Save Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

[wwfpooh]

Indeed. If Fred saved PBS when it first started, it is now time for PBS to return the favor & save his show from ending, considering that they promised that--with his death in 2003--they would air the show for as long as possible.

 

[Drtooth]

Indeed. If Fred saved PBS when it first started, it is now time for PBS to return the favor & save his show from ending, considering that they promised that--with his death in 2003--they would air the show for as long as possible.

Apparently long as possible meant until either A) some hack child psycholgist that just wants to make money writing another discreditable book discredits it, or B) Nick Jr comes up with yet another cheap Dora clone, exactly the same tone and style.

They still air TELLITUBBIES for crying out loud. That fell out 2001 or so. There was nothing remarkable about that show except that it was loud, crass, and imported. (I still think that's Britain's revenge for the Tea party) Are they even making new episodes?

My station ran out of that before his death, and reran it, almost as an obligation. Of course, only for about a year and a half, just before that atrocious BoohBah thing came on and lasted for 3 undeserved years.

Sigh.. I guess there's no room in children's television these days for anything that isn't an exact clone of something else.

 

[wwfpooh]

Sigh.. I guess there's no room in children's television these days for anything that isn't an exact clone of something else.

And sadly, that's doesn't just apply to children's programming, for now, we have things like Password (remenisant of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, considering the premise is the same & it stars Regis as host [with others to probably follow]), Crosswords (a mix of Wheel of Fortune & Griffin's own Jepardy programs merged somewhat in both look & idea), etc.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

They should start showing Mr. Rogers when they show Barney where I live ...Or that Raggs Kids Club show

Wha-sa-matta with PBS these days?

 

[Redsonga]

Wha-sa-matta with PBS these days?

I dunno..they fill my PBS channel with whatever they can get and they wonder why things are going badly..Whatever happened to the good learning shows and Mr. Rogers making little ones feel better about their emotions?

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Yeah. Mayby if the put on better shows that might help...

 

[wwfpooh]

Whatever happened to the good learning shows and Mr. Rogers making little ones feel better about their emotions?

They're some where in the world where a NYC street oozes numbers & letters, where a run-down theatre houses a bunch of frogs, pigs, bears, alien weirdo-whatevers, chickens, animals, and the like, where a kindly old man & his dog associate with loveable furry creatures that love to dance & sing, etc. Or for all we know, they're where in the world a Brazil-oriented theif of latina blood known as Carmen is...

But in all seriousness now, the only way to get good shows back would be to have a lot of greenbacks or to petition like the dickens. And even then, those things don't always help.

 

[Drtooth]

I will say this... PBS is coming up with better shows. Of course, most of them are for older kids... PBS Go, they call it (sounds like a Japanese TV station, if you ask me). I think Word Girl is one of such high quality programs that transcends being a kids' show, and that any age group can enjoy. I have a deep love for parody super heroes, and I think it really sticks out from all the others. Due of course, to the hillarious writing behind Soup 2 Nuts studios (which I'm kicking myself for never getting an internship there). So glad they aren't Wigglyvision or whatever it was anymore.

But then of course, there are some terrible products like (once again) Super Why, with it's fugly character designs and derrivitive style of education. Word World, however, is much better. And I love those character designs.

Problem with PBS is they want to get rid of dead weight, but they seem to keep thw wrong dead weight around. I'm sorry, but Barney's career should have ended with the movie, considering it was a flop (the Powerpuff Girls quickly disappeared a season after the movie tanked)... and controversy reguarding a pseudo-religious loud mothed false profit (I'm saying this as a Christian, mind you) and his views on Teenyweeny was the only thing remarkable about teletubbies. Both are still loitering on the network schedual.

Plus, I think its time to stop showing Clifford reruns. I think they're only doing it to honor John Ritter... and while a nobel gesture, it's getting old.

 

[wwfpooh]

The thing is...most of the shows on PBS--Word Girl, Word World, & It's a Big, Big World aside--have been in reruns for years (said purple and green abomination, the tubbies, a ardvark and his friends in Elwood, a certain big red dog, etc.).

 

[sesameguy]

I will say this... PBS is coming up with better shows. Of course, most of them are for older kids... PBS Go, they call it (sounds like a Japanese TV station, if you ask me). I think Word Girl is one of such high quality programs that transcends being a kids' show, and that any age group can enjoy. I have a deep love for parody super heroes, and I think it really sticks out from all the others. Due of course, to the hillarious writing behind Soup 2 Nuts studios (which I'm kicking myself for never getting an internship there). So glad they aren't Wigglyvision or whatever it was anymore.

I agree that there are still some fun kids' shows on PBS. In fact, even the current Elmo-heavy "Sesame Street" is fun to watch from time to time. (I haven't seen much of Word Girl, but I did like the show I saw! Sort of like Rocky & Bullwinkle crossed with the Powerpuff girls!)

Even with Mr. Rogers (possibly) gone, there will still be good programming for youngsters. But obviously, there were a lot of things about his show that are hard to come by these days. A slow pace. Talk about feelings. Self-esteem. The arts (classical music, opera, painting, etc.) I'd like to hope that today's children will still be able to experience these things sometimes - hopefully at least on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.