20 Disturbing Baby Products

Brett Singer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT

I freely admit to a bit of jealously with this link, since it would have been nice to come up with it myself. That said, we have hit on a few of these in the past, such as the infant high heels, and the Thudgard helmet. And I had a note to write about the Pee-Pee Teepee at some point because, like, it's called the Pee-Pee Teepee. So we're still pretty damn cutting edge over here.

Many of the items on this list are so wacko that they really should be fake – such as the strap on nursing apparatus for men. Here are a couple of my favorites:

Zaky® Infant Pillow

Cue the Addams Family theme – this thing is both creepy AND kooky, and yes, altogether ooky. Who the hell buys one of these?

Hamburger Baby Costume

This is just funny. Especially since it looks to be designed for infants who don’t' get around so well.

Manual Snot Sucker

First of all, the product name is "Nosefrida". Second, it's described as "hygienic" despite the fact that you are connecting your mouth to your baby's nose via a tube. And third… well, just see number two. That should be enough.

Baby Mop

OK, look. I know its wrong. I do. But come on. Isn't this sort of a good idea, in a way? In a weird way? No? OK, OK, I'll cancel my order. (Really? You don't want one?)

Check out the full list at Cracked.com, which is a very funny site. For what it's worth, I used to read Cracked as a kid, when it was considered a lesser version of Mad Magazine. They've been back for a while now and so far it's good stuff.

source/images: 20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants, Cracked.com

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Addams Family Becomes a Musical. Hooray!

Kelly Mills — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:02:00 GMT

Producers have announced they'll turn the Addams Family into a musical. While some might feel this is a Hair-brained idea, that it will make a Miserables show, and that any commercial version of the Charles Addams drawings is only a Phantom of the great cartoonist's work, I was happier than a bag of Cats to hear about this. I even made my special Funny Face, the one I make when I get really good news. Too bad this one won't come out until 2009 or so.

Nope, no need to slap me. I'll just go calm myself. Mommy needs a little sleep.

Okay, back. I'm thrilled about this, because I love a good musical, and I bet Addams Family will lend itself better to the musical format than so many of the stories I hear about, like, "We're going to make a musical out of Sophie's Choice." The macabre always makes for a good song-and-dance number: the Buffy musical, anyone? By the way, in case you have a love of Addams Family things, the movies are not so good for little kids (or adults, despite the fact that I heart Raul Julia) but the board game rocks. We play it constantly.