SCO Miser
In many cases, you can tell whether someone of a particular age group was a watcher of US children’s television shows just by saying a word or two. “Conjunction” is a good marker to spot those who watched Schoolhouse Rock, for example.
Another favorite is “The Year Without a Santa Claus”, by Rankin-Bass Productions. Of course, nobody remembers it by that name…but if you say “Heat-Miser” or “Snow-Miser” they’ll recognize it.
“But so what?” you may ask. “This sounds like random pointless nostalgia to me.” Well, yes, but if you’ve been reading Slashdot or Groklaw lately, you know that there’s a new Miser in town.
Yep, Darl McBride is the SCO-Miser!
Here, revealed for the first time, is his theme song. Read more about SCO Miser »
