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Witchtit: Your low productivity advisor
03/16/09

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I always join these threads too late, I know no one will read my comments, yet I MUST make it(If a comments fall at the end of the thread, does it make a sound? I dont care, at leasts its cathartic). I have a three year old daughter and people, you do not know hell unless you have been required to watch Hi-5 for 3 hours a day every day for a month.
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That_little_attention_whore
03/15/09

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any canucks here remember the polka dot door? good stuff, albeit blatantly low-budget. Also, shout-out to Mr. Dressup, Captain Kangaroo, Today's Special, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street American AND Canadian, old episodes of the Muppet Show, Square One, Reading Rainbow, and Romper Room

One exception:Readalong. The talking shoe and boot scared the shit out of me.

Also, here is how Lazytown can be tolerated:
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MissTrixieDelight
03/14/09

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Has anyone seen Imagination Movers? Oobie?

My husband, the most loving and patient father alive, will BEG me not to switch to those shows when I'm flipping channels.
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anonanimal
03/14/09

@MissTrixieDelight: Oooh wow, yeah, the Imagination Movers creeps me out. They all look like they're supposed to be in grad school or something.
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midwesternmom
03/14/09

@MissTrixieDelight: Their backstory is quite moving (no pun intended). They were all displaced comic/actors after Katrina and took it as a sign to really work together to create a show and pitch it. The rest is history. So, yes, you can blame George Bush and Brownie for that shitshow.
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pamalter
03/14/09

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I like the older-school stuff: Barney, Little Bear, Franklin and Sponge Bob included. And since I was in an episode of Blue's Clues, I can't hate on it.

But Dora? Can't really stand her at all. And all of these new ones drive me insane.
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mariamariamaria
03/14/09

@pamalter: That's so cute! Did you get to meet Joe or Steve? Was he nice?
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prettycool
03/14/09

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I would like to defend Charlie and Lola- it's freakin' adorable at times. Of course it could just be that they're British children, which make my ovaries ache with want.
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Plum-Pie
03/14/09

@prettycool: I'm British and... it is one of my guilty pleasures! Charlie is the best older sibling ever - their relationship is so realistic. I love Lola's BFF Lotte - calm, natural hair, ballet lessons. I love the animation which is the bastard child of Hanna-Barbera and Scandinavian kids illustration.

It's usually on at the right time for me to be having a drink while my dinner cooks. It's perfect.
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prettycool
03/14/09

@Plum-Pie: I was watching an episode last week where Lola brings the class guinea pig home, and I was squeeing like a mo-fo 'cause I have a guinea pig and he was running around and being adorable just like that cartoon and lola got into mishaps with the piggie that I get into all the time, like him going behind the stove and....

yeah, i like it.
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Cam/ron
03/14/09

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There is still Barney hate? What is this, 1993?

Anyhoo, I'm curious about what the culture critics had to say about 1980s children's shows where the act of pouring a bucket of slime on someone could entertain kids for hours.
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zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce
03/14/09

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I really liked Science Court & the show on PBS about the royal court in China.

Despise Calliou, Sponge Bob, Teletubbies
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VaginaWig is A Merkin
03/14/09

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par3
03/14/09

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it seems that there is only an censored version of this on youtube- but the uncensored one shattered my world. i'm warning everyone right now this is offensive, racist, misogynist, everything horrible in the world and NSFW: so watch your own risk...and i'm posting it just bc it's THAT ridiculous-
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par3
03/14/09

@par3: uncensored version: [video.aol.com]

surprisingly...it's an AOLvideo wow!
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VaginaWig is A Merkin
03/14/09

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Cannot. handle. The Backyardigans.

I LOVE Word Girl, though.

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gangey
03/14/09

@VadgeWig is more socially acceptable: Love her!!!!
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
03/14/09

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I loved Romper Room and Captain Kangeroo.

I am fucking prehistoric.

Also, my son now watches Total Drama Island, and worships iCarly. He is 11, and I see a dark-haired girl in his future. I have actually caught him watching iCarly instead of his usual beloved ESPN. I fear we are marching down the dreaded road to puberty, yes we are.
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tscheese
03/14/09

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: YO CAPTAIN KANGAROO WAS PRETTY GODDAMN COOL.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
03/14/09

@tscheese: HE WAS THE BOMB. AND MR. GREENJEANS!
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squirrelcop
03/14/09

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: Mr. Greenjeans from Captain Kangaroo held the same sort of mythical "shy, quiet, special-person-you-want-to-be-friends-wi..." quality that Mr. Snuffleupagus and the painter guy (from Sesame Street? or Electric Co.?) possessed. The purple fucking dinosaur does not possess one iota of those other characters' only-hinted-at personalities.

I refuse to believe that my hatred of a character in a purple dinosaur suit created for toddlers is unreasonable.
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veronykah
03/14/09

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: Loved Captain Kangaroo too!

Anyone here Canadian or like me grow up NEAR Canada?

Mr. Dressup?

How about that guy that was on PBS, he would read a story book and draw the story to go with it with cray-pas?

He had a moustache...
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gangey
03/14/09

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Sid the Science Kid on PBS is really awesome. He carries a toy microphone everywhere. He gets interested in some science question at the beginning of each epi. He goes to his Montessori-type school and gets his 3 diverse classmates excited about the subject he's interested in. His angelic teacher helps them all learn about it with hands-on activities and songs. The kids all tell corny jokes. It rocks!
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DangerMouse
03/14/09

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Little Einsteins: most pretentious show ever in the history of children's television.
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Kali Mama
03/14/09

@DangerMouse: You take that back young lady!

I can see where you're coming from, but shit I can't hate on kids being exposed to classical music, art, architecture and the like.
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MissKate92
03/14/09

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Way too many...I can't stand ANYTHING on the Disney channel, and don't even get me started on Nickelodeon. Their cartoons are pure shit now, not even funny.
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par3
03/14/09

@MissKate92: i had this talk with a friend of mine, then we went on a vintage nick binge on youtube...sigh. i miss donkeylips.
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Webbigail
03/14/09

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DEFINITELY boohbah. i bet nobody's heard of it but it's the most fucking annoying show ever. if somebody ever mentions those scary tripped-out motherfuckers to me i'll find roof access and jump.
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Mama Penguino
03/14/09

@Webbigail: Oh, yes, we've heard of it and even have a freaking Boobah book and go to the site to watch those jiggly freaks dance. But the Boobahs are so-so compared to the insane line-up of bizarre characters like Granny, Mr. Man, etc.
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