#day122

It all started with this video:

That’s “Lay It Down” by 80′s buttrockers Ratt.

(In the 80′s, dressing like a male prostitute, while posing for a photo in a sketchy men’s bathroom was somehow the OPPOSITE of gay.)

Well, I haven’t seen the video for “Lay It Down” in a lonnnnnnnng time. 

And besides regretting shots like THIS 

& THIS in it,

I kind of regret that Chucko the Clown didn’t work into Ratt’s video storylines from that point on.

So many metal bands back then had wicked, creepy mascots thanks to Iron Maiden’s initial salvos with Eddie. 

Not saying Ratt is even in the same league as Maiden, but I really think Chucko could’ve at least been Ratt’s answer to - I don’t know - ZZ Top’s car?

Maybe I’m wanting too much for a band whose cover had more going for it than the music inside.

In other words, I’m gonna go on record as saying that even adding the night terror-filled appearance of Chucko couldn’t have staved off the inevitable. 

Oh, I also regret that I never made the connection that the kid in this fucked-up video

was also THIS kid in “Jurassic Park.”

You’re welcome, Internet.