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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:53 PM Mar 2013

How many hours of PBS kids tv does it take to make you crazy?

We'll find out after I finish shaving this tennis ball, and there's a cookie in my shoe. Touchdown🍳🚣

Apparently they'll let any asshole in a big yellow hat bring a monkey into the city. And no one else makes a big deal about it.

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How many hours of PBS kids tv does it take to make you crazy? (Original Post) NightWatcher Mar 2013 OP

It hasn't happened yet. I love that stuff. talkingmime Mar 2013 #1

i love curious george fizzgig Mar 2013 #2

It's an ape dammit sharp_stick Mar 2013 #3

Super Why really pisses me off NightWatcher Mar 2013 #4

Word Girl is hilarious. kwassa Mar 2013 #5

I love Word Girl! GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #10

My daughter and I do the Captain Huggy Face dance .... along with him. kwassa Mar 2013 #18

Martha was an average dog.... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #6

When I was raising kids I could watch that stuff all day long mokawanis Mar 2013 #7

Dinosaur Train rocks Paulie Mar 2013 #8

I recently discovered Dinosaur Train. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #11

If I could wish, for just one dish, my only wish..., Paulie Mar 2013 #12

I can live with the Tiny Ditties. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #14

So when I'm a t-Rex comes on its fast forward time. Paulie Mar 2013 #15

That one is okay, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #17

0.06 hours csziggy Mar 2013 #9

Am I the only one who thinks Sid the Science Kid is creepy? GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #13

I think I could have watched/listened to Teletubbies 24/7. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #16

Two kids' worth. crim son Mar 2013 #19

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)

1. It hasn't happened yet. I love that stuff.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:12 PM

Mar 2013

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

2. i love curious george

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:50 PM

Mar 2013

my husband is partial to martha.

we don't have cable and that's usually one of the better things on. oh, and there are no kids in the house.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

3. It's an ape dammit

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:53 PM

Mar 2013

some scientist that Professor Wiseman must be. She doesn't even question the monkey scam being perpetrated on our youth.

Although I'll take Curious George and Arthur over WordGirl any day of the week.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

4. Super Why really pisses me off

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:55 PM

Mar 2013

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

5. Word Girl is hilarious.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 06:46 PM

Mar 2013

best cartoon on TV.

how can you fail with villains like Lady Redundant Woman, or Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy? Lots of sly humor aimed at the watching adults.

The one that drives me crazy is on Nickolodean. Dora the Explorer.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

10. I love Word Girl!

Reply to kwassa (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:22 PM

Mar 2013

It's freakin' hilarious! Especially Captain Huggy Face. LOL!

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

18. My daughter and I do the Captain Huggy Face dance .... along with him.

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:25 AM

Mar 2013

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

6. Martha was an average dog....

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 06:49 PM

Mar 2013

She went "ruff" and "ruff" and "grr"
When she ate some alphabet soup
Then what happened was bizarre

She's got a lot to say
Now she speaks
Martha speaks
Yeah, she speaks and speaks
And speaks and speaks and speaks

She's got a voice, she's ready to shout
Martha will tell you what it's all about
Sometimes wrong, but seldom in doubt
Martha will tell you what it's all about
That dog's unique

mokawanis

(4,442 posts)

7. When I was raising kids I could watch that stuff all day long

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 07:30 PM

Mar 2013

Now I can't stand having it on for more than, oh, I'd say, about 12 seconds.

Paulie

(8,462 posts)

8. Dinosaur Train rocks

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 07:46 PM

Mar 2013

Backyardigans makes your ears bleed.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

11. I recently discovered Dinosaur Train.

Reply to Paulie (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:23 PM

Mar 2013

I love it, except for when they break out in musical numbers. I am not a fan of musicals.

Paulie

(8,462 posts)

12. If I could wish, for just one dish, my only wish...,

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:25 PM

Mar 2013

Feel free to complete the song.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

14. I can live with the Tiny Ditties.

Reply to Paulie (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:27 PM

Mar 2013

It's when they break out into these full song production things that I don't like.

Paulie

(8,462 posts)

15. So when I'm a t-Rex comes on its fast forward time.

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #14)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:29 PM

Mar 2013

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

17. That one is okay, too.

Reply to Paulie (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:41 PM

Mar 2013

I kinda like that one, actually. I find the big Broadway show-type ones annoying, however.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

9. 0.06 hours

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 10:30 PM

Mar 2013

I just can't take it. Only one of the reasons I never had kids, never was in charge of kids, and never will be willingly left alone with a child.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

13. Am I the only one who thinks Sid the Science Kid is creepy?

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:25 PM

Mar 2013

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

16. I think I could have watched/listened to Teletubbies 24/7.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:40 PM

Mar 2013

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Whenever I had to move on to something else, I always felt remarkably calm and centered --
an effect I always believed was probably similar to what I'd feel with excellent meditation.
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crim son

(27,464 posts)

19. Two kids' worth.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 01:50 AM

Mar 2013

I couldn't tear the third one away, so I learned to become a concert pianist while he watched. Win/win.

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