We like toys. We often think fondly of our childhood toys and wish that we could bring them into our adult world to be a part of our daily lives. If you’re anything like us, you spend a significant amount of time on your computer. <digress> If you don’t, well then you nothing like us. Not really, you see that logic doesn’t really work, you could be like us in other ways that don’t involve the computer. </digress>.

So we though it would be fun to combine the love of the childhood toys with the agony of being chained like an indentured slave to the desktop. Play With Your Toys is a new layercake feature that helps you bring virtual version of your childhood bedroom right to your desktop!!!

We’ll start with our favorite go anywhere toy that ironically, probably did more harm to our self esteem than being sent to the “special” PE class to fly kites. What? Kite flying is totally acceptable strenuous physical activity.

The Etch a Sketch

From the looks of our creation, you can see where the self esteem might have been damaged. We sucked. We still do, since we made that drawing just one month ago. Other kids didn’t suck, in fact they could make circles with their Etch a Sketch and draw entire picturesque scenes from the Flintstones their favorite cartoons. Stuff like this:

That lovely piece by Etcha can be seen on Flickr by clicking the pic. See more Etch a Sketch self esteem deflaters on the EtchaSketch flickr group which is basically just a bunch of really clever people who are really good at twisting nobs and making us feel bad about our artistic shortcomings.

Here comes the play with your toys under your bosses nose part. You can play with your very own virtual Etch a Sketch here, just click the game image and you’ll be whisked away to a place where unicor..ok, just to a place where you can practice your Etch a Sketch skillz.

This is insane and the reason we no longer play with our Etch a Sketch. Instead we’ve taped a black and white photo of the Golden Gate Bridge into our Etch a Sketch and are trying to pass it off as our own work. No really, we did.

Watch in awe.

More awesome ness.

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Oh yeah, it’s confirmed, the long awaited permanent return of Banana Twinkies is here! Twinkies were originally released as banana cream filled, but due to banana shortages during World War II they were changed to their current vanilla-esque incarnation. The banana version was released periodically for special promotions but those days are gone. No more waiting around for some silly King Kong movie remake product tie in, the original Banana creme filled Twinkies are here to stay.  Yum!

Read on:

Hostess has reintroduced the flavor during limited-time promotions in the past, but always took the treat off the shelves when the promotion ended.

The company was finally persuaded to make the flavor part of its lineup for good after Hostess offered it for four weeks last year for the release of the movie King Kong. Total Twinkie sales jumped 20 percent during the promotion.

The flavor got high marks from Amanda Reid, 29, who was taking a break Tuesday in Manhattan. After taking a bite, she pronounced it “banana-y.”

You read that right, banana-y. Now if only they would make chocolate covered Twinkies with banana filling, our work here would be done.

Get a big delight in every bite:

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Like VH1 but totally not. We just came across this sweet little video where Mel Blanc discusses the origins of the voices for some of his legendary characters. This video illustrates that persistence pays off, and if it doesn’t, mortality sometimes lends a hand.

Who is your all-time favorite Mel Blanc voiced character? We like Daffy even though he can be a total ass.

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Good morning and welcome to the day! Here’s the thing, we have finals this week. So, in order to make the study time we invite you to take a trip down Memory Layercake. Here are a few posts you may have overlooked in the flurry of Lohan drunk drama and blank is the new blank posts.

In honor of the dangling carrot that is Summer Vacation , we’ve set the dial on the Layercake Wayback Machine to: Summer 2005

Signs that it’s time to get a job. No, really. It’s time. May 27th, 2005

He did a bad, bad thing. June 25, 2005

Monogamy: Highly overrated. July 13, 20005

Alice Cooper-School’s Out For Summer (Where Summer equals the four weeks before Summer school begins)

Off to study, see you soon…

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Aaarrrrr!

Click read on for paaaarrrts 2 and 3 of dilithium crystal pirate ship antics..

(Read on …)

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Album Covers, the movie.

How many of these do you have?

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Over the weekend, Australian researchers reported that Dads’ parenting styles have a major influence on childhood obesity.

The researchers found that fathers with permissive (no limits on their children) or disengaged parenting styles were more likely to have overweight or obese children, while fathers with a consistent (clear limits, following through with instructions, etc.) style were less likely to have children with a higher body mass index (BMI).

