Word of the Day: Promethean

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

Promethean (n.): of, relating to, or resembling Prometheus, his experiences or his art, esp.: daringly original or creative

When I was a wee lad nursing at the teat of cable television, Nickelodeon aired a program called Kablam! which was a weekly set of recurring short cartoons. Most of these cartoons, like Action League Now! and The Off-Beats, were crap, but there was one segment called Prometheus and Bob which was truly excellent. There’s nothing to explain, you just have to see and understand. I culled a few favorites from the wealth of episodes up on YouTube:

Boxing
Toilet
I.Q. Test

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