It's been a banner week here at Cute with Chris. We've had over 200,000 hits on YouTube, been featured in The Guardian, and on Crunk and Disorderly, and my T-Pain clip was the number-one rated video on Digg on Wednesday.
All this doesn't change the fact that we have a serious problem in this country-- horses and their drug use. I always thought Colty was just a little dim. Now I wonder if it wasn't the quaaludes.
Click here to read the children's book Latawnya the Naughty Horse.
Thanks to viewers Ted and Jill.
Suck it, Latawnya.
Didja notice that all of Sylvia Scott Gibson's horses have some serious overbites? And really fucked up legs, too. I'd be doing drugs, too, if I were drawn that badly.
Posted by: Mel | May 31, 2007 at 06:06 AM
Is this a subliminal way of telling us Colty needs rehab?
Posted by: Busdriver | May 31, 2007 at 06:55 AM
I'm one of these new hits that you've been getting. You were the editor's pick or something on YouTube, so I watched. Now I'm somewhat obsessed. So are all my friends.
We all want to buy you a draaank.
Posted by: Heather G | May 31, 2007 at 08:41 AM
Whoever assigned this an ISBN was obviously riding Black Beauty.
*snerk*
Posted by: darklock | May 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM
wow, After reading that I think maybe I should write a book and get it published too. :p
Oh and congrats on all the publicity! :)
Posted by: Misty | May 31, 2007 at 02:26 PM
That was one of the most hilarious things I've ever read - and the pictures just sealed the deal. Makes me wonder if Colty changed her name after that shocking tell-all was written about her.
Posted by: theFrog | May 31, 2007 at 06:55 PM
Is it just a coincidence that this drug-using horse has a black girl's name?
Posted by: tito | June 01, 2007 at 08:20 AM
sylvia scott gibson, the author, is black.
Posted by: belinda | June 01, 2007 at 09:15 AM
This book's message is so touching, and so relevant even today. Sadly, most horses these days can't read. They CAN, however, watch cutewithchris. I wonder if Colty would gather some friends to act out this captivating story so that Mrs. Gibson's message can reach horses everywhere.
Posted by: rebecca | June 01, 2007 at 09:24 AM
I am going to have to start hanging out around horses.
Posted by: Laurie | June 01, 2007 at 12:38 PM
i'd like to know how the horses can use lighters to spark their joints?
Posted by: karen | June 01, 2007 at 09:17 PM
My lord! That was just ... I don't even know what say.
Fun fact: I have visited Mound Bayou Mississippi (where the author was born) a few times. It's a VERY tiny historic town in the Delta region. Look it up sometime. :)
Posted by: Mistaken | June 03, 2007 at 08:03 PM
Have you seen the reviews on Amazon:
This is the tale of three African American horses (Latawnya, Latoya and Daisy), who leave the stable and get drugs from four white horses (Connie, Chrystal, Jackie and Angie). It is a timely and poignant tale that will leave you laughing, crying, and making scary noises.
It starkly and accurately presents the real dangers horses in black neighborhoods face from Caucasian equine drug pushers; when one of the horses died of a drug overdose, this reviewer wept openly. This is a lesson all children, foals, calves, chicks and cubs must learn before it is too late.
A classic of our time. Get it while you still can.
Posted by: Autumn | June 04, 2007 at 12:33 PM
I would like to thank God for Cute With Chris. "Thank you, God."
Posted by: Guin | June 10, 2007 at 09:16 AM
Anyone see Sarah Jessica Parker in the movie version?
Posted by: BITTER | July 19, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Anyone have a mirror of this? I am not a card-carrying dues-paying Archives Member of somethingawful.com, so I don't get to see what this is all about.... :(
Posted by: Lady Phoenix | September 09, 2007 at 08:39 PM
To Lady Phoenix:I've found an alternative link for the book.
(I didn't have archive access to SA either).
http://www.tcj.com/messboard/viewtopic.php?t=2915
For some reason,it reminds me of the doping scene from the Goodies'episode 'Black & White Beauty' where they have stuffed horses smoking cigarettes & mainlining.Only *they were kidding*!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7YOET3yT1o
For all my CWC buddies in the US,you should check out The Goodies on Catastrophegoodies' YouTube channel.Funny stuff).
Posted by: Lisette | October 07, 2007 at 09:57 PM
Ohhman; just found this. And theres a new working link, took me a while to find, but it exists.
http://pixiestixkidspix.wordpress.com/awesome-resources-for-reading-and-kid-lit/latawnya-the-naughty-horse-learns-to-say-no-to-drugs/?preview=true
The best part is that its about the author's family, but as horses..
"By Sylvia S. Gibson"
"mother horse, Sylvia..."
"She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband and six of her eight children.."
"Latawnya had a very large family; she had seven sisters and one brother named Gregory."
..real life experience? It think so.
Posted by: Jenn | June 10, 2008 at 08:48 AM
BUT WAIT.
Sylvia SG has eight children total, Latawnya has 8 siblings.. clearly, Latawnya OD'ed.
If thats true, I will quite possibly feel bad. But.. a poorly written childrens book about drugs and alcohol in memory of your daughter? Hmmm.
Posted by: Jenn | June 10, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Thanks for the shout out... It was an honor and privilege to take the pressure off of you during your LIVE tour...
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