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January 09, 2005
Peep for my Peeps
The television shows that your children watch is often reflective of how far they have grown.
I don't really mind letting her watch t.v. as long as I know what she watches.
I am constantly in awe of how good these programmes are, if not for their amazing ability to get your child hooked. Children's t.v. programmes don't make it into Azmina's top 3 for very long - she normally outgrows them after a number of months. For this, I am glad that she would not grow into those people who supported Bryan Adam's "Everything I do, I do for you" song that managed to stay in the British charts for 17 weeks in the early 90s.
Her current favourite t.v. programme is called Peep. It's about a group of friends: a blue duck named Quack, a young bird named Chirp and a newly hatched chick named Peep. With lines like "You shouldn't put things that you find in your mouth; it might be someone's hobby", and "I am a one-and-a-half Peep-feet and a hat taller than you", and "Oh my poor blue head", I think it also caters for parents. Hell, I find myself talking to the t.v. less than during Azmina's other programmes.
It's not all laughs, however; Azmina got quite distressed when Newton the turtle got stuck in a box. Picture above shows her tears even after seeing the episode like 26 times.
Boohbah is also quite good, though it's steadily slipping from Azmina's top spot. It seems to have a greater child mind-numbing ability than the much-talked-about-handbag-totting tellytubbies. But with spongebob square pants getting so much heat these days, I wonder why Boohbah seemed to be relatively acceptable. I suppose Boohbah is not really rude without a shaft ...and another ball. And it makes everything ok once you put eyes, two hands and a pair of legs to something like that.
Posted by quickness at January 9, 2005 01:06 AM
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