Oswald: Goodbye Big City

Do any of you remember the Nick Jr. show Oswald? For those of you who have never seen nor heard of it. Oswald is a show on Nick Jr., that focuses on a blue octopus named Oswald, who goes on every day adventures with his pet hot dog Weenie, in the cheerful and whimsically-designed community of Big City. Commonly, the program concentrates on Oswald's experiences with friends, acquaintances, and neighbors, including Henry, a penguin and Daisy, a flower, among others - and his patient methods of coping with or tolerating different situations and dilemmas, along with his thoroughly optimistic outlook on life. The series ran from 2001-2003, and sadly only had 1 season, that consisted of only 26 episodes. Oswald was one of my favorite shows growing up as a child. I thought the idea was very original and creative. And I really think that Fred Savage did a great job voicing the title character. But my interest in the show then went away when I saw a lost episode, that didn’t seem suitable for younger audiences. Here’s the story.

One night, I was driving home from work and it was very late. As I was almost close to my house, I passed by a Goodwill Store, and to my surprise it was actually still open at the hour. I then decided to go inside and browse the shelves. When I got inside of the store, I went over to the movie section, there I found 3 VHS’s, which were: Monsters Inc., Air Bud, & Free Willy. I then browsed around the place some more, but didn’t really find anything else. I made my way over to the checkout counters. And then suddenly, I felt and heard something. It sounded like something falling on top of my head and then slipping onto the floor. I turned around and saw what looked like a CD case. I turned it over and saw a disc, that had a sticker of Oswald The Octopus inside of the case. I took the disc out of the case, and saw that it wasn’t at all scratched. I then decided to buy it along with the 3 tapes that I found. I then made my purchases and finished my trip home.

When I got home, I went into my living room and put the DVD I bought at Goodwill in the Blu-Ray player that I had hooked up to the TV I had in the living room. I then sat down on the couch, and felt the tingle in my body, as I was about to relive my childhood of watching Oswald. The episode started off with the usual Oswald intro, but there were 2 things wrong about it. Weenie had an area on her where it looked like she had been chewed on, and Oswald didn’t have his little black hat on top of his head. REST OF THE STORY COMING SOON...........