# Kid's shows that make me hurl! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799 "2001-10-26T16:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![babydrln](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@babydrln](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babydrln)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/1 "2001-10-26T16:37:09Z")
You know what I’m talking about! Barney and his cohorts that have taken over modern television programming–particularly the Disney Channel! Tony and Viv and the entire cast of “Out of the Box.” bleecchhh! “Oswald” the octopus Rrrooaaaarr! “Franklin” the turtle Oaaakkkkkhh! “The Book of Pooh” Huuuaaaachh! “Pokemon” and all other “Toonami” cartoons Grwlaaaaaahhh! I think I can see my toenails! I’m of the strict opinion that there are plenty of kid’s shows on that I CAN tolerate, so I have the right to REFUSE to watch ones that make me physically ill–especially on my own TV! Whine if you want, kid, but I AIN’T WATCHIN’ that CRAP! I know there are some I missed. Care to remind me? ---
**Author:** ![Slang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Slang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slang)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/2 "2001-10-26T21:50:25Z")
I have a million of these! 1. Dora the Explorer There are many reasons why I hate this show, far too many to list here. The only thing that helps me tolerate this show is by singing along with their little ditties in my head - except I use my own, x-rated lyrics. 2. Bob the Builder A. If Bob hasn’t figured out that Wendy has the hots for him, he is deaf, dumb and blind. And if Wendy hasn’t yet figured out that Bob will never have the hots for her, she needs to look into his relationship with Spud. B. Lofty needs medication for depression; I don’t think Eeyore is as negative as that crane is. C. Why can the scarecrow and all the heavy equipment talk to Bob, but Pilchard can’t?! 3. Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Some folks may take exception to this one. But even as a small child, Fred bugged the wee-wee out of me. And the man lost all credibilty the day he told me I could make peanut butter by grinding up peanuts and, you guessed it, butter. And the puppets…yikes! 4. Oswald I really tried to give this one a chance, because the big ol’ octopus with the little hat looked so cute. But I hate the music, and I can’t stand “Squiggy” the penguin. 5. Franklin Franklin is a liar, and the truth is not in him! He is always doing something he isn’t supposed to do, ends up trying to cover his tracks, gets caught, but neeeeeever gets punished. If he isn’t lying, he’s just being a brat in general, and I think he sets a crappy example for small children. 6. Rolie Polie Olie Ghastly, where to start. His creaky grandfather, his sister who can barely talk, the irritating theme music…I could go on and on and on. There are several kids shows that I can watch, and some I even enjoy. I’ll watch Little Bill, Bear in the Big Blue House, Blue’s Clues, Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street, PB&J Otter and Arthur. And I adore Spongebob Squarepants. I’ll watch those shows all day with children. But the six I listed above…no way, no how! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/3 "2001-10-27T01:53:36Z")
Acckkk! What about the horror that is **Caillou**? That has got to be the worst of the bunch! That little brat is so annoying. Luckily, my 5-year-old has proclaimed it a “baby show” and we no longer watch it. I do like **Arthur** , **Sponge Bob** , **Dexter’s Lab** , **Hey, Arnold** , and **The Wild Thornberrys**. **Clifford** is okay. The only thing that makes it tolerable is picturing Jack Tripper doing the voice. 🙂 **Rocket Power** is kinda cute. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/4 "2001-10-27T03:45:46Z")
Dexter’s Lab is a kid’s show? Why wasn’t I told this. ---
**Author:** ![Slang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Slang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slang)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/5 "2001-10-27T04:36:14Z")
Kinsey, I like The Wild Thornberry’s too! Tim Curry just makes me laugh. You know what I hear a lot of, is people who hate Rugrats. I know SEVERAL people who won’t allow their children to watch it. The most common complaint: their kids start behaving like Angelica. Kids are funny that way. You can’t get a toddler to say your name, but cuss in front of them ONE TIME and they’re bound to run around repeating it all day. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/6 "2001-10-27T05:49:23Z")
Out of the Box with Tony and Vivian OK, I admit it here–out of the hearing of my 6 1/2 yr. old daughter, I call it “Out of the Twat,” and refer to those two dweebs as “Phony” and “Oblivion.” The whole damn show makes me ill, and now my girl is only allowed to watch it if I’m otherwise occupied. I know that I just can’t take one more revised fairy tale or inane song. And Phony needs to learn how to sing backup ON PITCH!! The Goodbye Song, while it is the only part I like (because it means the show is OVER), is sung off-key by him almost every time. _shudder_ Oswald The Book of Pooh (even the 6 1/2 yr. old hates this one!) Any anime’ toon Teletubbies Mr. Rogers Bob the Builder All of these I hate for all the reasons already listed. Plus I hate the commercials with the Ovaltine Man that they show between all these programs. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/7 "2001-10-27T13:54:24Z")
Is “Barney” still on? I have always HATED that show. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/8 "2001-10-27T14:08:25Z")
Yes, **Barney** is still on, and with friends! Yes, now he is not alone. Besides his dinasour-friends, there are new puppets(uglier than Barney)! Saying that, I think Barney is the one show I really don’t like. Mr. Rogers is up there too, but since I saw less Mr. Rogers during my childhood, I don’t have so many bad memories. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/9 "2001-10-27T14:18:49Z")
I’ll studiously try to avoid it. Little kids seem to universally love it until they are old enough to know better. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/10 "2001-10-27T14:29:58Z")
Teletubbies. Those little freaks scare me. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/11 "2001-10-27T15:18:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > **Teletubbies.** Two words: AGAIN! AGAIN! Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/12 "2001-10-27T15:22:56Z")
Speaking of which, did you hear that they’re going to show _The Blair Witch Project_ on the Disney Channel? They’re going to rename it, though. It’ll be called **The Boo in the Big Blair House**. [sub]Sorry[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/13 "2001-10-27T16:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\*Speaking of which, did you hear that they’re going to show _The Blair Witch Project_ on the Disney Channel? They’re going to rename it, though. It’ll be called **The Boo in the Big Blair House**. > > [sub]Sorry[/sub] \*\* _groan_ ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/14 "2001-10-27T17:03:38Z")
> [@](#): > > The Boo in the Big Blair House. Hey, that was pretty good! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/15 "2001-10-27T19:30:57Z")
Hey **Persephone** , if you want to get really creeped out by the Teletubbies, then see the _Stone Temple Pilots_ video of “Sour Girl”. Just what you thought, the teletubbies are demonic. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/16 "2001-10-27T21:42:20Z")
[Need more proof?](http://www.teemings.com/issue01/teletubbies.html) ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/17 "2001-10-27T22:38:13Z")
Thanks for the backup, **Euty!** I’d forgotten about that piece. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/18 "2001-10-28T00:35:18Z")
I’ll second RugRats. I don’t have kids, but everytime I go over to a freind’s house who has kids, this damn show is on. Not only that, but I can’t go to the store without seeing those damn freaky-looking mutant kids faces on merchandise everywhere. Feh. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/19 "2001-10-28T03:02:30Z")
**Teletubbies** are part of a secret plot to kill parts of the brains of infant humans, so that, later in life, they may surrender peacefully to invading mushroomlike entities. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799/20 "2001-10-28T03:41:24Z")
Not a fan of **SpongeBob SquarePants**. Just when I had gotten used to the **Rugrats** , my son outgrew them after I had taped EVERY freakin’ episode! Also am creeped out by the cast of **Hey, Arnold**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-shows-that-make-me-hurl/89799.md?page=2)