It's Not My Wrestling, But Damn The WWE Still Put On A Great Event!!!

When I was a child of the 80's I became enthralled with the world of the WWF. I loved wrestling so much that it even eclipsed my love for Star Wars, He Man or any of the other cartoons/movies/toys that I loved as kid. I had all of the hard platic toys, a fake belt... shit I even went to a few Wrestlemania's live in my day!!! but when I hit my late teens/early twenties and started college, I kind have faded away from the whole world of professional wrestling. It is not that the product of the WWF (and later renamed the WWE) had lost its mojo... quite the contrary. It had became more popular than ever. But it just wasn't for me. I know plenty people who stuck with it over the years (whatup Joe Esq!) and I have heard that the product itself has gone up and down over the years... but one thing I never thought would happen would be me being sucked back into the world of professional wrestling. But that is exactly what happened last night, thanks to my 9 year old son Mikey who has become even more obsessed with the sport than I ever was...

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Last night I took my son Mikey to his first live WWE event alongside my fiance Tara. It was a taping for Monday Night Raw, and it followed a Pay Per View event on the night before. The atmosphere was electric at the Nassau Coliseum, and it was so cool to see my boy holding up his  hand made sign!!! He was amped... cheering, screaming, laughing... it was just so crazy to see him like that. He was so intense. And then the craziest thing happened...

All of the sudden I WAS TOTALLY DRAGGED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE EVENT!!!!! I was sitting on the edge of my seat, asking my boy questions, and cheering on wrestlers I have never even heard of before (CM Punk? Sheamus? Zack Ryder? Who the fuck are these guys?)! There was even a throwback appearance from Mick Foley, Cyndi Lauper, Wendi Ricter, and Rowdy Roddy Piper... finally, some people I knew!!!! There was The Big Show, Triple H, John Cena... and it all started flooding back. By the time the show ended, I was officially hooked again. Even Tara was hearkening back to her early teenage days when she watched wrestling, loving every second of it! I can't wait to watch more and more wrestling with my boy, and I will begin tuning in again. I am not saying I am all the way back yet... but honestly, being in the arena brought me back to a place that I loved as a kid... and I get to share that with my son now. Yup... I am in.

Even though it was the day after Fathers Day, I can honestly say that I was extremely thankful to have something new (that is really old hat to me) to share with my boy. Very cool. And throughout the night I kept seeing the advertisements for next years Wrestlemania in NY in April 2013.. and boy I can't wait to be in the house for that one. It may not be the WWF that I remember, but it damn sure is some great entertainment!!!!

Growing Up Heroes - A New Tumblr That Shows The Fun Side Of Dressing Up

I find a lot of cool sites in my travels of the Internet, but I am always a happy camper when one of my cohorts here at CCD stumbles upon something cool and passes it along. Jeff Bond sent me this fantastic Tumblr called 'Growing Up Heroes', a website that allows people to upload pictures of themselves dressed up as Superheroes. The pictures are from 1960-now and some of them bring back a ton of memories!!! I have been through countless pages so far, and I plan on submitting all of my son Mikey's Halloween photos shortly because he has been some killer heroes (The Thing, Cap, Iron Man, Green Lantern, Hellboy, Obi Wan... and he did all of those long before their respective movies came out... all by his choice!). Click here to see the rest of the cool gallery's & click after the jump to see my faves...

Happy Birthday To Me!!!

Today is my birthday, and I'll blog about it if I want too!!!! Lol... just kidding... well kinda. Whenever my birthday flows around I get a little reminiscent of my childhood and my older sister Oona, who passed away in 2002 from Cancer. My older sister loved Happy Birthday To You by Dr. Suess... it was her favorite book. It became a staple in our household, something our Dad read to her every year on her born day  Since she was older then me, it became the default birthday story we all were told. And it puts a smile on my face every time I hear it. I have continued the tradition with my own son, and no matter what I do with him on his birthday I always read that book to him on his special day. Last year I found a great clip on Youtube of a father reading the book to his daughter, and it completely broke my heart and made me happy at the same time. It was beautiful to see him sharing this story with his child, and reminded me alot of my dad speaking to me & my sister. Click after the jump to see this great video. Happy Birthday To Me!!!!!!

