Say.... did you just coin a trope? "Jump the Shark," "Cousin Oliver'd" and now "Cherie in the Fridge" for unexpectedly horrifying episodes of innocuous shows.
When I was doing a lot with stationary I learned about Pee-Che, but I have no memory of seeing it from when I was a kid. It's interesting that it was more previlant on the west coast. The episode of Leno's Garage was really interesting. Great looking car and neat to hear all that history of the car, and the show.
I hadn't thought of this movie in year! My memory is fuzzy, but I remember the kid going off to hide in the fridge toward the end and the other kid ran right by it. I guess the lesson from Indiana Jones is that she was fine.
My brother as a little one would only drink chocolate milk so we went through a ridiculous amount of Nesquik. I love those tins so much.
One day, we couldn’t find him in the house, my mom was freaking out and asked me to help find him. He wasn’t answering. Not in any of the usual hiding spots. Eventually I heard some rustling in the kitchen, opened the cupboard and lo and behold my sweet toddler ultimate ginger brother is sitting there, Nesquik all over his face and body, hand in the tin for more.
Not in the fridge thank goodness, just hiding away from the chaos of 3 older sisters enjoying his Nesquik. 💕
Glad he wasn't in the fridge! That cabinet behavior was something I could completely relate to. I would often get into our cereal cabinet. So often that they eventually moved it above the counter.
What was wrong with adults back in the day?! My old fridge… just going to leave it right here… standing up… easy to open… better paint it like a rocket ship and put this sign on it, “secret fort.” My mom kept one of these old fridges in our garage where I kept and played with a bunch of my toys. Just sitting there. Facing out. Anyone could open it. Luckily I too was swayed by the world around me to avoid them. So it worked. But seriously people!?! Turn the thing around so you can’t open the door, packing tape the door closed… I don’t know… anything?! It was a simpler time.
Was our old fridge, unused. She got a magnetic one and I remember using the box as a fort in my room but she kept the old one and just stored it. Odd that Sears didn’t take it away, or that she didn’t ask a friend to take it to the dump. Just put it in the garage out in the open. I do remember getting the talk about kids suffocating. Like putting Ajax next to sugar and telling me don’t mistake the Ajax for sugar. She also did the mom arm seatbelt maneuver while I stood in the front seat of the car because I was too small to see. What a time to have been alive!
It really was a lot less safe in some ways. I don't think I wore a seatbelt during my entire childhood. Once my sister was rear-ended while I was in the car with here and I smacked my head on the windshield. Even after that we didn't wear them. Scary when I think about it.
Oh, boy, this episode...! I had the exact same reaction when I heard the warning from my grandmother. How the heck could I fit inside one with all those shelves and drawers? It's been years since I revisited that episode, but your reminder clip may push me to seek out the whole thing again. :)
I can't help but wonder why my mom didn't bother to explain to me the exact reason it was dangerous, but I feel like that was a common thing. Just warnings which I blindly obeyed.
Excellent read as always, thanks! I enjoyed the Popeye link, and your Hungry Hungry Hippo post!
Say.... did you just coin a trope? "Jump the Shark," "Cousin Oliver'd" and now "Cherie in the Fridge" for unexpectedly horrifying episodes of innocuous shows.
I like it! It was that exact moment when they opened the fridge and Cherie was laying there that has been etched into my memory.
Keen for this episode 🤘🏽🤘🏽
When I was doing a lot with stationary I learned about Pee-Che, but I have no memory of seeing it from when I was a kid. It's interesting that it was more previlant on the west coast. The episode of Leno's Garage was really interesting. Great looking car and neat to hear all that history of the car, and the show.
If you truly want to be traumatized by a kid in the fridge story, the movie "Ladybug, Ladybug" is for you!
I hadn't thought of this movie in year! My memory is fuzzy, but I remember the kid going off to hide in the fridge toward the end and the other kid ran right by it. I guess the lesson from Indiana Jones is that she was fine.
Joe Friday always came down hard on people who did stupid stuff- one of his gifts.
I love when he gets on his high horse (which is almost every episode.)
My mom switched over to the "healthier" Ovaltine but Nesquik is still what I think about when I think chocolate milk.
My brother as a little one would only drink chocolate milk so we went through a ridiculous amount of Nesquik. I love those tins so much.
One day, we couldn’t find him in the house, my mom was freaking out and asked me to help find him. He wasn’t answering. Not in any of the usual hiding spots. Eventually I heard some rustling in the kitchen, opened the cupboard and lo and behold my sweet toddler ultimate ginger brother is sitting there, Nesquik all over his face and body, hand in the tin for more.
Not in the fridge thank goodness, just hiding away from the chaos of 3 older sisters enjoying his Nesquik. 💕
Glad he wasn't in the fridge! That cabinet behavior was something I could completely relate to. I would often get into our cereal cabinet. So often that they eventually moved it above the counter.
What was wrong with adults back in the day?! My old fridge… just going to leave it right here… standing up… easy to open… better paint it like a rocket ship and put this sign on it, “secret fort.” My mom kept one of these old fridges in our garage where I kept and played with a bunch of my toys. Just sitting there. Facing out. Anyone could open it. Luckily I too was swayed by the world around me to avoid them. So it worked. But seriously people!?! Turn the thing around so you can’t open the door, packing tape the door closed… I don’t know… anything?! It was a simpler time.
The one the garage? Did it function or was it just to have around?
Was our old fridge, unused. She got a magnetic one and I remember using the box as a fort in my room but she kept the old one and just stored it. Odd that Sears didn’t take it away, or that she didn’t ask a friend to take it to the dump. Just put it in the garage out in the open. I do remember getting the talk about kids suffocating. Like putting Ajax next to sugar and telling me don’t mistake the Ajax for sugar. She also did the mom arm seatbelt maneuver while I stood in the front seat of the car because I was too small to see. What a time to have been alive!
It really was a lot less safe in some ways. I don't think I wore a seatbelt during my entire childhood. Once my sister was rear-ended while I was in the car with here and I smacked my head on the windshield. Even after that we didn't wear them. Scary when I think about it.
Oh, boy, this episode...! I had the exact same reaction when I heard the warning from my grandmother. How the heck could I fit inside one with all those shelves and drawers? It's been years since I revisited that episode, but your reminder clip may push me to seek out the whole thing again. :)
I can't help but wonder why my mom didn't bother to explain to me the exact reason it was dangerous, but I feel like that was a common thing. Just warnings which I blindly obeyed.