Jezebel: candyland

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Anna — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:10:00 EDT

[San Francisco, August 19. Image via Getty]

SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 19: Children on the yellow team celebrate winning the world's largest game of Candyland August 19, 2009 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco's famed Lombard Street, the city's most crooked street, was transfomed into the world's largest game of Candyland to honor the 60th birthday of the popular children's board game. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Candy Spelling Pretty Much Blames Tori For Aaron's Death

Tracie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Candy Spelling was on Larry King Live yesterday, responding to daughter Tori's appearance on The View. She essentially blamed Tori for Aaron Spelling's death. And she still doesn't get why Tori isn't speaking to her.

Doll Makeovers Are Not Child's Play

Dodai — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:40:00 EST

The Disney Princesses are getting a makeover. This, with the news that Dora The Explorer will come in a shopping-obsessed tween version and that horrifying Strawberry Shortcake revamp is upsetting. Hey, toymakers: Quit it.

Sure, change is good: Except when it comes to items for which you have a sentimental nostalgia. I refuse to acknowledge the new electronic banking edition of Monopoly, which comes without paper money and includes a cell phone and a flat-screen TV as game pieces. Give me a dog or a wheelbarrow, or else it's not really Monopoly! Candy Land used to have a Molasses Swamp, but kids today don't know what molasses is (and can't use a dictionary?) so it's now the Chocolate Swamp. Don't even get me started on Candy Land: The Movie.

Why are these toy changes so irksome? Is it because we think of precious, happy memories from childhood as sacred and holy? Is it because — in the case of the dolls — you're taking something perfect and plastic finding fault with it? Is it because the changes are (usually) for the worse? Is it because saying, "when i was a kid, My Little Pony had four flat feet, not poseable legs and an ice cream truck" makes you feel old?

Interview - Disney Princesses Toy Designer, Dora Grows up-Stops Exploring, Starts Shopping [Babble]
Earlier: Berry Disturbing Makeover for Strawberry Shortcake
Related: My Little Pony Land

From the American Institute for Overthinking...

Anna N. — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:20:00 EST

From the American Institute for Overthinking (aka Play This Thing! via BoingBoing) comes this analysis of Candyland: "it is a metaphorical representation of the fundamental ideology of the United States; the past is no constraint on the future, and each individual should strive resolutely for personal advance despite whatever the past may hold. The child born in a log cabin may achieve the presidency, an immigrant boy who grows up in the slums of Brooklyn may become a real-estate magnate, an Ivy-educated scion of wealth may wind up on a bread line, and a double green will speed you to the fore." Also, it makes kids crave candy. [Play This Thing!]