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I know every one of you has spent at least 3 minutes of your life wondering what Grimace is. I hate to think how many collective hours (days? weeks?) that is for humanity to have wasted.

The big purple thing that hangs around Ronald McDonald had a gangsta’s roots, apparently. Somewhere along the way, Ronald must have slapped him silly with a big greasy french fry and converted him from the Dark Side. It looks like Ronald chopped off four of his arms in the process, because these days, Grimace only has 2.

Go go gadget haircut!

I’ve never even seen half those tricks!

My favorite is the doggie air!

Do you remember watching this during Captain Kangaroo every morning before school? I do. I remember actually sending in the $3 to get my own picture pages to connect the dots along with Bill Cosby. I was severely disappointed when I did not receive my own Mortimer Ichabod Marker, though. I wanted the marker that made the cool noises!

I found this video kind of sideways.. I’m glad I did. I love to make books and cards and journals.. Samantha has a great eye for spontaneous creation!