Martin and Chris have discovered my brother’s cache of old toys and are fascinated by them. I remember so many of them–like the action figures he kept under his pillow and called: “My men.” As in his famous quote at about three years old when he found out what college was: “I don’t want to go to college. I want to stay here and play with my men.”
Of particular interest is the car from the old show Knight Rider with the accompanying David Hasselhoff action figure. Although I was a bit disturbed seeing my little boys play with a miniature David Hasselhoff, I shrugged and introduced them anyway. “Guys, this is David Hasselhoff. Can you say David Hasselhoff, Chris?”
“Hazel Hasselhoff!”
And Hazel Hasselhoff it is.
As in, “Steve, come quickly! Hazel Hasselhoff rescued a baby croc who was captured by a poacher and needs your help because he got injured! Get Bindi and bring the helicopter!”
And, “Steve, come quickly! The baby is eating Hazel Hasselhoff’s head!”