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Thing 1 and Thing 2 Go To Hollywood

March is a bizarre month for holidays, both real and made up. I know, because I’m guest posting about weird commemorative days every Wednesday this month at Sweetspot.ca. If you’re sick of me blathering on about my trip to Hollywood and want me to get back to the funny, check out today’s guest post: Happy National Frozen Food Day.

Below is another, perhaps more significant, date to mark on the March calendar.

On this day in 1904, a baby named Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to German immigrant parents who, for some time, managed the family brewery. One has to wonder if Henrietta (Seuss) Geisel imbibed one or two steins while pregnant; this could partially explain Theodor’s invention of the Grinch, the Lorax, and the Brothers Bazoo.

In honour of Dr. Seuss (and to close the chapter on my trip to L.A.), I’ve assembled a Thing 1 and Thing 2 Go To Hollywood video.

But first, the back story:

My Seussian stuffies proved to be quite the icebreaker in Tinseltown. I’d take them out of my pocket, place them somewhere peculiar, and grab my camera; before long, onlookers would stop and ask, “What are you doing?” or “What’s the story with Thing one and Thing Two?”

Sometimes my sister explained.

Sometimes I said, “I have twins.”

Sometimes I said, “I blog.”

Sometimes I wanted to curl up in a ball on the sidewalk, start rocking, and say this:

But I refrained because I enjoyed the interactions with strangers.

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Without further delay, here are Thing 1 and Thing 2 in Hollywood, presented with a birthday nod to the great Dr. Seuss.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqwIqdD2qXo]

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It’s Whiteboard Wednesday, so I ask:

What bizarre things have you heard or said recently?

Filed Under: On the Move, Whiteboard Wednesday Tagged With: Dr. Seuss, Hollywood, Oprah's After Oscar Party, Thing 1 and Thing 2, Whiteboard Wednesday

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  1. karmavore says

    March 2, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    Just caught up on all your posts! What a thrill. So sorry you didn’t quite make it into (or onto?) Mr Darcy’s LAP but sounds like you were very CLOSE!

    Yea for Theodor 😉

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 3, 2011 at 4:10 pm

      O, the prepositional differences between into and onto…

      Reply
  2. educlaytion says

    March 2, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    I love this! I’ve never seen you do video and what a smashing success. Here are some of my faves:
    The cop
    The empty glass sideways
    The Elvis impersonator

    I can just see you whipping them out in front of people. Also, great selections on the Walk of Fame.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 3, 2011 at 4:11 pm

      Yes, I’m having fun with iMovie, even if YouTube didn’t let me upload it with the original song, California Dreamin’. Sigh. Figuring things out. I have a plan for Ironic Mom TV. More on that later, much later..

      Reply
  3. evelynn says

    March 3, 2011 at 3:31 am

    how did you get the cops to be so nice to you? and how did you get them to SMILE?

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 3, 2011 at 4:12 pm

      It was the most bizarre thing: cops EVERYWHERE but super happy. It was a fantastic atmosphere.

      Reply
  4. Chase McFadden says

    March 3, 2011 at 7:48 am

    Awesome video. I liked the shot of the police officers the best. What great PR. They’d probably like to have that photo.

    I need to go back and read about 10 posts to catch up on this Hollywood thing. I’ve been out of the loop for a while.

    Hope you had a great trip.

    PS – Is that a gummy worm on Colin Firth’s star?

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 3, 2011 at 4:13 pm

      Not a gummy worm, but my wrist pass to Oprah’s shindig. Welcome back to blogdom!

      Reply
  5. Christina Baglivi Tinglof says

    March 3, 2011 at 8:28 am

    Glad L.A. cops were so accommodating! Hey, did you like your In-N-Out? My kids favorite….

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 3, 2011 at 4:13 pm

      I did like In-N-Out: it was affordable, fast, and tasty, in that I’ve-been-traveling-for-hours-and-need-food-now way!

      Reply
  6. julie gardner says

    March 3, 2011 at 8:58 am

    This is SOOO much better than one of those “My mom went to Hollywood and saw Oprah and almost sat on Colin Firth’s lap and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” t-shirts.

    (plus, when I saw whose stars and footprints you chose to film, I loved you that. much. more.)

    Awesome.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 3, 2011 at 4:14 pm

      LOL at t-shirt comment. I put Colin Firth in the same category as Jimmy Stewart and Gregory Peck. Yummy.

      Reply
  7. PaigeN says

    March 3, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Awesome video; made me long for the sunshine and warmth of CA (that’s California, not Canada). 🙂 And all the people must have gotten a kick being a part of your video montage…love the cactus and bamboo shots and the Police shot was the best.

    I say more videos!

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 3, 2011 at 4:15 pm

      Thanks. More videos will come with time, I hope.

      The police laughed. One said, “We pose for pictures all the time, but we’ve never been asked to do this.”

      Reply
  8. writerwoman61 says

    March 4, 2011 at 6:36 am

    Love the video, Leanne…like the song in the background too! Did you see “Mad in Cleveland” last night? Betty White was using her dimples to get past security to see celebrities in Los Angeles…

    I did three posts with an Angelina Jolie action figure as part of The Jolie Pez Project started by my friend Omawarisan…
    http://writerwoman61.wordpress.com/the-jolie-pez-project/
    Jim was lying on his stomach on the sidewalk in a park (in the winter) taking photos…we were getting rather strange looks from passersby…

    Wendy

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 4, 2011 at 9:18 pm

      I love the Angelina action figure tour. I must get on that project…or start a spin off with Thing 1 and Thing 2.

      Reply
      • writerwoman61 says

        March 5, 2011 at 7:16 am

        “The Jolie” is doing her Canadian tour now…I think she’s on her way back from my friends’, Ian and Suzanne, in Nunavut…if you get in touch with Oma now, he’d probably add you to the list (tell him you’re my friend)! Just leave a comment here:
        http://blurts.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/the-angelina-jolie-pez-project/
        I don’t know if The Jolie has any Western Canada stops booked yet…would be cool!

        Wendy

        Reply
  9. Keenie Beanie says

    March 4, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    This makes me smile, and I loved the tune.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      March 4, 2011 at 9:19 pm

      🙂

      Reply
  10. Amanda Hoving says

    March 8, 2011 at 7:41 am

    This was fantastic! And I’m still reeling about your Hollywood adventures — fabulous 🙂

    Reply
  11. The Hook says

    March 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    Thank the Lord for Dr. Suess, hmm?

    Reply
  12. journeytoepiphany says

    June 25, 2011 at 9:49 am

    I share a birthday with Dr. Seuss! I never even liked Dr. Seuss until I was an adult. He creeped me out as a child.

    Reply

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