What do you get when you combine a boy with mustard-colored skin and purple hair with the swine flu?
The answer: Must-see TV… at least if you have young kids at home.
If you’re worried about the H1N1 virus or seasonal flu, don’t have all the facts on vaccinations AND you parent needle-phobic children, then you might consider tuning into PBS’ “Sid the Science Kid” on Monday, October 26, 2009.
That’s when a new episode of the popular kiddie series will air. The special show follows 4-year-old Sid as he goes to the doctor to get a flu shot. Those familiar with Sid know that a simple trip anywhere is never without “super-duper-ooper-schmooper” adventures and his upcoming doctor’s visit is no exception.
According to show producers, Sid will be learning the science behind flu vaccinations, and since the curious preschooler yearns to “know everything about everything,” doctors and nurses on the episode will provide in-depth explanations regarding the who, what, where, when and whys of flu shots… in kid-friendly terms, of course.
Once you get your fill of flu vaccination information, switch over to Oprah. On Monday, the popular TV talk show hostess will not be featuring swine flu experts, but you will learn why childhood obesity is on the rise.
Monday’s “Oprah Winfrey Show” is hitting the road to the State Fair of Texas. For the first time ever, Big O will be visiting the nation’s largest state fair. And by visit I mean taste. And by taste I mean gorge.
Oprah and her BFF Gayle will be eating their way through the massive state fair and all eyes will be on Miss O’s encounter with the fair’s newest taste sensation: Deep-fried butter.
Apparently, it wasn’t enough for kids and their parents to nosh on other artery-clogging fair foods, including deep-fried peanut-butter-cup macaroons, deep-fried peaches and cream, deep-fried Coke, deep-fried stuffed peppers and deep-fried pork chips with gravy.
I know what you’re asking: How do you deep-fry butter?
Apparently, the vendor wraps butter in dough before frying it, so the finished product resembles an especially greasy biscuit.
People who have tried the fatty treat liken it to “a dinner roll with a lot of butter.”
To further entice sweets-obsessed children, the recipe’s creator came up with four varieties of his deep-fried butter concoction: original, garlic, cherry and grape.
If you are wondering whether parents would willingly shell out hard-earned cash to feed their kids deep-fried butter (or whether the decision to do so would be considered good child rearing), tune into Oprah’s show on Monday.
I’ll be watching, how about you?