What is it with children's tv? Ever since Barney came along kids' programming has been on a permanent acid trip. I once watched Teletubbies for 10 minutes and all I saw was kids climbing a slide and going down it. Over and over. And then the creepy baby face in the sun laughed. WTF?
The latest hot thing is called "Yo Gabba Gabba" and consists of some guy in an orange body suit and fur hat dancing around with large monsters. Fair enough. But I watched some clips of it and I was freaking terrified.
Here's a sample of the YGG a with ascerbic wit via Joel McHale of The Soup.
I grew up watching Sesame Street, the Muppet Show, 3-2-1 Contact and Square One (yeah, I said Square One. Mathnet anyone?). Jim Henson knew what he was doing.
I'm not saying that the Muppets always made sense. They were silly and weird. But they were also smart, sarcastic, musical and funny. They hung out with grown-ups. They didn't talk down to kids, they expected them to understand. The same way "children's" movies like Toy Story and Shrek are smart enough to appeal to all ages. I have season 1 of the Muppet Show on DVD and it's still amazing. That's the way we should entertain our kids. IMHO.
Happy Monday!
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