Yep–I did!
I much preferred the other guy on Blue’s Clues, too. this Joey dude–he doesn’t have all the crayons in the box, if you follow me…
God I miss old Sesame Street, with the hippies & everything – remember the white dots on a black background? The cats that trash the dollhouse (“what’s that…small pitter pat…one two…two kitty cats”)?
There are a few good segments on videos out there - James Taylor (with hair!) singing w/a bunch of kids, the “Ladybug Picnic” song.
Oh, and my Hubby wants to know why Baby Bear’s dad sounds like a redneck. He looks like an excapee from Disney’s Jamboree.
Hence my Ort-punting comment.
I don’t have a rant against Angelina Ballerina (though I agree she’s got an ego the size of Garfield), but that web site is a crime against humanity.
MY EYES!
Holy crap. I wouldn’t have believed you without the link. That’s just… wrong.
(By the way, for anyone overdosed on this stuff, “Wonder Showzen” is the perfect antidote. Thank me later.)
He’s got that glittering-eyed crazed stalker vibe, too: he’s just a little too loud and enthusiastic. Looking like a larger version of Joaquim Phoenix doesn’t help him, either.
That whole “What was that? You sniffed some glue? Yes, I like sniffing glue. Oh, you found a clue!” schtick gets tired pretty quickly, too.
One thing I’ve always wondered about Caillou… (besides where the hell they got that name from) is…are his parents siblings? Cause damn they look exactly alike!
On a good note, I’ve become positively addicted to Lazy Town. I saw it when I was visiting my nieces and the next thing I know, I’ve bought the cd soundtrack and started watching it on my own. :smack:
Christ, I had forgotten about Dragontales.
That is one seriously messed up show. That Max? Drown him. And that lil pink dragon who’s supposed to be so smart? (Cassie?)–is she channelling Cindy Brady or what?
And Ort–what it he? the token let’s make fun of the learning disabled dragon or what?
Aaaaaggggghhhh…it’s all coming back to me now.
Case --I have forgotten the old guy’s name, but he left Blue’s Clues to make it Big. <sigh> and I never cottoned on to Magenta–blech.
Steve. Rumours that he’d died of a drug overdose were wildly unfounded. Joe, now, who knows: he’s got that whole John Belushi vibe.
I always want to set the damn thing on fire when I hear that &*#!@$ song (“I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the ma-AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”)
Steve always had that little grin on his face, as if he knew something we didn’t know. Like he had some secret that he almost wished we knew, just so we’d know what kind of a person he was under the…facade.
I’ve got Steve’s cd kicking about here. Quite good IMO.
I’m a little surprised at the stuff directed at The Wiggles, but then we don’t watch them that often (Velociraptor isn’t all that interested in them, I just put on the cd my Uncle sent as music when we play from time to time).
I just wonder what’s up with the Storybook Girl. She’s gotta be on something to be so god-damned perky. And c’mon, she talks to a doorbell and a clock, telling them stories. She’s not right in the head that’s for sure.
Actually, his name is Ord. And I figure he’s kind of a retard, or at least easily amused. At the end of each episode, he’s heard telling the audience, “To learn more about Dragon Tales, visit us online as PBSKids dot org!” The empahsis on “org” makes me figure that he’s making a little joke there that only amuses himself. “Hee, hee. “Org” kinda sounds like “Ord,” which is my name! That’s funny!” Then again, maybe I’m reading too much into this.
And as I always do in threads about kids’ shows, I just have to say again that I feel sorry for those poor Storypeople. They bust their hump day in, and day out, and they’re always overshadowed by those freaky Boobah. If it weren’t for the fact that there appears to be a detente between the Storypeople and the Boohbah (after all, the Boohbah give the Storypeople a present every episode), the Storypeople would probably be bitter. And don’t get me started on “Look What We Can Do.” If you’re going to loop footage of a kid spinning in circles, at least loop it so the kid goes a full 360 degrees before returning to the starting position.
Yeah, “Boobah”.
I have a sneaking suspicion that David Lynch is somehow behind this abomination.
Anyone remember…Mathman? 
SAY MAP!!!
Has anyone seen Tickle U on Nick in the mornings? Their theme song makes me want to stab chopsticks into my ears. “YOKO JACKAMOtO TOTO!!” And the characters can apparently only say their names. And the monkey spits.
Fortunately, it comes on right about the time I’m leaving to take the short spawn to school, so I’ve never seen an entire episode.
Yeah, they go out bashing poor Ord and don’t even know his name? Dragontales isn’t so bad. I mean, they have dragons that live in a “knuckerhole” in the ground that looks like a sphincter and contracts to shoot the dragons out? How sickly humorous to grownups is that? Well, to me, a lot!
An episode of Arthur has Arthur being hypnotized by a kiddie show about multi-colored floating ducks. I thought it was mildly entertaining at the time. And then I saw the Boobahs. Holy crap, that’s not a kid’s show, that’s a show that stoners watch. I can really picture people hypnotized by it. And what is with them looking like giant uncircumcised penises? Suppose that was on purpose?
I also always saw Barney and cast as lounge singer odious, what with smiling all the time. Stop freaking smiling you little bastards! Can’t you just sing without smiling? But then… my children eagerly started cleaning up the room while singing Barney’s cleanup song. I can put up with a lot of snotty little brats on TV if it helps my kids get excited about chores. I just leave the room while it’s on.
I agree that Angelina is a diva, Caillou is a spoiled prick, and Joe was hired for his pretty boy looks. But Kipper is just bland pablum. Bleah. So slow moving.
I hate Dora, but the repetition is just right for my toddler’s developmental phase at the moment, so I let her watch it while I do other stuff.
I just looked it up, and evidently Caillou is bald because in the original books he was much younger, i.e., a baby. No help on the name though.
One thing I’m loving is **Moose A. Moose ** and **Zee ** on Noggin. The new song about winter is great:
Make a snowball, give it a throw
If you get hit, give 'em a quid pro quo!
I’ve only seen *It’s a Big Big World * one and a half times, but it cracks me up that the main character in a kid’s show is obviously a complete stoner.