{"id":5434,"date":"2019-03-09T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2019-03-09T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T17:12:04","slug":"has-it-been-twelve-years-of-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=5434","title":{"rendered":"Has It Been Twelve Years of Buttons?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7778-610x676.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7778-610x676.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7778-226x250.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7778-768x851.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where has the time gone? I just realized that it has been over twelve years since I threw a troop tee shirt on a puppet I own and created Buttons, the radical Boy Scout. It honestly does not seem that long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 17, 2006, I posted a video on YouTube featuring Buttons reciting the Scout Law. Little did I know at the time that he would actually get a small following on the <strong>Melrose Scouting Productions<\/strong> channel and my podcast. For the next few years I created more videos featuring the puppet. There were nineteen videos of Buttons by the time I ended creating them.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The videos began very simply with Buttons reciting the Scout Law, Oath, or Outdoor Code. They were getting more elaborate toward the end of the run. There was a video of him exercising. There were videos of Buttons interviewing people involved in Scouting. There were a few videos of him explaining when you know you have been in Scouting too long. There were even videos of Buttons and other puppets telling jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I still Buttons out occasionally to take a few pictures of him in different situations. Last summer I had him on the local disc golf course since Buttons has always stated on the <strong>Around The Scouting Campfire<\/strong> podcast that he likes disc golf. I recently posted a few of those pictures in the disc golf subheading on Reddit and surprisingly got a mixed reaction from people. Some people thought it was good fun. Others thought he was wierd. A few did not like him at all.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple of the Boy Scouts of Troop 68 think I should create some new videos with Buttons this summer. They even offered to help make the short films. Maybe if we can come up with a few good ideas it just might happen.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you think we should create some new videos featuring Buttons, the radical Boy Scout? Leave a comment and let me know. In the meantime, have fun watching the very first video featuring the radical puppet.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yeM2MDiwh5w\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where has the time gone? I just realized that it has been over twelve years since I threw a troop tee shirt on a puppet I own and created Buttons, the radical Boy Scout. It honestly does not seem that long ago. 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