Barney's a show that has a real stigma to it. In retrospect, it feels like a passive aggressive jab at Sesame Street's inner city setting by being a privileged suburban schoolhouse. And yet, the show looks and sounds much cheaper, especially with those accursed 90's synthesizers. And the whole Stepford vibe of the show where I swear the kids are taking bad direction, not so much poor acting. But by all means, it's not as horrible as you'd think ti was retrospectively. By all means, sure it started a trend and kid's educational entertainment was forever changed and Barney's the thing that takes the blame for it (though it was a factor).
Anyway, I found a
much worse show by accident called "Mickey's Farm" which to even try to explain would cause a major brain tumor. And no. It's not a certain Disney Mouse. Even MMCH was less patronizing. I mean, by all means
that Mickey Preschool show by comparison is a high point of kid's entertainment.
I found the opening.
Woof. No, seriously. I stumbled on this flipping through the channels and it's the
cheapest thing I've ever seen. I mean, even Christian Puppet Shows have a budget compared to this. The sun is freaking animated clip art. And it's done in voice over to give the animals the "not even trying" ability to talk. And somehow this thing won awards because "it's for kids so their heart's in the right place." UGH. I don't know if I'd call this the worst preschool show ever, but it's pretty darn close.