It's nice to finally get some representation.
https://www.theonion.com/sesame-street-introduces-first-enigmatic-muppet-who-h-1848179912
Happy St. Nicholas Day!
"In the Lorraine region of France, St. Nicholas’s companion is called Père Fouettard, meaning Father Whipper or Father Flog. He has a bit of a kinky vagabond look, wearing ragged clothes, donning a straggly black beard, and carrying a whip and chain. He’s also a butcher, and he attempts to eat children."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pere-fouettard-french-christmas-monster
@Heucuva8 That's all true, but the correct response to the code phrase is:
(Mike) How'd you get to be so stupid, Cyril?
(Cyril) I don't know... I have a dumb heredity, I guess. What's your excuse, Michael?
-Breaking Away (1979)
I know, I am frequently too obscure for my own good.
"You know what I'd like to be? A cartoon of some kind. You know, like when they get hit in the head with a frying pan or something, and their head looks like the frying pan, with the handle and everything? Then they just go *booiing*
[shakes head] and their head comes back to normal? Wouldn't that be great?"
I'm soooo jazzed for this. Even more so because it's an original story and not based on any of the games.
LOSTie forever, Fire Starter, Westworld host, SciFi geek jonesing for his cortexiphan fix. Don't Panic! I WILL fix your computer, but I won't like it.