Today I did something spontaneous and unplanned that turned out to be a real treat. After an optical appointment and some shopping I took our youngest son to see the movie Underdog. Seth and I both love verbal humor such as puns, plays on words, and alliteration. All are to be found in this movie, plus a doggie hero who speaks in rhymes. Seth laughed and laughed over, “It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a frog! NO! It’s . . . UNDERDOG!”
One of the bad guys, Cad, was hilarious as he kept referring to his thesaurus in an attempt to impress his mega-smart bad guy boss, Simon Bar-Sinister. Peter Dinklage did an awesome job playing the mad scientist Bar-Sinister. He has such an expressive face!
The very beginning of the movie was so nostalgic for me. The clips from the original cartoon version reminded me that I watched that cartoon when I was a kiddo! The show ran from 1964 to 1973. Does anyone else remember how funny the penguin Tennessee Tuxedo voiced by Don Adams was? Now I want to see some episodes of the old cartoon. 🙂