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TV OD - Baby Stylee

There was a time in our house when the Noggin channel was on more than it was off.  What can I say, last winter was cold and rainy and when your kid's nap schedule doesn't match up to any other kid in the neighborhood, you end up watching a lot of kids programming.  That's right, you end up watching a lot of kids programming.   How can you not?  Childrens' television has so many subplots!

 
These are the questions I have:

 
1.   Why do the animals on Franklin all have animal names yet Franklin has a "real" name?

2.   Why do Little Bear's parents wear clothes and he doesn't?

3.   Why doesn't Prairie Dawn have a nose?

4.   Are Miffy and Boris Bear having an affair?

5.   Am I the only one who wants to throttle the little girl on 64 Zoo Lane?

6.   Why is Dora's head so much bigger than Diego's?

7.   Are the Ferocious Beast and Hamilton the pig gay?  

8.   Do the people on Sesame Street think Elmo has imaginary friends, or can they see us too?

9.   Where the hell are Max and Ruby's parents?

10.   Is the guy on LazyTown a Nazi?

11.  Where do the Backyardigans live?   Is it Jersey?  Looks like Jersey.

12.  Will the Wonder Pets come fix my toilet?

13.  Has Joe from Blues Clues gained weight OR WHAT?

14.  Who would win if Pinky Dinky Do and Maisy decided to duke it out?

15.  Moose and Zee:  are they a thing?
 


Comments

 

momtoempw said:

I thought I was the only one with nogginn overload!  I also thought I was the only one who really watched them sometimes!No matter how much I try to stear my 3 yo daughter towards anything else, she always comes back to Little Bear.  We have all 60 ever made (sick, i know) tivoed for her because that is all she requests when she gets home when I ask her what she wants to watch. Max Ruby, Maggie and Franklin are close seconds but it's always LB.

My questions to my husband are similar to yours above but also include, "why doesn't little bear wear clothes and why doesn't he go to school?" Also, I can't believe Mitzi is a girl!

Thanks for the blog, this is my favorite!

January 23, 2007 12:47 PM
 

liprap said:

Say it ain't so!

Joe's gained weight?

January 23, 2007 8:33 PM
 

BarbaraR said:

Liprap:  did you not see the special Blues Clues anniversary show on Noggin?  Joe is BIG.   I know!

January 24, 2007 8:48 AM
 

liprap said:

We haven't had cable for many moons, now.  Dan and I don't want to roll out the dough for it.  However, our local PBS station plays the kid shows all day, five days a week, until approx. 6 - 6:30 PM.  Then I can contemplate cartoon issues such as:

1) what the heck are a bunch of lions doing taking control of a library?  Did someone forget to put on their Smarty Pants and dance in them?

2) I've said it before on my blog and I will say it again: Clifford belongs on the Island of Dr Moreau, or in Jurassic Park as a sweet big red guard dog.  Just my opinion.

3) I think Curious George and Patty Hearst have a lot in common.  I'd be interested in seeing how THAT conversation comes out.

4) Maya Santos will one day be brought up on serious charges in civil court - and the one pressing the charges will be her twin bro, Miguel, citing emotional damages.

5)  I want to see the return of some classic Sesame Street characters, such as the guy on the street in a trenchcoat and hat : "Psst...hey kid...wouldja like ta buy an 'O' ?", and the little typewriter on wheels typing stuff out on himself.  I don't care if one is promoting illegal practices in selling the alphabet (Pat and Vanna only helped make it legit on "Wheel of Fortune")

or that the other is obsolete.  Bring 'em back!

Okay, rant over.  It's a shame about Joe.  He was a good lookin' individual, for a kids' show host of sorts.

January 24, 2007 11:34 AM
 

space1mommy said:

When my now 5 year old son was 6 months old, I gave up the idea of keeping him away from the tube and we became full on Noggin junkies.

For 4 years it was a staple in our lives, and I have to say it made me insane! Couldn't wait for school to start so I could wean him off of it.

Well 4 months before he started kindergarten, we had another bouncing baby boy, and the second he was old enough to notice the tv, back we went to noggin. What was I thinking??

Now of course my 5 year old can work the DVR and want's to record all the noggin shows he's missing while at school. Uggh!

January 25, 2007 10:42 PM
 

BarbaraR said:

I am in Jacks Big Music Show hell over here right now.  Mamie has been sick all week and it's all she wants.  I can now recite just about every show.  Kill me!

January 26, 2007 9:58 AM
 

kiminbrooklyn said:

i agree, it's pretty sad we know more about noggin than say, cnn... but hey, it's fun... i find pinky dinky doo extremely bad tho!

January 31, 2007 9:03 AM
 

schroeder said:

First, a few followups:

1. Why is Kipper's pig friend named Pig, when the other animals, including Pig's brother, have regular names?

5. No.  Not you're not.

12. Only if you're a squirrel.

13. If you compare them season by season, Joe's weight is inversely proportional to Steve's hair.

14. Pinky, because that head-explody thing she does would freak Maisy out.

...and a few more of my own:

16. Why is Maisy's alligator friend the same size as her?

17. If Thomas and the other engines can think for themselves, why do they need human drivers?  And how have none of them been fired for the massive property damage they're constantly causing?

