Holy Christ I hate the Wiggles
 

I am so, so, SO glad that Minifob has completely shunned them in favor of these guys:



And one more, for good measure (this one's his favorite):



It is such a relief to have kids' entertainment that doesn't make me want to cut my own spleen out.

The wiggles shit me too, with all their hot potatoing and cold spaghetti-ing. FREAKS!!

Boo-bah, is much worse, but their subliminal programming is very effective. My kids totally zone out for their entire show....I dont think they even blink.

my kids never really bothered with the wiggles. They did really love the teletubbies though which was almost as annoying with their 'uh-oh'ing all the time.

now, now, wouldn't Holy Christ tell you not to hate?

Barney was worse.

That's better than the Wiggles? Makes me glad I missed them all. :D

My kids were Teletubbies then Thomas the Tank Engine kids. I used to live near where teletubbies was filmed.

My son has been into all the action heroes...when he was little, it was Backyardigans...which he called "Back yard against" Took me a while to figure out what he meant.

If I have kids, I'm not letting them have access to TV or those dippy "educational" (or whatever they label them as) videos.

Get back to me when you actually have a kid between the ages of 1 and 4, I'd love to hear how that's working out for you.

I was thinking the same thing. Even without TV, it gets around somehow.

:lol: Oh Perry, we will watch with interest.

What happened to kids shows?
I mean, when I was a kid, nickelodeon and such had so many good shows... that i still like today. they had shows that were stupid and funny and silly and random enough for kids to love, but also witty and smart and different enough for adults to love. Pete&Pete, Kablam, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren&Stimpy, Ahh Real Monsters, salute your shorts, Alex Mack, Clarissa Explains It All... even rugrats was so much better then!
What happened in the past decade or so?

I've heard of two of those.

Ren & Stimpy and Rugrats?

Same here.

you got older

Here's where you're wrong. Adults did not love those shows; they put up with them because that's what kept you entertained. Trust me, they were sitting in the background muttering about how kids' shows were so much better in their day.

Well I love them still and see the wit and brilliance of them, as did my dad (though he's not exactly the paragon of adult maturity and brilliance...).

Kids shows now, especially disney channel, are... one-dimensional, way too predictable, formulaic, repetitive, and unoriginal.
Kids shows back when I was a kid were zany, random, crazy, and weird, and nickelodeon prided themselves on that. I still love all those shows, but for completely different reasons.

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JOHNNY BRAVO!

Old cartoon network is almost as good as old nickelodeon.

I'm backing up Ibram. They might be giants were floating around the Pete and Pete project and the writing was really funny. They released the DVD sets not too long ago and I'm getting them. Imagine Malcolm in the middle but about a billion times better.

Oh I don't have to imagine it, I'm not that much older than you guys. I loved Pete & Pete. But you can bet that I'm not going to go back and watch any of the old episodes now--because I'm pretty sure I'd have my memories spoiled. Maybe not, but I won't risk it.

I was devastated to learn as an adult that the Clangers were knitted. Devastated.

Fetch with Ruff Ruffman is a good kids show today. Sometimes I'll actually sit down and watch it with them.

Ibram, I remember Clarissa Explains It All. I liked watching that!

I really miss My So-called Life. One of my favorite shows ever, even though I was a bit older than the target audience.

Nothing will ever be as good again as Warner Bros cartoons, though. (edited to add: well, maybe Doug Funny)

DOUG PWNS.
Another great classic nick show.
Until disney bought it and RUINED it...

I'm with you on the WB cartoons Shawnee....even the looney tunes babies.

I even have 'Taz' tattoo'd on my ankle!

The wiggles are lame.

The High Fives have much more (boobs) going for them.
Physiotherapists and chiropractors have a rush of neck-injuries after father/child day at the High Fives shows.

I hated the wiggles, but let him watch them. They were annoying but I could tune them out.
I would not let him watch Barney, I saw several overt misogynistic messages on that show and put my foot-down to all family who took care of him.