Higglytown Heroes – Does anyone else think it is just a little strange that they can pop inside each other? I mean, it’s kind of gross, if you sit and think about it. (And clearly, I do.) And where the hell do their arms go when they rest them at their sides?
Oobi – Is Oobi’s town short on male hands? ‘Cause half of the women in town seem to be chasing Grampu down every chance they get. Also, I wonder if Kako secretly wants to be a woman? Whenever they play dress-up, he’s always the female. In the community center play, he played both Little Red Riding Hood’s mother and grandmother. And he gets very jealous if anyone takes Oobi’s attention away from Kako. The hand has issues, is all I’m saying. (Oh, and I have trouble listening to Kako talk since realizing the voice actor is the same one who voices Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House.)
Backyardigans – I think it’s clear that the cool kids in the neighborhood are Tyrone, Uniqua, and Pablo. They’re in every episode, while Tasha and Austin are only in some episodes. Did Tasha and Austin do something to piss off the others? I mean, Tasha was a little bitchy as the Egyptian princess, and Austin did make everyone run in circles looking for Tiki Beach in the surfer episode. Or maybe Tasha and Austin are the new kids on the block? Or is it that Tasha and Austin’s parents simply don’t let them out to play as much? Maybe they have two working parents who stick them in daycare three days a week?
Blue’s Clues – Why are the dogs, Blue and Magenta and Green Puppy, the only ones who can’t speak? Periwinkle the cat can talk. The mailbox can talk. The side-table drawer can talk. The shovel and pail can talk. Even the salt and pepper shakers can talk! Is this show secretly spreading some anti-dog message that dogs are dumb? Blue finally got to talk a few years ago, but only when she’s in her special room. Is that really fair treatment?
Dora the Explorer – OK, seriously, what is up with the passive-aggressive relationship between Dora and Map? Think about it – when Dora needs help, she asks you to call for Map. Map only responds to you. When Map figures out the shortest way to the destination (with exactly three landmarks along the way), you have to tell Dora, because Map won’t tell her. I feel like I’m caught in a battle of third-graders:
“Well, you tell Sally that I think she stinks!”
“Uh, she’s right here, tell her yourself.”
“No, we’re not talking!”
“Well, you can tell Billy that he has stupid hair!”
When will Dora and Map reconcile and start working together? I’m personally a little tired of being the go-between for them.
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Oobi totally creeps my SIL out, but my kids love it. Wonderpets is the new fave of my 5 year old. But the show that is currently banned from our household is The Wiggles. I can deal with it for maybe a few mins, but my husband can’t stand it. Totally irritates him.
I was actually going to write about Babar today…..
have you seen the one’s that recount his origins with the evil hunter shooting his mom and him coming back in a car and suit for revenge.
And not once did the hunter question an elephand in a suit driving a car…he just kept shooting.
I just wrote a column about Oobi. That thing manages to both freak me out and piss me off. First of all, it’s a hand. Wha? And it talks baby talk. Very annoying and very patronizing.
I really miss the pre-Elmo Sesame Street.
I remember when I first saw the Higglies do that and I was like WTF?
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I’m with you on the Dora thing. Never understood why the map ignored her.
Children’s telly is the only thing I haven’t missed since Bug died, and quite possible the only thing I loathe about my future adoption….
lol…I thought was the only one who pondered the weirdness of the Higglytown heroes!
After so many years of kids TV, I’ve gotten to where I can’t stand any of it except maybe Curious George because it’s so damn cute and The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh because it’s genuinely clever.
I always wondered that about the Backyardigans, too. Strange. I’m going with your daycare scenario.
These days I’ve limited my daughter’s viewing to Sesame Street and A Big, Big World. I occasionally put on the Backyardigans when really desperate but if my husband is home he can’t wait until that damn show comes on so he can sit down and watch it.
Luckily we don’t get the good cable so I am not tortured with those wierd shows. We pretty much stick to Sesame Street and the Teletubbies. I don’t like It’s a Big Big World because the goodbye song always gets stuck in my brain all freaking day. The sloth also bothers me becuse he totally acts like a hippy and I keep expceting him to light a doobie or something.
According to my daughter sometimes Tasha and Austin have chickenpox so that can’t come out to play.
I want to know why is Dora always shouting. Why? WHY?
I’m glad we’re not there yet. Josh hates Dora. With a passion. He wants her deported. You know that means Nick is going to dig her all the way to China.
What I want to know is, what is up with the name Uniqua?
Dawson is addicted to the Backyardigans. He simply cannot get enough of these characters singing and dancing.
It’s so bad that we actually had to buy the Backyardigan’s Soundtrack so we can sing and dance at a moment’s notice.
And in response to Her Bad Mother’s question on Uniqua?? I read an article on google a long time ago that the writers wanted to give the characters names from each ethnicity or race. Apparently Pablo is Hispanic, Uniqua is African-American. BUT that doesn’t make sense to me because what nationality are Tyrone and Austin and Tasha?
And who cares about that? They are freakin’ cartoon characters.
I never noticed that on the Backyardigans, but man, those songs stick with you all day long.
As far as Dora, I like how Map sends her through some sketchy areas to get where she’s going!
And yes, Higgly town totally disturbs me too.
I always wonder about Calliou. Why doesn’t he have hair? He’s FOUR
Hey comment section, YOU tell Christina Oobi makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a sharp stick.