Continuing on our ’80s theme: here we see the tragedy of what happened to the leftover slime from You Can’t Do That On Television. Cast aside, flushed away, like so much… uh… really gross goop.
P.S. When I started writing this I presumed YCDTOT was long gone. Turns out it’s still on TV. But I don’t care — I’m saying it’s very ’80s anyway. And for those lucky people who have know idea what I’m talking about, here you go:
Found By: Angela – MLS 95362
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I loved that show!!! And that’s a darn scary toilet. I’ve never seen one that color. Classic tan, yes. Cotton candy pink and seafoam green too. But not uh, That color.
If you look closely at it, you notice it’s actually a white toilet that’s been painted. Yes, painted. That color. Which means that…at some point…someone actually LIKED that color.
I guess they wanted to color-coordinate with the… toilet contents.
Ew.
You had more pics from this listing posted on the voting page, showing the bathroom in its proper (frightening) context. Unfortunately, the listing link is just taking me to the main page of the website now.
I’m really puzzled about that toilet. The brown along the sides looks like rust, but porcelin doesn’t rust. Certainly it brings to mind various unmentionable forms of filth, but if that were the case, wouldn’t there be some on the floor around it too? This looks like someone deliberately but sloppily painted the sides of the toilet brown, as well as the cabinets. I don’t get it.
True. The other photos didn’t do much for me, and I couldn’t come up with anything to say about them, so off they went.
If you’re curious how the sausage is made around here: my LOLcat overlords read the e-mail and pick which photos that go on the voting page, and write those titles. I go through those and choose which ones make it to the front page, adding a caption and sometimes changing the title. Ta dah!
But anyway, if you miss the other photos I can see if they’re around here somewhere…
And… they’re back!
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Aww you’re so sweet.
That second picture is scary to me just for its emptiness. I mean I get it, the house is gutted, but I think that falls into the original category of this blog, “Real Estate Agents Making Bad Things Look Worse By Taking Bad Pictures.” That darkness makes me think the Undead is about to emerge and order me off their property.
Here is the listing:
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/654-Rosewood-St_Corpus-Christi_TX_78405_1111187786
The tub was so scared of this toilet that as soon as the owner’s back was turned it ran away. Now it’s changed its name and is living a new life as a hotdog push cart vendor in New York.
It has to wear long sleeves to hide the brown paint that it was indelibly marked with for identification.
And it seems to have been accompanied by light fixtures…
At least bottle hung around to hold the fort. What a stalwart fellow.
Although it appears he could use a broom.
Oh. Ergh.
I actually got the chills looking at those interior photos. It’s like … I can almost see something … lurking in the shadows …
*shudder*
It’s a shame, too, because from the outside, the house could be adorable.
Oh, I want this house… it would make a perfect Halloween haunted house. Yes, yes, it’s perfect.
Toilets, at one time, did in fact come in brown. I know… it’s hard to believe.
In any case, what I would like to know is how big was the spider that made the web in the “dining room” photo? It looks thick enough to choke someone if they got caught in it. ::shivers::
Things really must be bigger in Texas…
That is true about brown toilets. However, I do not believe the original color of this toilet was brown. I reluctantly point you to the interior of the bowl, which is that toilet green color. Ergo, somebody painted a toilet brown which is somehow worse than a toilet that was manufactured brown.
The parents of my best friends back in the ’70s did up their entire guest “powder room” in chocolate brown. Brown toilet, brown sink, brown supergraphic wallpaper (with obligatory shiny metallic accents), brown hand towels, etc. It was pretty freaky even back then. But given that there were three boys in that house, and one dog that liked to drink out of the toilet, I have to say in retrospect, it was an act of brilliance. I mean, was it clean? Was it dirty? Was there something revolting in the bowl? Who could tell? Who would want to know!?
My husband’s grandmother has her guest bathroom done up in shades of brown, copper, and apricot. It’s a breathtakingly preserved artifact from the Seventies, complete with giant magazine rack that takes up an entire wall and filled with twenty-year-old literature. I feel about three decades years younger every time I walk through the door.
Ok, I did some googling and got a current link to this listing: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/654-Rosewood-St_Corpus-Christi_TX_78405_1111187786
They seem to have removed some of the scarier pictures. Too bad; I wanted to see the spider web Angel was talking about. (Unless it’s in picture #2 above and my monitor’s just too dark to see it.)
To make the listing lovelier, I’m noticing that when you click the original listing link above, the ad on the main page reminds buyers not to “loose out” on the first-time homebuyer credit.
The listing itself also notes as a feature that “secondary bedrooms split from the master bedroom.” What the schwack does that mean?? If the secondary bedrooms aren’t divided by a wall from the master bedroom, it’s all just one big bedroom, right? Or does it mean that the doorways to the secondary bedrooms open into the master bedroom? I guess that’s one way to keep your kids from sneaking out at night, but doesn’t do much for your privacy.
