I used to think Lazy Town was the freakiest kids show on TV...

[progmom]

But I just tuned in to Doodlebops. :wtf:

[billyskank]

1. ..

:hug: progmom!

:hi:

[progmom]

2. billyskank!

:hug: :hi: :hug:

[fight4my3sons]

3. I'm with you there...

they are like nails on chalkboard to me. My kids like them though. I have gotten used to Lazy Town, at least it has a good message behind it.

[EstimatedProphet]

4. ?

What the hell is that?

[progmom]

17. apparently, it's someone's idea of what pre-schoolers want to see

sure as hell isn't what I want to see! :scared:

[Elidor]

5. Stay away from the brown acid

Don't eat the brown acid! AAAAAAA!!!!!!!

[LaraMN]

6. Yep. Have you heard the cauliflower song?

I have a kid whose liking for children's shows coincides directly with their degree of obnoxiousness.

[miss_american_pie]

7. Run far away

Those things are creepy.

[bridgit]

8. wow, i'm pretty sure i just received a Doodlebop contact high...

:hippie: i love how it looks like you can eat the bottoms of that orange dudes shoes :thumbsup:

[EstimatedProphet]

9. Have you ever seen Boobah?

[KitchenWitch]

25. You totally beat me to it!

:rofl:

Boooooohbaaaaaaaaaah!

[terrya]

10. My 'dar is going off big time with the one on the left.

Hello! :-)

[DontBlameMe]

18. If you mean their left...

oh, hell yeah! Good old Rooney Doodle!!

[Initech]

11. It looks like a kids' show on acid!

[ghostsofgiants]

15. I think most kid's show writers are on acid.

[Initech]

16. I've often wondered that, too.

[purr]

12. My 2 yr old dd loves them.. I have to leave the room and go upstairs when

they're on. I cant STAND them!!

[tigereye]

13. isn't it odd how many kids shows are so surreal?

I mean, even Steve in Blues Clues lived in somewhat of a drug-induced- looking reality. Or
even this:



Maybe it's good we never had cable.

[Beausoir]

14. Arrrgh! Both shows are completely freaky.

They both give me the creeps.

[jakefrep]

19. I haven't seen this show...

...but those folks are just plain disturbing.

Another production of the Bad Acid Trip school of Children's programming.

[Book Lover]

20. Not just the drug-flashback quality, they also seem so

incredibly corporate. I saw one show, and it totally smacked of a promotion, like they originated as a time-waster for the kiddies at Disneyland, and someone saw their positive gate receipts and said, "You know what we need? You guys on the tube!"

[tjdee]

21. Sportacus is hot, which trumps freakiness. Plus, it's Icelandic.

Watching foreign shows always makes me feel a little insane.

Doodlebops is just....wrong. I too just became aware of that....very strange. :scared:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

22. Oh SHIT. This thing isn't in Brazil yet, but my 4yojust saw that image.

Now she's transfixed, and didn't want me to scroll down to write this!

Lazytown is the scourge of me. And she considers it a personal offense if I don't want to watch with her. I'm pretty sure she was Josef Mengele in her previous incarnation.

[progmom]

23. Oh no! I am so sorry.

At least you don't have to hear them sing. :scared:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. They SING?

Somebody please hold me. *sucks thumb*

[CottonBear]

31. They "play" the instruments w/ those weird fingers too. :( n/t

[KitchenWitch]

24. Have you ever seen Boohbah?

That show is just bucknutty.

[progmom]

26. I have avoided that one like the plague

That and Barney and the Wiggles. I don't know HOW I got sucked into watching the Doodlebops. x(

[noonwitch]

28. It can't be freakier than the best Kroft shows of the 70s!

I would say that Lidsville, The Bugaboos and HR Pufinstuff were freakier than Land of The Lost or Sigmond and The Sea Monsters. Maybe it was the better quality of the villains (CNR's Hoodoo, Billy Haye's Witchiepoo).

[LibertyLover]

29. OK - I'll bite - what to they do?

My kid loves Lazytown. I personally can't stand it, but it does have a decent underlying message. In fact my kid rides her tricycle while watching so she's being entertained and exercised at the same time. But this is just a bit over the top. I'm hoping that it conflicts with something else she likes to watch, like Sesame Street.

[Shine]

30. Ooo, light trails! Luckily, my kids are past this stage of tv watching

:eyes: looks like a throw back to the 60's to me. Are the writers on acid, or something?

first thing I thought when I saw the pix, though, was, "Oh, their poor SKIN!!" Imagine having to put that shit on your face day in and day out. Talk about a wacky job. I assume they think it's worthwhile...

Whatever.

:hi: progmom!