You know what I miss? PopUp Video. That’s right and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I enjoyed the music videos with the heinously annoying sound effects and the obnoxious bubble with useless facts. For those of you unenlightened folks, the long and short of it can be found here.
It ran from 1996-2002 and it was glorious for socially capable nerds like myself who didn’t turn into zombies the second VH1 was on. And I can only assume that the geeks that thought up the concept have something to do with all of the contest and Viagra pop ups (no pun intended) windows on your computer. You could learn how many hours Boy George spent in the makeup chair, is that Lionel Richie in the “Beat It” video, and how to so white trash in Norwegian (moldbo-from “Take on me”). You know…the useful stuff!
All I’m saying is, that since kids are spending hours in front of the TV and video games ANYWAY, bring back the pop ups! In Halo, throw in some military history. In MarioKart, the lifespan of a Venus flytrap. And in Resident Evil, the nutritional value of eating human brains. Just think, pop ups could lead to a smarter human race where the kids who sit in their moms’ basements getting a UV burn from their monitors are actually the cooler members of society. Right, and Hell with freeze over. So go make a Facebook group, hang a banner, start a petition, but damnit man….give me back my pop ups!