Here’s the link to the listing page, then click on “view all 9 images”. If you can stand to view them all again. The “dining room” spider web is in the third image on the right.
http://corpus-homes.com/Properties/Residential/tabid/1393/Default.aspx
BUT…. apparently that doesn’t work. When you get to the page that I thought would give you the listing, enter the MLS number, and you’ll see the rest of the images.
MLS# 95362
I hope.
Got it, thanks. I can just make out the cobweb you’re talking about on this screen. I have indeed seen webs that big in the woods around here… but not indoors.
The master bathroom is pretty scary too.
In the master bathroom (optimistically also termed a “spa”, I note while quietly weeping in terror) someone has decided that wrapping part of the sink in tinfoil was a good idea.
I think I’ll just go hug my house now, and thank the powers that be.
“Secondary bedrooms split from the master bedroom” simply means that the master bedroom is in a different part of the house from the secondary bedrooms. In a two-level home, it often means first-floor master bedrooms, second-floor secondary bedrooms. In a ranch, it usually means secondary bedrooms on one side of the house, then public rooms (kitchen, family, dining) in the middle, then master bedroom.
It’s a relatively new concept that has become very popular. I guess lots of parents like to get noisy when they’re making sweet, sweet, love without worrying about the kiddies hearing them.
If I ever had kids, I’d say, “you there, go over and stay on that side of the house, and I don’t want to hear about it. Just as long as I have plausible deniability with Child Protective Services, and you don’t cause any damage that costs me money, go forth and prosper. Don’t ask, don’t tell.”
I’m a firm believer in Laissez Faire as the key to good parenting. Well, actually, I’m both lazy and pretty convinced that you’re doomed no matter what you do, so your kids might as well learn from those mistakes as quickly as possible.
Why yes, I AM available for babysitting! How nice of you to ask!
Yeah, I secretly kinda thought that might be what it meant, but it was more fun to make fun of it.
Split bedrooms means the master bedroom is on one side of the house and the other two bedrooms are on the complete opposite side of the house (split), with the rest of the rooms in between.
I bet this would be easy to flip. You could improve the value of the house just by changing the toilet. Change the cabinet and sink, add a bathtub/shower, wall coverings, mirror and light fixture – nothing fancy: no more than $2G – and you might see a significant increase on your investment. The outside needs work too, but I’m thinking that being able to sell the thing at all is worth the effort.
“I bet this would be easy to flip.”
Yes, I flipped when I saw it!
What, 2 gigadollars? I doubt you’ll get much return on that investment…
“I am Tree, and this is MY house now! See how my loyal minions stand flanking me for protection as I reign from the porch!”
“Now, get the &*#@ out of my driveway!!”
*step…lurch…step…lurch*
It appears that the toilet threw up in its mouth a little.
Okay, another house where the occupants apparently had a tremendous aversion to light. And good taste.
Heads up to the real estate agent:
There is a difference between the word “lose” and the word “loose”. You’re actually in need of the former, not the latter. Lose. Lose. Lose. “Act now before you lose out”.
Remember that Hurricane Ike went through Corpus in 2008. This house was likely had water damage and blown-out windows. Probably many houses like this to choose from…
Ike hit Galveston… Corpus is a pretty good step down the beach. Did they have blown out windows down there? I’m 60 miles from Galveston and I didn’t.
Yeah, Ike hit Galveston. Galveston is 200+ miles up the coast from Corpus. All Corpus got was a very high tide that day, and this house is far enough inland that it would not have been affected.
I have the feeling that the former contents of the house were shoveled directly into a dumpster. Perhaps the interior door was removed to facilitate this…
Is that a triangular mirror, or a triangular pass-thru?
alanis morrisette’s start to stardom was on that show. i remember watching it as an adult. i don’t know why it was amusing to me.
that was one seriously scary bathroom.
You Can’t Do That on Television isn’t still around. It hasn’t been in production for something like 17 years, and reruns disappeared from Nickelodeon in the states more than 10 years ago. Are they still airing reruns in Canada?
I was almost too old for YCDTOTV when it premiered in the U.S., but did enjoy the first couple of seasons (’81, ’82) before I became “too cool” for it. I was shocked to discover Christine (“Moose”) was actually in her 20s for nearly the whole run of the show. Obviously she photographed younger.
I tried to look at their website to see how I got the idea that they were still on air, and the site is down. Did we crash it?
Sorry! <– Canadian accent
You Can’t do That on the Internet !
Damn, seeing that in the post got my hopes up. I love YCDTOT even though growing up, the theme scared the bejeesus out of me.
They had BODIES! Being put together! On a conveyor belt! The horror!
Anyway, I don’t even think Nickelodeon does much of the sliming thing anymore. Sad story.
I like the midget confessional next to the lavvy of doom
OMG It’s like the Toilet Of Doom!
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Ah, Corpus. One of my friends who grew up there says that the area this house is in is not a very pretty neighborhood to begin with. Though they do reconcile the fact that once some of their family members move on to a new place, those homes may end up on Lovely Listing as well. It’s kind of a treasure trove of insanity.