2 posts tagged “cuteness”
My love for Paddington Bear is strange: I've never owned any of the books, just the stuffed bear, and the TV show used to actually grate on me a little. And yet, when I was working retail next to a Sears where a man in a Paddington suit was appearing*, I waved and squealed like a two-year-old. I also lied and yelled out "I love your show!"
So imagine my wonderment at finding two awesome stories about Paddington today: the second is a BBC news story from 2001, talking about a program in which Stephen Fry (of stage, screen, Jeeves, Black Adder, and the best book ever to feature a sex scene involving a horse) follows in the footsteps of the Great Bear himself. Is there anything that man can't do?
The second article (the reason I found the first one) reveals that the blue-coated teddy recently starred in a commercial in which he eschewed his customary marmalade for Marmite, and viewers apparently threw a fit.
I'm not sure whether this is because they regarded the bear as a sellout or they were outraged by his poor reading comprehension skills in not telling the two sandwich spreads apart -- guess which interpretation warms my heart? -- but it's nice to see that I'm not the only fan out there.
*I'm assuming. Any bear that tall would probably just eat people, including the author of the Paddington books.
There will be no Kara pictures for Sunday, as kittenblogging has drained all the usable batteries in the house and I'm waiting for the crappy rechargeables to, well, recharge.
Some updates, though:
- Jasper and Kara have finally met with no hissing, though brave Sir Incubus again swooped in and tried to drag her away from Jasper with his paw, affecting a sort of "Sorry about that, sir" air;
- To put it in the broadest possible terms, Kara is litter-box challenged. Oh, she understands the principle. Unfortunately, she thinks it also applies to the shag rug in the kitchen.
- She can now climb up on the bed by herself! Since it's a red comforter, there's a kind of Spider-Cat vibe to this which is very cute.
