Dumb People Make Children Cry. Another good read by Mark Morford

[madokie]

PBS fires young, female kiddie-show host over old, naughty video. Smart people groan
- By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Friday, July 28, 2006


What sort of people are we? What sort of warped and reckless and utterly silly value system do we suck on in this culture? Why are we so wildly, preternaturally terrified of all things sexual while at the same time drawn to it all like fat teenagers to French fries?

It is a fine moment to ask. Is it the lingering cancer of puritanism that makes us so bewildered? The rash-inducing wail of the evangelical right? How can they be slapped upside the head and put into a small cold room without windows for 10 thousand years or until they relax and take off their pants and learn to laugh again?

Here is one example. Here is an insidious nonstory about sex and puritanism and silly stupid people that happened recently in our silly stupid morally damaged culture, and you need to know because it infects us all and we need to develop some sort of vaccine, some sort of protective body armor as soon as humanly possible.

Apparently, the PBS Sprout Network just fired one of its on-air talents, name of Melanie Martinez, the host of a nightly, three-hour show called "The Good Night Show," which, according to the AP story, "airs soothing stories and cartoons designed to get an audience of 2-to-5-year-olds ready for bed. Each night, Martinez guides a puppet character into dreamland."

Edit to add: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2006/07/28/notes072806.DTL&nl=fix

[meegbear]

1. Pssst. Link?

[madokie]

2. sorry about that,

[pagam]

3. PBS sprout

My 5 year old grandaughter loves the show. While I find some of kiddies show hosts a little on the sugary side, Firing her for what has been reported to have been satire demonstrate how the fundie crazies are in control of the FCC. As for PBS, NOT ANOTHER NICKEL FORM ME !!!!!!

[madokie]

4. Just another example of how wrong religion is in government

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I love Mark. Took his suggestion and dropped PBS a line. I asked

if the parents of this show's audience were also 'unfit role models' seeing how they had sex to produce those kids.