Herman, I don't sound like Lisa Simpson, do I?

I have fond memories of Herman's Head. Herman's Head first aired in 1991 and had a fairly impressive 72 episode run. At the time, the format of the show was unique in that whenever Herman had an important decision to make, the TV audience would be shown a Greek chorus style dramatization of his thought process featuring four actors representing differing aspects of his psyche. Some of my favorite scenes on the program were the interactions in the Greek chorus between Animal, played by Ken Hudson Campbell, and Angel, played by Molly Hagan. Now it just so happens that Molly Hagan was in "Ringmaster" with martial arts star Michael Dudikoff, Michael Dudikoff was in "Ablaze" with Edward Albert, Edward Albert was in "Shootfighter: Fight to the Death" with Roger Lacombe and Roger Lacombe is in "Fit to Defend," a home self defense and fitness course that ships with... drum roll please, the Herman Digital Trainer (http://www.goherman.com). It just so happens that Herman is on his way to my home even as I type this.

Herman consists of a sensor connected to a control unit by a 12' cable and a software program which can be used to customize the control unit with different work outs. The sensor has two (2) accelerometers which permits measuring of g forces (i.e. impact) on all 3 axes of a target. This combined with the control unit's custom programming can allow the measuring of not only impact forces, but also reaction times (i.e. speed). The sensor can be attached to many different types of targets (it must be attached to the back or top of a target away from any actual impact). Once I have had a chance to work with the device I will know more on how it actually integrates into a regular classroom routine.

Another interesting fact, one of the reoccurring characters on Herman's Head was Heddy Newman who was played by Jane Sibbett It just so happens that Jane Sibbett also played the Fairy Princess in "Karate Kids" which is a whimsical martial arts instructional video for kids recorded back in 1999.