Thursday, June 12, 2008

Monster Jam

Have you heard of this? No, Frankenstein, Mummy and Werewolf haven't formed a heavy metal band........
Do you have Channel? Monster Jam is a show where Monster Trucks and Cars race each other or do Freestyle Competition. It's on everyday at 5 p.m., EDT. The racing is boring, but the Freestyle can be awesome! They jump over various objects like campers, busses, cars, dirt hills, and stuff like that. They pick 3 people in the audience to be the judges, and they have cards they hold up that range from 1 - 10 to score the vehicle's performance. They have to perform for 90 seconds and fill the clock, otherwise there are point deductions if they wreck too bad that they can't continue before the time is out. With those big ol' tires, they can get a lot of bounce, and if the approach an obstacle right, they can make those things fly! I'm talkin' huge air! The vehicles get broken from bad landings, they get rolled over, they do "donuts" or "cyclones", they do wheel stands, some of the things these drivers can do with these things is incredible!
And the body styles are crazy! There's Gravedigger, whose body looks like an old fashioned herse but it's green and black with red headlights, there's TAZ, and yep, it's the Tazmanian Devil from the Bugs Bunny cartoon, there's Superman with the cape and all, Monster Mutt, of course, looks like a dog, a '55 Chevy, and Blue Thunder; a Ford that has Blue Lightning bolts all over it. I love watching these guys. There's even a huge championship competition in Vegas every year! And to think it all started with Bigfoot. No, not Sasquatch. A blue Ford pickup that someone put huge tires on and an extreme lift kit. What it has evolved into today...............

1 comment:

Darlene said...

You are so right. Nursing is a SKILL not a trade!!