Eye of newt, and toe of frog, and essence of Kimba!

I am very hesitant when it comes to tracking down and viewing childhood television favourites. I have been stung far too many times, where I'm so disappointed and left numbed with the glaring realization that "That was Rubbish! What on earth did I ever see in that show!" Mork & Mindy was a prime example, as was F-Troop.  It would have been far better to live with the memory of enjoying these shows as a child, and not look back and have those shows turned to pillars of salt.  There are many shows where I have longed to "feel" how I felt watching them when I was young, but now can't bring myself to ruin that memory of a feeling.

There have been those odd occasions, however, where a newer show has come along and I have found myself hit in the face with a duplication of feeling, if that makes sense. This happened quite recently when I crumbled under terrible peer-group pressure from fellow COA bloggers, Lee and Dan, and tracked down the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. It was only a few episodes in when I recognized the feelings and emotions I was experiencing whilst watching Avatar were very reminiscent of how I recall feeling while watching Kimba the White Lion as a child! The feelings I had for Kimba were ones I didn't want to risk ruining by revisiting; and yet here I was feeling them again! But there was more; just like Avon's Black Suede Cologne - with its rich, smooth scent with sweet mossy tones and spicy accents against a background of amber, woods & musk, Avatar  has spicy accents of Monkey, another "Memories of Fondness" show that is still in the "Don't Revisit" basket. So maybe I no longer need to revisit either Kimba or Monkey! Perhaps it's like the "If you like Drakkar Noir®, you'll love our New York Nights 2oz Spray Cologne" idea, continuing the somewhat tenuous men's fragrance analogy - it is something different, but smells very similar. For a while, at least!

I recently posted at the COA about an imagined Blake's 7/Doctor Who crossover episode; what I didn't mention was that I haven't seen any Blake's 7 since my early teens!  I think it would have to be on the top of my "I'm too afraid to revisit!" list. Fortunately there have been some other more recent shows that have "a vibrant mix of grasses, spicy coriander, and a small band of outlaws, under a figurehead leader, leading a rebellion against a tyrannical regime!"- the essence of Blake's 7! Firefly and Farscape, for instance, have a rich herbal blend of Blake's 7 infused within them.

So far, these shows have been enough to allow me to feel much as I did for TV shows lost. And so far, it has been enough. But I still have that nagging, gnawing thought at the back of my mind. In reality, which is the Drakkar Noir®, and which is the New York Nights ?

Therin lies the rub.