{"id":9158,"date":"2008-11-16T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2008\/11\/16\/colouring-book-theatre-benji\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:08:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:08:53","slug":"colouring-book-theatre-benji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/colouring-book-theatre-benji\/","title":{"rendered":"Colouring Book Theatre: Benji"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s time to bring the pain again with this gem from 1978. Benji as most 70’s kids know was an adorable trained dog that starred in a series of films and was the brain child of Joe Camp.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I found this at the same truck stop\/flea market that I bought the horrible Fantastic Four Book<\/span><\/a> last summer, I should have known better. No, I didn’t pay the dollar price as indicated on the cover, the vendor (a nice guy who goes by the name “The Shadow”) tossed it in.<\/span><\/div>\n

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It must be a challenge to write a colouring book devoted to a non talking character and this one shows either a great deal of writer’s block and\/or not caring on the part of the folks at Golden Books.<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/a><\/a>So I’ll spare you all of Benji’s mooching food hi jinx and stowing aboard a soda pop truck hilarity and get to the meat of the story. Benji visits a circus and sees the clowns have a problem. You see, stray dogs are in short supply in this town, obviously this place is no where near my yard. <\/span>\"\"
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Well that sends Benji into a long fantasy of the different gigs he (she?) could do in the circus, the clowns find Benji and feed him (her?). Benji reciprocates by standing on his hind legs.
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Billy doesn’t get out much. I don’t know why I’m explaining that Benji gets the job at the circus, I’m sure you can figure that out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The man handing out Lollipops doesn’t work for the circus.<\/span>
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Benji’s big circus job? Pulling a cart with a monkey in it. <\/span>
Maybe I’m just jaded, when I was a kid we went backstage at the circus and well, let’s just say you won’t see the animal treatment in any colouring book. Well, maybe one from the 20’s.
<\/span>\"\"<\/a> It all ends Benji licking a fan, he stole that from Tom Jones. I need a drink…..<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Colouring<\/a><\/a>
Previous Colouring Book Theatre Entries<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Colouring Book Theatre: Benji<\/a><\/blockquote>