My Own Private Office Space

Everyone probably has a moment from the movie Office Space he or she can identify with. For me, it has nothing to do with cubicle life, but sharing a name with a celebrity (like Michael Jordan or George Michael). Of course, in Office Space, it is Michael Bolton whom I identify with.

While Office Space's Michael Bolton has his name usurped by Michael Bolton and his achy-breaky heart, Mike Nawrocki of VeggieTales has stolen my name.

For those who don't know, Veggie Tales is a Christian-themed cartoon for kids, complete with singing cucumbers, BIG carrots and, I don't know what else, dancing Jicama I guess. All of this is just fine. No skin off my nose, except for the fact that about once a month someone will ask me if I am the creator of Veggie Tales.


My friend Zander and I thought I should come up with my own cartoon: a Veggie Tales knock off called Fruit Stories. A cartoon all about gay fruit, written by, that's right, Mike Nawrocki. The show stealer in every episode, of course, would be Dirty Banana. Zander's goal is to get a Cease and Desist letter from my namesake's lawyer. My goal, of course, is to make millions off of the concept of gay apples. I mean, is that any weirder than a Bible thumping yellow squash?