I was almost giddy to hear about this news item. Three members of Beyonce’s band chased down and captured a carjacker. The guitarist, bass player, and drummer. They’re in a band. They fight crime. They even drive a van! They’re living the dream!

When I was watching Saturday morning cartoons in the early 70’s, just about every show was about a gang of mystery-solving teenagers. And each show usually featured a chase scene accompanied by cheesy pop/rock style music. The shows were mostly the same formula. If they were Hanna Barbera, they even shared the same voices. The only way you could tell them apart was by what car they drove or what their cover was (rock band, race car drivers, etc.). Scooby Doo, Clue Club, Speed Buggy, Josie and the Pussy Cats, Jabberjaw, Butch Cassidy and Sunshine Gang, even sometimes the Archies and Fat Albert. There were even live-action versions like Wonder Buggy and The Kids from C.A.P.E.R. (the Civilian Authority for the Protection of Everyone… Regardless!). Like every kid that grew up then, I wanted my gang of friends and me to drive around the country solving crimes and exposing “ghosts”. But Beyonce’s band is really doing it!

If I was a Hollywood producer, I would have a Beyonce cartoon in the works by this afternoon. I can already imagine it. Wouldn’t she translate well as a 70’s cartoon character? She could be the beautiful front woman of a band, who pretend to be nobody back-up musicians, but are actually super-smart crime fighting detectives. As they tour the country in their van, she is always getting into trouble and her band always has to get her out of it, all the while trying to maintain their cover and letting her think that she’s actually the smart one.

There’s another million-dollar idea I’m giving away for free. I’m so stupid.