Leo Sayer Almost Makes Me Love The Wiggles

[Son of Enik]

I merely used Tom & Jerry as an example, because it was never intended to be educational. As someone who grew up in the 70's, there was little in the way of educational yet entertaining shows for kids. We had SS, Mr. Rogers, Electric Company and Captain Kangaroo. Everything else on TV for us was either cartoons or the shows of Sid & Marty Krofft, which I am a HUGE fan of, and I guess that ties in well with my point. HR Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos and Land Of The Lost were never meant to educate kids. The writers of those shows may have snuck in a moral or a lesson here and there but for the most part it was "mindless fun" like we've been saying here. In the 80's, we as a society became a little more aware that putting lessons and educational value was not solely the responsibility of SS, so cartoons like He-Man, She-Ra and GI Joe actually had educational professionals approve their scripts as they contained lessons and morals. He-Man wasn't teaching the alphabet and She-Ra didn't count to 10 with us, but instead they taught us the value of friendship, the importance of safety an so on.
Now that I am a father, I am careful about what I let my child watch. She loves the Disney Channel, especially The Wiggles and that suits me fine. I think the day she gets into Family Guy-we have a problem.

 

[Redsonga]

Gah! No Offense Redsonga, but that show makes me want to barf and cut myself simulatenously.It's just scary, I wouldnt want my kid watching bluescreened people in spandex. Its just to weird to be good for kids.

It's really not that werid, it's fun dances mixed with a puppet show.
And since when does being bluescreened have anything to do with a show being good or not? Many of our favorite shows were . And as for spandex superheros wear it all the time...Maybe you have troubles with seeing the muscles of the human body but it has never troubled me as a comic book reader, and it will not be held back from my future baby...

To say something is too weird to be a good lesson when it is fun and bright and colorful and actually does not talk down to kids but talks to them about health is just silly to me. Even if it was really weird (which I don't see it as) I know tons of little ones that eat weird with a spoon. I will take Lazytown and their songs and storylines over the Wiggles anyday

Edit: And as far as (good) weridness goes, Lazytown is normal next to the Sid & Marty Krofft shows ^.~

 

[wwfpooh]

And as for spandex superheros wear it all the time...Maybe you have troubles with seeing the muscles of the human body but it has never troubled me as a comic book reader, and it will not be held back from my future baby...

Agreed. As both a comic book geek and a wrestling fan, I respect the heroes and pro wrestlers in spandex that risk their lives to do what they do (Mick Foley getting 12 stitches,11 concussions, 10 dislocated body parts, 9 primetime enemies, 8 title shots, 7 best friends in the business, 6 changes in venue, 5 tag team partners, 4 best-selling books, 3 infamous faces, 2 infamous Cell falls, 1 missing ear...and a trip to Disneyland, if you smell what the sock is cookin'). ^_^