Your First Episode

[jekylljuice]

The first episode I ever saw was a re-run of Adoptcalpse Now in early 2006. I hadn't been paying much attention to Cartoon Network (or much TV at all, really) for a couple of years at that point, so I'd totally missed out on the show when it first premiered, and had been going about my daily life for a while with no idea that it even existed. It was actually thanks to my fondness for the Coen Bros that the show was brought to my attention - I remember reading on the net that Walter, Donnie and the Dude from the Big Lebowski made a cameo appearence in an episode of this cartoon called Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and I was intrigued. I didn't bother to do any homework in advance as to what the show was about or who any of the characters were, but there was something about the title that really appealled to me, and I made a mental note to check it out on that basis alone. Adoptcalpse Now happened to be the episode playing when I finally opted to satisfy my curiousity, and to be frank, it didn't give me much more than a headache at the time. That's what you get for not doing your homework, kids. I spent pretty much the entire duration trying to work out whether these so-called "imaginary friends" were real or not, whether only certain folks could see them, etc, etc (please don't hold that against me - as should be plain to see, I eventually learnt the error of my ways). I wasn't too certain what to make of it at the time; nonetheless, the show must have made some sort of good impression on me, because I stuck with it, and it was by Seeing Red/Phone Home that I realised I'd become a fan, leading on to the glorious days all through the summer when I would get up really early in the mornings with the sole intention of continuing my Foster's education, watching the 7:00 am episodes with the sound turned down so as not to wake up my housemates. I kind of miss those days now.