I thought of titling this as “Kids shows that stop being cute after 1000 viewings”.
Steve has got to go. I don’t care how but the when is important. Now would be good. He’s everywhere. I hear his voice in my fucking sleep. Teletubbies would be good about now. His little Blue dog too. He is the antichrist. He must die.
Puzzled? People with children will understand me here. Steve is Steve Burns, the host and star of Blue’s Clues. I normally enjoy him, his little dog, and what he teaches my daughter. The first 999 times was okay.
My daughter is conducting a sleep deprivation experiment with me as her subject.
Her strategy: Let’s see what happens to daddy when I keep him up 'til two am and force him to watch Blue’s Clues until I fall asleep. Then we will wake him at six am and force him to watch more Blue’s Clues.
You could use this in prisons and I guarantee that convicts would never re-offend.
Daddy is just getting a little fucking grumpy right about now and he needs his nappies. My patience with Steve is wearing thin.
Hey guess what? It gets worse! Wait til she gets a little older and the stuff she wants to watch isn’t even cute the first time. My question is, how many times can one person (even toddler age) watch the *same fucking thing *?
My kid will watch the same movie over and over and over until he’s got the thing memorized. WTF?
For little ones, I think there’s some sort of comfort in repetition - I could recite the entirety of “Tubby the Tuba” about 12 years ago - sadly, those years pass too fast.
The OP brought one thing to mind tho - who’s in charge??
And the title caught my eye - my husband’s name is Steve - I was wondering who he pissed off this time…
Feynn,
I feel your pain. But mine was with Barney. And there was NO period of time when I could even remotely stomach him or his show. But my kids loved it. So I defended him…God forgive me…and let them watch until even they became nauseated by it. (Didn’t take long, as it turned out)
What ever happened to the cool shows? Electric Company? Zoom? I’ve since seen re-runs of EC and it was pretty flakey, but I still enjoyed it. Heavens…what does that say about me? Flakey, but enjoyable? Ugh…
NO! I read the title and thought, “Surely he’s not talking about Blue’s Clues Steve, whom I love and have secret fantasies about!”
But it was! Not my Steve! Sob…sob…sniffle.
All right, granted…I have no little Sunshines to force feed me kidTv 20 hours a day. Perhaps 20 hours a day of my beloved Steve might be a tad too much. Or it just might be more fantasy fodder…
We just got a letter…we just got a letter…I wonder who it’s from?
Actually, all toddlers delight in that repitition. That is the entire premise of the Tele-Tubbies. They show a scene. The Tubbies yell “Again!” They show the same scene over. The kids yell “Again!” and fall down giggling.
Wait until your ten-year-old puts a movie (or a single song!) on a continuous loop–that is scary.
My nephew sort of grew out of Blue’s Clues a few months ago. Now he’s into PB$J Otter and Rollie Pollie Ollie (sp?).
Now it’s time for so long. But we’ll sing just one more song. Thanks for doin’ your part, you sure are smart. You know, with me and you, and my dog Blue, we can do anything…that we wanna do!
Zoom is back with a brand new cast. It is still incredibly cool. Although I have no children, I frequently find myself getting sucked into it on Sunday morning.
Check the web page to see if they’re showing it in your area.
Oh Sunshine, have I got a guy for you! My sister’s roommate looks *exactly * like Steve Burns. The first time my son met him, he went apeshit. Steve! Steve! he kept shouting. The poor kid (the roommate,whose name is John) didn’t know what to think but being a really nice guy he went along with it. Now we all call him JohnSteve. You guys could play Naked Skidoo and before dates he could sing Sunshine’s comin’over, Sunshine’s comin’ over.
BTW did you see Steve Burns on Homicide Life on the Street? He played a homicidal nerd.
Steve is but a minion of the true anti-christ. I have looked into the abyss, and within it I have seen…
Larry the Cucumber!
Veggietales ::Shudder::
I have both the sing-alongs completely memorized. THey are all those weird little mnemonic things that you can’t get out of your head. They just keep playing over and over, louder and louder.
"IF YOU LIKE TO TALK TO TOMATOES
IF A SQUASH CAN MAKE YOU SMILE,
IF YOU LIKE TO WALTZ WITH POTATOES
UP AND DOWN THE PRODUCE AISLE,
BROCOLLI, CELERY, GOTTA BE…
Our only Veggie Tales video is only several days old, and just today I wondered how long it would be before it crossed over from something really cute, to something really annoying.
BTW - I think Steve is hot, so I don’t mind Blue’s Clues too much.
I seem to have touched a nerve among some parents here and after a little nap this morning my urge to see Steve disembowelled has lessened considerably. Alex crashed early so it looks like dad will get something close to a good nights sleep tonight.
Not only do kids delight in repition, it helps them learn. Recent big studies demonstrate this. Just thing how much she must be learning! I babysat a kid that was hooked on loverboy. Her mom had a tape of several of their videos. She wanted that on contiuous loop all the time.
In college i used to play the same song onthe juke box over and over, Shout by Tears for Fears, IIRC. All my stress magically shifted to those around me. before my quartes would run out someone would unplug the jukebox and I could eat my dinner in relative peace and quiet.
Whenever we babysit for our niece she wants to watch Blues Clues :mad: I can’t stand it. It’s so, so…gay! Or something like that. “We just figured out Blues Clues…'cause we are very smart” AUUUUGH!! Turn it off!
Wait! Is that Barney? Turn that fucker off too! Yes uncle Paul swore! Now turn it off! Wait is that Telly Tubbies?
They REALLY are gay! turn it off! What can you watch? Turn on the ball game for uncie and go outside and play!
Pk - Homophobia is a terrible affliction to suffer, to think that these things are annoying and equating them with gayness just lacks reason.
I understand that my daughter is learning a ton of things and Blue’s Clues is really quite educational. Alex can already read a number of words and quite a bit of this is due to what we let her watch.
Anyways… the Veggie Tales looks like it is going to be Alex’s next obsession, I am starting to fantasize about what kind of sauce I could make from Bob the tomato. His voice reminds me of Cartman… has anyone else noticed this and does it amuse them as much as it does me?
I love Blues Clues! I think I get into it more than the kids do. We sing and dance and have fun together with it. I only watch it when it is on tv, so that might be why.
I learned my lesson on that with my oldest two and Barney. But you know what it was about Barney that really made me want to throw the video out the window? It wasn’t really him as much as those sugary sickening sweet kids! Are there really kids out there like that or are those kids just really good (or bad) actors?
I even watch Tubbies with the kids, but then again I have been known to be fairly masochistic.
Never seen Veggitales, but I do remember Bannanas in Pajamas.
Anybody watch Bear in the Big Blue House?
Yep, my kids range from 11 to 3 and so I think I have been through most of the kiddy shows. When I try to get them to watch electric company they looked at me like I had grown three heads.
Just remembered the one that I really, REALLY don’t like. The Comfy Couch! That woman drives me crazy! I hate clowns any way, and at the end of the show when she cleans up she shoves everything under the couch. I have to fight with my kids every day about pulling the toys out from under the beds so I don’t need someone telling them to stuff it under the couch!
