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Detroitdad · 02-16-2007, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

Stinky Pinky, Dipstick, Loser, and PooPoo are my names for the Teletubbies (Tinky Winky, Dipsy, LaaLaa, Po). You are definitely in the minority if you like Tubbies.

The first time I saw that vacuum cleaner thingy I thought the show was completly lame. However, it wasn't until after I saw the tubbies hold their stomachs like an alien was about to burst out then receive a TV transmission on the set embedded into their bellies that I decided to ban it in our house for anyone 2 years old and up.

I don't mind the smiling sunshine baby though.

awwwww. time for tubbie bye bye for you.

Watching these shows does cause problems for me because when I am trying to concentrate I hear their theme songs going constantly. So when i am writing a test I might be hearing "I love you" by Barney or the theme song of Zooboomafoo or some other such tune. Several times I have wondered how long I can maintain some semblance of sanity with this business going on.

Surfah · 02-16-2007, 06:46 AM

I babysat my niece for a bit over Christmas and I watched more Backyardigans and Wonder Pets than I ever cared to. Lilo & Stitch is on a loop too. You can't even hide the DVD from this girl. She's 15 months and she can pick Lilo & Stitch out by it's spine mixed in with 200 DVDs in an organizer, no lie.

Parrot Head · 02-16-2007, 07:05 AM

My daughter is 18 mos. and fortunately, we haven't really gotten her into TV. She has a signing video that she likes (teach your kids sign language -- it's like talking except without words) and she'll watch some PTI with me. We watch some Latino gameshows for the music and she liked the Westminster AKC show this week, but we aren't using it as a babysitter yet.

marsupial · 02-16-2007, 01:31 PM

My son does not watch any shows. We usually check out a kids or science movie from the library and he'll watch it a couple of times, but mostly he'd rather play. My daughter, 17 months, hasn't been introduced to the TV yet. Her main interest is playing with the remote and shoving her toys into the VCR.

My son used to watch Barney and personally I don't find it any more annoying than any other kids show.

I have always liked Reading Rainbow, but I don't think our PBS station carries it here. I also think Between the Lions is cute.

BarbaraGordon · 02-16-2007, 02:12 PM

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I also think Between the Lions is cute.

Between the Lions is a great show!! We even have a few of the videos.

Reading Rainbow airs on our PBS station, but they're still showing the same episodes they were showing when I was a kid.

tooblue · 02-16-2007, 02:49 PM

The Upside Down show is hands down the strangest and funnest show on tv. I believe it's Australian and it is brilliant.

myboynoah · 02-16-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

I like SpongeBob. The Backyardigans is OK except for that crazy song/melody gets into my head and I can't get it out. Blues clues isn't too bad for the 3-4 year olds. I don't mind Dora although I don't understand the purpose of the Big Red Chicken.

Lame shows:
Cat-dog (what the hell is that?)

Shows I absolutely won't let my kids watch:
- Rugrats (If my kids acted like that I would be giving ev would give every one of them a whipping with my belt)
- Telletubbies (OK, maybe for a kid < 18 mo. old but this show is so stupid that I won't let my kids watch it once they turn 2. Fortunately, all of my kids have outgrown it)
- Whoopies Littleburg - (Aside from the fact that it is completely lame, just having Whoopie Goldberg in it is reason enough to ban it)

My older girls (11, 9) are starting to like a lot of that "tweener" stuff. I don't know the names of those kind of shows - they all look like variations of "Saved By the Bell" to me.

When I was a kid, I was allowed to watch Sesame Street but not Electric Company. I don't know why Electric Company was outlawed.

SpongeBob and Dora are pretty cool. My wife banned Rugrats. Telletubbies is just creepy, like nightmarish creepy. I think a great Twilight Zone would be someone being stuck in Telletubby land. I'm getting cold chills.

Thomas the Tank is cool just because it features Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin (the motivator--ABC and AIDA) as Mr. Conductor.

BigFatMeanie · 02-16-2007, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Between the Lions is a great show!! We even have a few of the videos.

Reading Rainbow airs on our PBS station, but they're still showing the same episodes they were showing when I was a kid.

Are those the ones with Geordi LaForge in them?

tooblue · 02-16-2007, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

Are those the ones with Geordi LaForge in them?

No, Kunta Kinta ... or however it's spelled.

Detroitdad · 02-16-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by marsupial

My son does not watch any shows. We usually check out a kids or science movie from the library and he'll watch it a couple of times, but mostly he'd rather play. My daughter, 17 months, hasn't been introduced to the TV yet. Her main interest is playing with the remote and shoving her toys into the VCR.

My son used to watch Barney and personally I don't find it any more annoying than any other kids show.

I have always liked Reading Rainbow, but I don't think our PBS station carries it here. I also think Between the Lions is cute.

My daughter, Detroit, thought that only sports and news came on the TV until she was 3 since I was a home dad. But one day while I was out, my wife showed her Dora. SO then she knew about the existence of cartoons and it was all downhill. I still curse my wife for that.

02-16-2007, 06:46 AM	#12
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	I babysat my niece for a bit over Christmas and I watched more Backyardigans and Wonder Pets than I ever cared to. Lilo & Stitch is on a loop too. You can't even hide the DVD from this girl. She's 15 months and she can pick Lilo & Stitch out by it's spine mixed in with 200 DVDs in an organizer, no lie. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

02-16-2007, 07:05 AM	#13
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	My daughter is 18 mos. and fortunately, we haven't really gotten her into TV. She has a signing video that she likes (teach your kids sign language -- it's like talking except without words) and she'll watch some PTI with me. We watch some Latino gameshows for the music and she liked the Westminster AKC show this week, but we aren't using it as a babysitter yet. __________________ Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. - Bronco, when asked how to describe PH

02-16-2007, 01:31 PM	#14
marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	My son does not watch any shows. We usually check out a kids or science movie from the library and he'll watch it a couple of times, but mostly he'd rather play. My daughter, 17 months, hasn't been introduced to the TV yet. Her main interest is playing with the remote and shoving her toys into the VCR. My son used to watch Barney and personally I don't find it any more annoying than any other kids show. I have always liked Reading Rainbow, but I don't think our PBS station carries it here. I also think Between the Lions is cute. __________________ "Mormon men are inherently sexy..." -Archaea

02-16-2007, 02:49 PM	#16
tooblue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,016	The Upside Down show is hands down the strangest and funnest show on tv. I believe it's Australian and it is brilliant.