Sometimes my blog entries don’t begin with a question. They begin with a headline that inspires me to learn more. And so it was today.
The headline in question read like this . . .
COWABUNGA! LARGEST TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES GATHERING WORLD RECORD SMASHED IN MINNESOTA
Naturally, as a child of the TMNT-obsessed eighties, I had to know more. And it turned out to be a successful Guinness World Record attempt. Which made me feel slightly less self-conscious about my own pop-culture obsessions, which have ranged, and still range, from Buffy and Harry Potter to The Hunger Games and trashy monster movies.
Anyway, the date of the attempt was March 20 this year and the instigator was American TV station Nickelodeon, which is apparently relaunching the franchise with a new animated series. So to celebrate, the powers that be set out to beat the previous best record effort that gathered together 786 people dressed as one of the four heroes in a half shell.
They pulled it off at the famous Mall of America, where 836 people – ranging from Girl Scouts to seniors – gathered dressed as, and to party with, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael. And while some were issued with a TMNT T-shirt and mask, still others were able to bring a home-made costume.
Of course they were.
Read more about the effort here.
What can I learn today? 