In our never ending quest to provide all of our readers with relatable, ‘slice of life’ style content, we here at the SoBros Network feel the time to weigh in on social commentary has officially come. It’s once again time for me, Big Natural, to open up the leather-bound parchment pages of the annals of history. Put on your plush robe, light your pipe, start a fire, and get ready for deep contemplation. This is the as-often-as-I-remember-to-write-it column: Forgotten Treasures of Americana. Today, we are going to be looking back at one of the more influential programs of my childhood, Prometheus and Bob.
I feel like I’ve been on a super 90s kick recently with this series – we’ve done JNCOs, the old Wendy’s with the solarium, Ape Escape, and more. But, as a kid of the 90s, I just can’t help myself. Plus, this really wasn’t a planned column. This was one that just popped up because I saw this old sketch from Prometheus and Bob scroll across my timeline on the Twitter machine.
Prometheus and Bob (1996) 📺 pic.twitter.com/gdg1HsMqxD
— 90sManiax (@90sManiax) July 15, 2024
I always loved KaBlam!, but I REALLY loved it when Prometheus and Bob graced my television screen. I had no appreciation for how meta this shit was at the time though. Maybe this series subconsciously primed me to believe that aliens really did come to Earth and teach us how to do shit. I don’t know – who’s to say? I mean, there are certainly some super plausible alien theories out there. None of us were there back in the day. It’s just hard for any one of us to prove or disprove. But, maybe my brain is secretly linking all of these theories that I read and watch on Tik Tok to Prometheus and Bob like, “yeah, this makes sense. Remember Prometheus and Bob?”
Regardless of whether or not this show was actually a government psyop to start priming 90s kids to believe in aliens and their role in the history of humanity, there was nothing like a good episode of KaBlam! on a Friday night. I have fond memories of heading out for pizza on Friday night and getting home just in time for this show. Actually, maybe it wasn’t Friday night. I have no hard concrete evidence that it was. It could’ve been Saturday night, but you get my point. The nostalgia’s all the same. Action League Now ruled too. It’s sad to think that as I sit here now at 38 years old, I don’t have anything like that run of KaBlam! to cling to anymore. If only you knew you were in the good old days when they happened.
Check out the Forgotten Treasures of Americana archives right here on SoBros Network – past posts include topics such as playing outside, quicksand, the citizen’s arrest, the midnight snack, those hammocks in Centennial Park here in Nashville, Casey Kasem, Slamball, and of course, that one rumor that Marilyn Manson removed a rib so he could suck his own dick.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.
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