I probably shouldn't pit a children's show...

The BBQ Pit
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because my husband and I, oddly enough, love the show - which is Arthur - and watch it every morning as we wake up. I’m even looking to start collecting DVDs of it to save for our kids. It’s a great show that’s not preachy at all (so we’ve found), and the kids are not obnoxious to watch (save the one little sister, who’s actually rather hysterical at times, like today when she learned a swear word, so every other word she said in the episode was beeped out).

So why in the world have I woken up to this show several times this week to see the Christmas episode playing and hear a song with the lyrics “Penis, penis, tiny penis, penis, penis, tiny penis.” that plays while Arthur is walking through the mall? I’ve been singing it in my head ALL week and I can’t get it out!

Okay, I KNOW those are not the lyrics. I know that the lyrics are about a doll called Tiny Tina that DW wants for Christmas. But that doesn’t make me HEAR “Tina, Tina, Tiny Tina, Tina, Tina, Tiny Tina”. Instead, I hear over and over and over again: “penis, penis, tiny penis, penis, penis, tiny penis”.

Damn you, Arthur!! I’ll never be able to let my kids watch that episode, because if they’re anything like their parents, they’re going to pick up on the evil lyrics without us saying a word! And I have a hard time believing that this episode got past post-production with NO ONE noticing how it sounded.

I can’t believe I’m pitting a children’s show, but it’s driving me NUTS. And I know it’s not just me, because my husband woke up at the same time I did when we heard it the first time, looked at me, and said “Are they saying what I think they’re saying?”.

E.

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The only way to get rid of it is to get a new song stuck in your head. Allow me to help you out:

She’s got it,
Yeah, baby, she’s got it
I’m your penis
I’m your fire
At your desire

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I hate you.

:wally :wink: :smiley:

I’m hoping a few refrains of “Show Mommy how the piggies eat!” will get the tiny penis out of my head.

E.

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Ah, you must be acquainted with Paidhi Boy, who heard this song for the first time this summer, and promptly began singing it. I nearly injured myself laughing when I came upon him in the living room singing happily to himself, “I’m your penis…” (He’ll be five in a month.)

Elza B, I wouldn’t worry. Arthur is, indeed, a good show, and if it occurs to them it’ll give them a few giggles.

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Well, hell, now I’m going to have to tape that one to save it for when we do have kids and show it to them in the hopes that they’ll pick up on it so that we can get a few laughs.

I will be the mother that all of the other neighborhood mothers hate.

E.

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If that doesn’t work, there’s always surgery.

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Actually, Eliza B, it is just you and your husband. :wink:
And if you need a song to get that out of your head, I find this works wonders for me:
My reactor has a first name: It’s N A V A L.
My reactor has a second name that’s classified as well.
Oh, I love to scram it everyday,
and if you ask my why, I’ll say:
'Cause radiation has a way of rearranging D N A.

Works every time. Even on Badgerbadgerbadger.

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Now is she wanted a Talking Tina for Christmas, I’d watch it.

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yeah, we’ve all been there.

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Oh fine. Now tell me what it will take to get that sentence out of my head.

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And my work here is done :smiley: .

E.

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You are evil!! :smiley:

(Is Elza B really short for B. Elza Bub? ;))

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:smiley:

Maybe…but that wouldn’t be a very Christmas-like sentiment to admit it, would it?:slight_smile:

E.

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Am I the only one who is reminded of the old Twilight Zone episode? “The Living Doll”? Where a doll named Talking Tina is the main character?

She says, “I’m Talking Tina, and I’m going to kill you” to the girls father.

That would go well in a kid’s show.

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You have penis on the brain. :slight_smile: But really, I heard that episode; its quite clear its saying tiny tina, not penis.