The Counter-Cultural Largesse Proudly Introduces Uncle Matt 1.5

August.4.2009

When The Notorious E.P.C. asks you to guest blog, there is only one correct answer, especially when you have witnessed first-hand the EPC wield his Thor-like hammer of intelligence on the unsuspecting moops of Middlebury on Trivia Night. The man is a force of triviality not to be denied or defied.

You know Uncle Matt if you know Fraggle Rock, and you know Fraggle Rock if a) you’re over the age of 25 b) your parents had HBO c) drugs. In high school the normal kids, the ones with boring sneakers and bad taste in music employed Fraggle as a catchall insult for the kids deemed “weird”— you know, the ones with bad hair and good taste in music. Regardless of where you fell on the high school social continuum it shouldn’t detract from your appreciation of a show that could be described as the Muppets on creative PEDs.

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