According to the study Moms are totally off the hook.

There was no association between the mothers’ parenting styles and children’s weight, said the study authors from the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

We declare these findings erroneous on all counts. And in no way should the fact our first tiny cupcake memory of sharing a meal with Papa Layercake involved mini chocolate cream pies be considered evedentiary support for this fuzzy science theory.

Just because those researchers have a bunch degrees with Ps and Hs and Ds doesn’t mean they are correct. Our equally qualified Layercake.net Super Scientiferific Department of smartypants researchers has debunked this Bad Dad theory. Our findings, based on decades of latchkey kid research prove that the real cause of childhood obesity is insufficient amounts of cartoon parenting.

We submit to you, the readers a gathering of some of the finest cartoon parenters ever assembled in one place.

Mr. C Monster, while not a cartoon, was still a nutrition crusader who found great success with his famous campaign for moderation. His program encouraged children the world over to participate in his 2veggies for every 1 cookie Nutrition Ratio System.

Mr. Time F. Timer PHD, of the world renowned Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese theories, spread his ground breaking research via self-narrated cheese advocacy videos.

Underground science team known as the Bod Squad were leaders in the “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” crusade.

The cartoon parenting movement struck a nerve with condiment manufacturers when “Don’t Drown Your Food” propaganda was distributed in the name of nutrition. Shortly after this clip was released its star mysteriously disappeared. It is rumored the last appointment on his calender was with a Mr. H. J. Heinz.

Tune in for our next segment of Why TV Parenting Rules when we’ll tackle grooming habits with our special guest, Mr. Yuck Mouth. Here’s a clip:

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It’s Mrs. Beasely. Now available with a new and improved increased price tag. I’m quite sure that in the days of Buffy, Mr. French and Jody this cost about $79 dollars less than the new release. But can you really put a price on that kind of nostalgia? We think not. now if only we could find Kitty Carryall.

l’affaire de famille

Secretly we felt sorry for Mr. French. Hanging out with a bunch of wealthy, whiny, question-asky brats all day and he never even got to bring a “lady friend” back to the swanky 5th Ave apartment. He got jacked.

And now a dedication. Get crunk classic for our man Mr. French.

Viewing tip: While you listen to this song totally picture Mr. French getting his hyphe groove on.

Get Mrs. Beasley!

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We’re not sure what bunnies and chocolate eggs have to do with this religious holiday but anytime cake is involved, Layercake.net has an obligation to participate.

Sorry, Rabbit; Ipods are for kids.

Ipod Close Up…

Ear buds…

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Update

Grover back at work.

For those readers out there who saw our earlier piece several weeks back detailing the current whereabouts of childhood favorite Grover, this is an update that quite frankly left me feeling relieved about the wellbeing of our beloved Sesame Street friend, Grover. Tear.

It seems that fans of Sesame Street character Grover can rest assured that his VH1’s Where Are They Now story will end on an up note. With his matted blue fur coat and twinking eyes Grover, who reached popularity in the late seventies portraying such memorable characters as Super Grover and Cafe Waiter, has landed a lucrative endorsement deal with Earth’s Best a subsidiary of Colorado based natural food distributor The Hain Celestial Group. Grover and other Sesame Street characters will endorse various cereal and cracker products targeted at the toddler market. Our sources tell us that the photoshoot became a war of egos as Elmo’s alleged diva demands caused tension on the set. We’re told that Elmo’s insistence on appearing solo on the largest box in the product line, the Organic On the Go Os box, caused a clash of egos not seen since Vanity Fair’s Desperate Housewives cover shoot. Dare we say it? Yes, the faux fur was flying.

A pic from the shoot :

Elmo’s rumored list of dressing room demands:

7 Lavender and jasmine scented candles by Tocca with beaded crystal holders
23 100% cotton yellow T-shirts by C&C California with the capital letter “E” embroidered on the chest
4 Bottles of Crystal; chilled
1 case Hypnotic
Separate quarters for personal assistant and stylist
Private massage room with full time masseuse
11 pairs of True Religion Daisy Short Shorts
30 cases of Kabbalah drinking water

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