unlike Hammer, The Littles actually did become sellouts. If the last intro didn't make it clear, the show was more or less circling the drain at that point. Still, it was on for three seasons, which is two seasons more than most cartoon shows got and three more than I've ever had.
And of course, I still occasionally remember this theme song and wait desperately for someone to adapt the entire thing into a horror film of some sort. Can't you just see some labcoat wearing scientist, blood coated face and all screaming into a grainy video screen, "You can't stop the Littles! The Littles... don't... stop!"?
No? Just me, huh? Yeah, I got issues.
1 comment:
Wow. You know, when you start thinking about "The Littles", that means we really gotta get you outta the house, House.
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