Donkey Kong monster truck

I hope this storm in Southern California dies down so I can take my daughter to Anaheim for the Monster Jam on Saturday, which features this cool Donkey Kong truck. Link

[#1 posted by Snakes on a blog , January 25, 2008 1:04 PM]

Hope the weather clears for you. I'm going to Monster Jam here in Orlando tomorrow and looking forward to it.

[#2 posted by MissySB , January 25, 2008 1:08 PM]

Mark, thank you for you devotion to your daughters.
Who knows what I might have been if my dad had taken me to the Monster truck shows when I begged? (and begged. And pleased. And whimpered.)

Here's to small girls who will some day take over the world.

[#3 posted by License Farm , January 25, 2008 1:35 PM]

I know it's a crass marketing plot, but it works for me! Please tell me it leaps flaming barrels and dodges giant mallets.

[#4 posted by mellowknees , January 25, 2008 1:57 PM]

Darnit, License Farm, you stole my joke. Oh well, I'm saying it anyway:

If I bring my Italian friend, can he climb ladders and dodge barrels to get at it?

[#5 posted by mercermachine , January 25, 2008 2:48 PM]

Monster truck rallies are teh goodness. But don't forget to bring ear plugs for the little one, as the decibels can almost literally reach ear-splitting levels.

[#6 posted by Mark Frauenfelder , January 25, 2008 2:58 PM]

Make's managing editor, Shawn Connally, warned me about the noise. What do you think is better -- earplugs or noise reducing headphones?

[#7 posted by Antinous , January 25, 2008 3:03 PM]

Both. I use both at the shooting range. Don't screw around with your hearing. You might have to live the rest of your life without ever hearing David Lee Roth again.

[#8 posted by mercermachine , January 25, 2008 3:16 PM]

I prefer the squishy foam ones. Cheap, disposable, fit any eardrum, readily available at any building supply store, and they come in a variety of colors to match your earwax.

[#9 posted by V , January 25, 2008 3:22 PM]

Don't forget that you both have to talk the whole day using Monster Truck Announcer Voice (tm).

"SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY!!!"

[#10 posted by SC_Wolf , January 25, 2008 5:45 PM]

And when using Monster Truck Announcer Voice (tm), you are obligated at some point to comment that while you paid for the whole seat,
"YOU ONLY NEED THE EEEDDDGGGGGEE!"

[#11 posted by Bazilisk , January 27, 2008 7:27 PM]

Japanese pop culture, WE HAVE P0NED U!! VrRRRROOOOoooom!

[#12 posted by License Farm , January 28, 2008 1:48 PM]

One of my best friends and I have an inside joke culled from a monster truck show commercial, probably 10+ years ago, where the announcer in the typical fashion is screaming, "KIDS UNDER 10 GET IN FREE!" then stage whispers, "Now that's value." We will randomly pull out that latter line, along with 20+ years of other non sequiturs, to ensure no one has the first clue what we're talking about.