"Today You are You, This is truer than true. There is NO ONE alive that is You-er than You!!!" --- Dr Suess

A to Z Blogging Challenge - Day #5 - Letter E - Evil Dead: The Musical

That image... changed my life forever. When Evil Dead 2 came out in 1987 I was just 8 years old. I had seen a few scary movies, and my loove for them had begun to grow. But when I walked into the video store and saw that image in the sticker machine, I went bonkers. That skull head was just so spooky, yet so appealing. I HAD to see that movie. I settled for Evil Dead part I, which was on VHS already. Thus began my love affair with Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and horror movies in general. I made my father take me to see the second one in Manhattan a few weeks later, and I had a new favorite movie. Raimi had made his first movie into the masterpiece it could have been if he had the right amount of funding. Evil Dead 2 is a sequel, but is also a reboot in some senses... no matter how you want to classify it, there is one thing almost everyone agrees on: It's a classic!

Flash forward to the winter of 2007. 20 years later... 20 years of watching what how now became a trilogy (Army of Darkness came out in 1992) over and over, laughing hysterically at Ashley's crazy antics against the Candarian Demons of the Necronomicon. Chainsaw hands, boomsticks, pencils in the ankle, trap doors, creepy moose heads talking on walls, rouge hands, re-animated dancing corpses, a cabin in the woods, tree rape, Candarian chants.... yup, those are some great memories. Then I saw this ad for Evil Dead: The Musical playing off Broadway, and I almost shit my pants. How could they make a musical out of these films?

I ordered tickets immediately, right in the splatter zone. A fucking splatter zone... blood all over the audience. Amazing.

And the songs... oh god, the songs were amazing!!! My all time faves are "All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons" & "What the F@#k Was That". I laughed my way through the whole entire show... it was wonderful. Check out these two videos:

Look Whose Evil Now & What the F@#K Was That?



All The Men In My Life Keep Getting Killed By Candarian Demons!



So cheesy, yet so great. I even got this awesome mug the night of the show... and my son Mikey uses it all the time when he has chocolate milk.

 He is a huge fan of Army of Darkness, and I can not wait till this show rotates back to NYC or somewhere close in the future. You can click here to get tons of info on the show from the official website. The show tours the world (for real... check the list) and is a must see for any fan of the movie series. I have also seen bootleg copies of the show being sold at various Comic-Cons and Horror-Cons... and I have never bought it. I am going to change that mistake soon. Check this one out... its well worth it!

Both Mikey & My Favorite Fictional Characters Get A Partnership With The Thing

I often frequent the wonderful blog created by Ross entitled "Marvel Two-In-One: The Lost Issues" to see just who he is going to pair up the big meenie The Thing with. The blog was originally called Brave & The Bold: The Lost Issues, but Ross switched up to The Thing after a couple hundred posts to keep things fresh. He often choses characters that are outside the box for team ups (Transformers, TMNT, The Thundercats, The Flaming Carrot, and Star Wars) as well as typical superheroes, so imagine my suprise when I went over to his blog this past weekend and saw these two covers.

First up, we got my son Mikey's favorite current superhero Plastic Man. I love me some Eel O'brien, and his "bad guy turned good" story is one of the best in comics. I love the recent Kyle Baker comic edition, and so does Mikey. I think he would love this cover... which is such a natural combo given the fact that Ben is often teamed with Mr Fantastic, who is pretty much a rip-off of Plastic Man anyway (minus the cool banter amd even cooler googles). Excellent work.

Next, we find one of my favorite fictional characters of all time, super spy James Bond. I personally would have went with Roger Moore's likeness over Connery, but thats just me. Yeah, I said it.... Moore was the best James Bond!!! I love the painted 1950-60's style cover, amd you gotta love that huge floodlight on top of the sniper rifle that Jamesy is carrying, no? Great work.

Two fine pieces of MS Paint art, wonderfully done by my man Ross. Stop by and show him some support by clicking here. He posts a few times a week. Become a follower, and tell him CCD sent ya.