A Case of Mistaken Pop Culture Identity

At 16 months Alexandra, AKA "The Baby", has been cutting some pretty serious teeth lately, and, likewise, we've all been up later into the night than normal. One recent night when I was Designated Cranky Baby Minder (actually, most of the time she's not cranky, but just won't go to sleep... I think she gets distracted from the teething discomfort by playing) I amused myself by watching Star Trek reruns on cable TV. I'm talking classic Trek: James Tiberius Kirk, Spock, that creepy looking little kid in that one episode who was played by creepy looking Clint Howard. Interestingly, these have recently been re-released with CGI-enhanced special effects on some episodes. I was iffy about the idea when I first heard about it, but after seeing what's been done I think it's pretty nifty. Anyhow, I'm watching Trek, the baby's playing, when suddenly she sees something on the TV, drops what she's doing, and slowly wanders over. She's transfixed with Star Trek. This is not normal for a child her age, is it?

I wondered exactly what the attraction was, until one day the situation was made clear to me by my 4-year-old, who, upon finding an old pop-up birthday card featuring the Enterprise's crew, showed it to me and said "Daddy, are these the Wiggles?"