production values (Bear really looks great and, unlike most "guys in a
suit", has a fully articulated face thanks to the Creature Shop) and
scripts.
The stories are clear and important (losing friends, using the toilet,
going to school, etc).
Highly recommended.
"The Wiggles" is actually pretty good too, but more fluff than anything
else, in my opinion. Another great show (for older kids, too teach
reading) is "Between the Lions" on PBS - one of a line of really great
shows produced right here in Boston by WGBH (same folks who do "Nova" -
a really great educational show for grown-ups). ;^)
Jim Davis
-----Original Message-----
From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:56 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Children's Programming (was RE: Ray................)
No, Bear's a different half-hour show. Bear in the Big Blue House by
Henson
studios. They don't have that one in rotation with the rest so I don't
see
it as often.
Until Later,
Hatton
-----Original Message-----
From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 12:49 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Children's Programming (was RE: Ray................)
hehe
It may be mildly better than the Barney song. To this day I have that
song
stuck in my head. Is Bear on the Wiggles?
Dana
C. Hatton Humphrey writes:
> The wiggles are an Australian 4-man group of child
entertainers/educators
> with brightly-colored shirts, they also have a supporting cast
including
a
> pirate with a ticking "feather sword", a dog named Wags, a
Rosasaurous
> (rose-eating dinosaur) named Dorothy and Henry the Octopus... who
leads
an
> underwater big band.
>
> Bear ends each show telling Luna (the moon) about what they did
"that
day".
>
> Yup, I'm the one that gets up with the 15 month old in the mornings
and
> turns on Playhouse Disney. I now know why parents are insane...
it's
not
> because of the kids, it's because of their "innocent programming" on
TV.
> Right now I have the Wags Tango running through my head, and before
that
it
> was the music for their new "Super Short" show. When you're
subjected
to
> the same shows, songs and episodes 2 to 3 times each day 6 days a
week
they
> get drilled into your head. Playhouse Disney has what equates to a
3
hour
> set of programs and they run them starting at about 5am until just
after
> noon. I'm saying this *from experience*.
>
> Don't get me wrong, the programming is great for kids, educational
and
the
> only annoying ad is for their website, playhousedisney.com (where
you
can do
> all kinds of fun things, or so they say). Their MC-esque character
is
this
> innocent little claymation blob... named Clay (wow, what a
coincidence!)
and
> he has a friend named Page (which is a piece of paper that flies in
as
> either a paper airplane or an origami swan) who cheerfully deliver
the
word
> of the day.
>
> There's one show they just took out (I think?)... PB&J Otter, though
I'm
not
> sure if it's gone or not. Think something along the lines of the
Little
> Rascals meet Mayberry in a cartoon setting.
>
> The one thing I will say is thank GOODNESS they finished that
accursed
"A to
> Z" event with Stanley... I don't even want to start on that!
>
> Great, now that song's in my head. I think I'll go bang it against
a
wall
> now!
>
> Until Later!
> Hatton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> I asked my kids about this. The 11yo says the wiggles are cool.
And
there
> is no fifth Wiggle. (I guess that was the joke??) She was less
sure
about
> Luna, said she was either an octopus or a fox, which is wrong I
think.
Her
> brother looked at her like she was out of her mind. Apparently she
> encountered the Wiggles on a sleepover at a friend's who has a
4-yo
> brother, and demonstrate a Wiggle dance for me.
>
> Dana
>
> Jerry Johnson writes:
>
> > "Oh, man!"
> >
> > You can't ever keep up.
> >
> > The only way I come close is to study up during the week so I am
current
> for my time with my nephew on the weekends.
> >
> > It's a full time job being the "cool" uncle. More studying than
I
ever
> did on college (which is probably why I have no degree =)
>
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