What children’s program do you love? And loathe?
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All that talk from a few weeks ago about Dora made me realise how much I love her. LOVE HER. Sure, she's a bit shouty and can be annoyingly perky at 6am but on balance, I'm a fan.
I'm also a fan of Yo Gabba Gabba (clip above). I'm going to their concert in a couple of weeks and I'm psyched. The first time I saw it I was a bit disturbed. Then I read up on it a little and discovered it was conceived by the dudes from Devo. Remember them? Now I have tickets to their concert next month and am hoping for some backstage passes. Songs like "Don't Bite Your Friends" are really sage advice.
Nobody tells you when you have children that you will have to watch hours and hours AND HOURS of kids shows. And the SAME SHOWS – hell, the SAME EPISODES OF THE SAME SHOWS again and again and a-bloody-gain.
My other fave? Charlie & Lola.
The Times of London has asked writers who have little kids to nominate their most hated kids shows…here are two:
Bob the Builder by Alice Thomson
Can we fix it? No we can't. Not ever. It's just too dreadful.
I've tried my hardest, two of my children are fixated on Bob the Builder who
admittedly is the only one in Britain who manages to finish the job on time.
He's never sexist – although he should make an honest woman of Wendy. I have
watched the DVDs, read the books, slept with Scoop, Muck and Dizzy and my
son all squeezed into the same bed, but the charms of Sunflower Valley elude
me. But I know when I throw out the children's toys, the much-cherished,
half-mangled builder is the one I will have to keep.
Charlie and Lola by Alice Miles
“I Will Not Never Ever Eat a Tomato.”
How many parents have cursed that book? Charlie and Lola might have much to
recommend them, but for the parent trying to raise a healthy child, that
book has a lot to answer for. One of the most useful foods, base of so many
sauces, staple natural ingredient in every picnic and lunchbox, needlessly
condemned.
Come on, I know you're gagging to pile on for this one. Which are your most loved and loathed kids' shows? As the govt backs a proposal for a dedicated ABC Kids channel, what do we want to see on it?
Either those you have to watch now with your kids or those you remember watching yourself from years gone by?
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The all time favourite in our house is without question Playschool. It never fails to entertain and I absolutely love it too for the way that they speak to the children – always at the right level for the audience.
Aside from that Lazytown is a favourite for the dancing at the end and Dora, bless her. My son’s first sentence was ‘doradoradoradoradora’. I’m so proud.
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My 3yo boy loves Wiggles, In The Night Garden, Roary the Racing Car, Thomas, and Ben10, but claims his favorite to be Playschool.
I quite like Play School, The Wiggles, and In The Night Garden. I don’t know why I like ITNG, I just think it’s cute, and I actually like the music that plays throughout, it reminds me of a music box. Other than that, it has to be at least slightly educational. I also like Shaun the Sheep, and Pocoyo, but only because I like Stephen Fry.
But one show I CAN NOT STAND is Yo Gabba Gabba. It’s so….annoying! The host annoys me, the puppet guys annoy me, that stupid animated superhero girl annoys me. It’s so repetitive. And it’s soooooo American.
That’s my 5 cents worth
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In our house also love:
Shaun the sheep (my fav)
Dora
Playschool
Charlie and Lola
Peppa Pig
Mumma mirabelle’s home movies
and Miss 4′s new fav is the Wot Wot’s (although I can’t say I’m a big fan)
We both can’t stand In the Night Garden, I particularly hate it when a bunch of the characters ‘play’ the piano by bashing the keys- it drives me crazy.
Justine Clarke is awesome – love her work.
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My kids love:
Trotro
Roary the racing car
Wiggles
Bottletop bill & his best friend corky
Zigby
bob the builder
peppa pig (me and my husband are tagged “daddy pig” and “mummy pig” all the time!)
and the latest is Charlie and Lola. They’ve just discovered them, and they are just like my two kids. My son (eldest) thinks Charlie is great and likes being just like him, and my daughter (younger) is just like Lola “she is small and very funny”..
Basically if i hate a show, they don’t get to watch it..
My son (nearly 5) loves Play school. Especially this one episode we have on our DVD recorder with Alex Papps and Georgie Parker.. I think he’s keen on Georgie..trouble is Alex is singing a version of ABBA’s Money, Money, Money, called “honey honey honey” that my son keeps singing and i can’t get out of my head!!
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Yay Josephine & Jaz – more ppl who loved Sooty!
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My 4yo and I both love The Wiggles ( saw them yesterday ), Charlie and Lola, Peppa Pig, LazyTown,Upside Down Show,Yo Gabba Gabba, Dora and Diego.Very jealous about the Yo Gabba Gabba concert. Should be….awesome!!!
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Loathe ‘Yo Gabba Gabba’. But then, can’t say Devo ever really did it for me either…
Love ‘The Backyardigans’ & ‘The Upside Down Show’. The Umbilical Brothers + children’s TV = brilliant!!
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Love? Play School. Karen and Justine are big favourites. How fab is Justine Clarke?
Loathe? Hi Five. And that puzzles show on Channel 10. Haaate!
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What would I do without mama mia? thanks to you I know about where the wild things are movie AND I just got tickets to Yo gabba gabba. My 4 yr old will be over the moon!Thanks Mia- a mum’s best friend!
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*sigh* Ah Sooty! Yes I remember Sooty!
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I used to LOVE Stickin’ Around. If it was on today I would watch it!
Does anyone else remember that one?
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My girls love Little Princess, Charlie and Lola Milly Molly and Peppa Pig (this mornings was on recycling). We too have an upside down remote control. Playschool is the ultimate at our house and usually gives some good ideas for craft that day.
It annoys me when the TV characters eat rubbish food- The fairies are always eating cake and honey on toast for breakfast, the bananas eat cake and jelly. Its hard to explain why we eat fruit for morning tea after they watch that.
I loved Monkey Magic, Astro Boy and Inspector gadget too!
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