If a show doesn't teach kids the theory of relativity, what good is it?
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Jesus Christ shows for kids nowadays are completely braindead.
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If a show doesn't teach kids the theory of relativity, what good is it?
Totally different intended audiences for the shows you've mentioned, OP. Educational cartoons for toddlers are in a completely different category than the shows you mentioned you watched as a kid. Compare Courage to Regular Show or something like that, not Word Party, which is described as "a vocabulary-building show from The Jim Henson Company that follows four adorable baby animals as they sing, dance and play." lol
If anything, the 80s were the low point.
I think Mickey's House is hilarious in how it's a show that encourages participation but it also is, like, rigged, because every episode Mickey introduces the tools he'll use through the episode and encourages kids to guess when each tool will be used, except one of the tools is always a "mystery tool" deus ex machina that could be used anywhere.
Back in my day, I grew up with a religious show. I got hold of my cousin's VHS of evangelion subbed. It was pretty fucked, but I'm okay.
Wait, Pokemon taught you how to spell and speak? Cause that's not what I got out of it. Honestly, quality aside watching Word Party is probably a hellova lot more useful than Pokemon as a kid.
In any case, shows like this have existed forever. Remember The Electric Company? Or even Sesame Street?
Van-pires was the Citizen Kane of kid tv shows.
Fuck, that's a show I'd never remember on my own in a million years.
I can't deal with how much Funky Kong looks like a 30 year old boomer meme
Er....both are important...
Do you ever think that you've made enough threads for the day? Seems like we are scraping bottom of the barrel here.
That's a show I'm struggling to forget.
Hated lambchop growing up.
Knew a Latvian lassie at University who spoke English with the thickest US accent you've ever heard. Never realised she was Latvian for months until she spoke with another Latvian I knew. She learned English by watching Cartoon Network, Sesame Street, etc when she was home, and she can't shake the accent, or even Americanisms in spelling.
Its a mad world.
OP
OP
With shows like these, there's usually an underlying curriculum that the show runners work off of, so I decided to look into this show's. Turns out, Word Party is a show by the Jim Henson Company (so, an excellent track record I think we can all agree on).
I also found this article on the Jim Henson family website by someone who was a consultant for Word Party who breaks down the thought process in creating the show.
Really good read for people actually interested in the science of shows for children in extremely early developmental years.
I also found this article on the Jim Henson family website by someone who was a consultant for Word Party who breaks down the thought process in creating the show.
Really good read for people actually interested in the science of shows for children in extremely early developmental years.
Pepos Pig is a spoilt brat who throws a hissy fit when she doesn't get her own way. She announced herself as the winner of a fancy dress party, continually does the opposite of what her parents tell her to do and is just generally a horrible person.
I've got a child who's 4 and there's loads of shows that I'm happy for her to watch. Blaze And The Monster Machines for example. Teaches them about velocity and centrifugal force and shit.
Also did OP forget that shows like Barney have existed since forever?
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I remember Brak singing this on Cartoon Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coEichf6hkg
Anybody seen Paw Patrol? That seems to be pretty popular.
I remember Brak singing this on Cartoon Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coEichf6hkg
Anybody seen Paw Patrol? That seems to be pretty popular.
Honestly they came across as braindead to me in 1992 when I was 4 and I've watched Star Trek ever since
I learned a lot of German by watching dubbed The Simpsons and Futurama, so I suppose it makes sense. As the OP's primary language seems to be Spanish, I guess Pokémon could teach English, but that's certainly not the main purpose of any of those shows, haha
List of somewhat current good shows for kids you can totally stealth-binge with them:
Steven Universe
Hilda
Gumball
Duck Tales
She-Ra
MLP
Carmen Sandiego
Amphibia (not seen myself yet)
Marvel Rising
Over the Garden Wall
Trollhunters?
Sonic Boom (underrated af!)
Tons of Anime :p
can't think of more. There's good stuff out there.
Steven Universe
Hilda
Gumball
Duck Tales
She-Ra
MLP
Carmen Sandiego
Amphibia (not seen myself yet)
Marvel Rising
Over the Garden Wall
Trollhunters?
Sonic Boom (underrated af!)
Tons of Anime :p
can't think of more. There's good stuff out there.
Between Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Netflix, and other platforms, we're really in a golden age of television animation in terms of variety and writing quality.
Shows for younger audiences like Sesame Street, Arthur, and Hilda (what age range is Hilda targeted at anyway?) are all quality.
And for older audiences, we have Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Gumball, She-ra, Amphibia, We Bare Bears, The Loud House, Craig of the Creek, Trollhunters, Ducktales, etc., and we have promising upcoming shows like The Owl House and Infinity Train.
There was a lot of garbage in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, but the garbage is rarely remembered.
Shows for younger audiences like Sesame Street, Arthur, and Hilda (what age range is Hilda targeted at anyway?) are all quality.
And for older audiences, we have Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Gumball, She-ra, Amphibia, We Bare Bears, The Loud House, Craig of the Creek, Trollhunters, Ducktales, etc., and we have promising upcoming shows like The Owl House and Infinity Train.
There was a lot of garbage in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, but the garbage is rarely remembered.
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is ideal for that (granted, it's a spin-off of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood). Way better than Pokemon or Courage or anything else from circa 2000, certainly.
OP
OP
You're right, from now on I'll ask for your permission before making threads.
Cartoons like Transformers et al were created for the sole express purpose of selling toys.
Just make sure they have a solid grasp of theoretical physics or most of the jokes will go over their heads.
You need to let the youth watch The Magic School Bus. There are guest appearances from Uncle Phil, Theo, and George Jefferson.
One show teaches rudimentary language skills for very young children in a calm and pedagogical manner, the other has children practicing what is essentialy dog fighting with sentient slavepets. One of them is better suited for two year olds, and I'll leave it up to you to decide which one that is.
How old is your sister? If she's not a baby, she probably should be watching something else. Even on Netflix, there are tiers of shows. Super Monsters, for instance, is a show for like toddlers a little older than Word Party. When they get older, though, man it's like the golden age of cartoons, plus you can pretty much watch any cartoon from the past few decades in some fashion.
Also Peppa Pig is wholesome and great (for that age range).
Also Peppa Pig is wholesome and great (for that age range).
Well duh, doesn't change the transformers from being awesome.
Lemme let you in on a little known secret here: Most art gets made so that some people can get paid, an absolute shocking concept, I know.
I dunno. In the '70s you had 500 variants of Scooby-Doo, and that was about it.
It's a job for someone in the end, but comparing the basic ethics of a show designed to teach young children language skills with a show that was cynically designed to sell plastic robot dolls doesn't make Transformers come out on top.
This has to be a troll if you think Pokemon is a fucking educational show.
OP
OP
Back in my day, we had intellectual shows like Power Rangers, The Ripping Friends, Young Hercules, Johnny Bravo, Big Bad Beetleborgs, etc. Those shows were at least educational in regards to world building, friendship, social interactions, self-defense, the fairer sex, numbers, and even cosplay. You won't find those with infant television today and it's a shame.