18. Is it me, or is Dipsy a little slow?

19. When is Noddy finally going to bust a move on Tessie Bear?

20. Why does every cartoon species have their own corresponding species of berry?  (Smurfberries, dragonberries, googleberries, etc.)

February 19, 2007 9:40 PM
 

Alkelda the Gleeful said:

The answer to "Why doesn't Little Bear wear clothes?" is in the very first story of the Little Bear books, "What Will Little Bear Wear?" Mama Bear makes LB a hat, a coat, snow-pants.etc. so that LB can be warm enough while playing in the snow. Each time, LB comes in to complain that he's too cold. So, MB takes off all of LB's clothes and LB goes out to play in the snow, warm enough at last. Ever since then, LB has eschewed clothing.

March 1, 2007 12:32 PM
 

Alex said:

<i>Has Joe from Blues Clues gained weight OR WHAT?</i>

OMG, I know!  I was watching an episode of Blue's Room and asked the husband, "What's....wrong with Joe?  He looks different."  To which he replied without missing a beat, "Maybe it's the 20 pounds he gained?"

March 24, 2007 11:33 AM
 

Xenophon said:

Cool...

June 19, 2007 10:14 AM
 

Haralambos said:

Cool!

June 20, 2007 12:47 AM
 

Thanasios said:

Cool...

June 20, 2007 3:29 AM
 

Tassos said:

Interesting...

June 20, 2007 12:18 PM
 

Nathanael said:

Interesting...

June 20, 2007 10:44 PM
 

Stratos said:

Cool!

June 21, 2007 9:07 AM
 

Alexander said:

Interesting...

June 21, 2007 6:25 PM
 

Agias said:

interesting

June 21, 2007 9:49 PM
 

Stelios said:

Nice!

June 22, 2007 4:46 AM
 

Rhigas said:

Sorry :(

June 23, 2007 6:48 PM
 

Silvanos said:

Cool.

June 24, 2007 12:15 PM
 

Alexandros said:

Sorry :(

June 24, 2007 4:13 PM
 

Manos said:

Sorry :(

June 25, 2007 8:20 AM
 

Demetrios said:

Cool.

June 25, 2007 10:26 AM
 

Ioannes said:

Nice...

June 25, 2007 1:19 PM
 

Isaakios said:

Cool.

June 25, 2007 6:25 PM
 

Dionysios said:

interesting

June 25, 2007 8:54 PM
 

Demosthenes said:

interesting

June 26, 2007 9:28 AM
 

Crist said:

Interesting...

June 26, 2007 6:16 PM
 

Kyriacos said:

Cool!

June 27, 2007 10:17 AM
 

Iannis said:

Sorry :(

June 29, 2007 9:20 PM
 

Arion said:

Nice

June 29, 2007 11:34 PM
 

Alekos said:

Nice!

June 30, 2007 2:44 AM
 

Elias said:

Cool!

June 30, 2007 9:00 AM
 

Kyriakos said:

Nice...

June 30, 2007 11:04 AM
 

Georges said:

Cool.

June 30, 2007 11:45 AM
 

Doxiadis said:

Cool!

July 1, 2007 1:19 AM
 

Alexandros said:

Nice!

July 1, 2007 3:24 AM
 

Platon said:

Nice!

July 1, 2007 9:58 AM
 

Gustas said:

Sorry :(

July 1, 2007 11:01 AM
 

Andonios said:

interesting

July 1, 2007 1:42 PM
 

Evripides said:

Cool...

July 1, 2007 8:19 PM
 

Georghios said:

Nice...

July 1, 2007 9:01 PM
 

Yannas said:

Cool...

July 3, 2007 1:09 PM
 

Eleni said:

Cool!

July 3, 2007 3:54 PM
 

Dimitris said:

Cool...

July 3, 2007 4:58 PM
 

Aineias said:

Sorry :(

July 3, 2007 6:52 PM
 

Halu said:

Nice...

July 3, 2007 10:26 PM
 

Miltos said:

interesting

July 4, 2007 1:15 AM
 

Philippos said:

interesting

July 4, 2007 2:20 AM
 

Cletus said:

Nice!

July 4, 2007 12:57 PM
 

Evripides said:

Sorry :(

July 4, 2007 11:47 PM
 

Orestis said:

Interesting...

July 5, 2007 9:53 PM
 

Aiolos said:

interesting

July 5, 2007 10:48 PM
 

Emmanuil said:

Cool.

July 9, 2007 7:31 AM
 

Zacharias said:

Interesting...

July 9, 2007 9:08 AM
 

Michail said:

Nice!

July 9, 2007 8:21 PM
 

Thanasios said:

Cool...

July 9, 2007 11:38 PM
 

Theodore said:

Nice...

July 10, 2007 4:24 AM
 

Titos said:

interesting

July 10, 2007 6:28 AM
 

Athan said:

Cool!

July 10, 2007 1:53 PM
 

Evenios said:

Sorry :(

July 10, 2007 3:35 PM

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