If You’re Afraid, You’ll Have to Overlook It . . .

Lani e-mailed me yesterday and said that Alastair was suffering because he was living with three females. I said, “He knew the job was dangerous when he took it.” Which made me think of Super Chicken, which took me to You Tube where I found all seventeen episodes. (I think. I didn’t actually count them.) They’re each about six and a half minutes counting the excellent theme song:

When you find yourself in danger,

When you’re threatened by a stranger,

When it looks like you will take a lickin’,

There is someone waiting

Who will hurry up and rescue you

Just caaaaall for Super Chicken!

Fred, if you’re afraid, you’ll have to overlook it.

Besides you knew the job was dangerous when you took it.

He will drink his super sauce

And throw the bad guys for a loss,

And he will bring them in alive and kickin’

There is one thing you should learn

When there is no one else to turn to

Caaaaall for Super Chicken!

Caaaaall for Super Chicken!!

It’s that bit in the middle about SC’s sidekick Fred that I’ve found most useful. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked at a disaster I helped create and thought, “You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.” Calms me down every time. It’s especially good, I find, for writer’s block.

For those new to the glory that is Super Chicken, I suggest One of Our States is Missing if only for the Rhode Island jokes. The Big Bad in that one is Appian Way, one of the “Ways of Providence.” That’s right up there with the island that Merlin Brando lives on: Isle of Lucy (say it fast). Or Super Chicken’s airline of choice: Receding Airlines. Genius, every episode is genius.

I have much too much to do to watch Super Chicken cartoons. On the other hand, any day is improved by “The Wild Hair,” the story of Frankenstein’s toupee (okay, not Frankenstein, Dr. Could Be): “And the mad scientist found himself trapped in an ominous writhing mass of angry hair.” Genius, I tell you.

I know you don’t have time for Super Chicken, but really . . . make time for Super Chicken.