We Care-a-Lot

I didn't realize it had started airing, so I didn't get a chance to warn you - I mean, err - let you know that my episode of Care Bears: Adventures in Care-A-Lot was going to air.

That's right. Care Bears. I had an absolute blast writing it. And I did it for the sole purpose of improving my gangsta street cred.

Because nothing says gangsta like Funshine.

Anyways, I found out that it had started airing today, when I had lunch with my friend Larry - who's directing on the show. He introduced me to the supervising producer, who remembered my name from having written an episode. Hopefully because he has a good memory, not because my episode stood out for being particularly heinous to produce.

Then of course, with some of the other staff there, someone asked, "Oh, so what episode did you write?"

Blank. Stare.

I don't think I could've made a worse impression if I had lit up a crack pipe, torn off my clothes, and run out backwards while singing off-key the theme song to the Mary Tyler Moore Show. For the record, I wrote Cheer, There and Everywhere - story edited by the amazing Tom Hart.

If/when my episode re-runs, I'll let you know. Assuming you care.