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Charlie is going through a thing. Not quite sure what it is. He's been watching some kids shows 'on demand' on COmcast, and one of the shows they currently have is the last episode of Blue's Clues with Steve.
Charlie loved Blue's Clues as toddler - it was his generation's show, after all. My friend and I would often discuss the merits of Steve as a host, and agreed he was made of awesome because he was goofy without being a moron and never talked down to the children. He was obviously the kind of guy who 'got' kids. I like any show that a parent can actually sit through and mildly enjoy without wantin to tear out one's eyes by the end of it.
Anyway, Steve left the show in 2001, and by then Charlie'd moved on to The Wiggles. We still watched the many videos we had of Blue's Clues but we'd moved on. Besides I didn't like Joe nearly as much.
So now Charlie is watching this last episode and it makes him cry. Every time he watches it. And he's not faking it, either. He cries. We haven't had any major losses in our family recently, so I'm not sure why he's feeling this pretend one so keenly, but he is. Thank goodness for videos.
Meanwhile, I looked Steve up on the good ol' interweb to see what he's been up to. I listened to some of his songs. They're pretty good.
I also had Charlie send him an email because I thought it might make him feel better to say 'hi' to Steve.
So. Childhood TV show. What was it? What show, if you saw it again, would transport you back to your happy place?
Charlie loved Blue's Clues as toddler - it was his generation's show, after all. My friend and I would often discuss the merits of Steve as a host, and agreed he was made of awesome because he was goofy without being a moron and never talked down to the children. He was obviously the kind of guy who 'got' kids. I like any show that a parent can actually sit through and mildly enjoy without wantin to tear out one's eyes by the end of it.
Anyway, Steve left the show in 2001, and by then Charlie'd moved on to The Wiggles. We still watched the many videos we had of Blue's Clues but we'd moved on. Besides I didn't like Joe nearly as much.
So now Charlie is watching this last episode and it makes him cry. Every time he watches it. And he's not faking it, either. He cries. We haven't had any major losses in our family recently, so I'm not sure why he's feeling this pretend one so keenly, but he is. Thank goodness for videos.
Meanwhile, I looked Steve up on the good ol' interweb to see what he's been up to. I listened to some of his songs. They're pretty good.
I also had Charlie send him an email because I thought it might make him feel better to say 'hi' to Steve.
So. Childhood TV show. What was it? What show, if you saw it again, would transport you back to your happy place?
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on 2006-07-21 01:50 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-21 11:13 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-21 01:59 am (UTC)And when he did his retirement tour, I went, slightly embarassed because I was an adult--only to discover that at least half the audience were people my age, unaccompanied by children, just there because we remembered him and loved him. I was in tears at the end of his stage show, and I wasn't the only one, either.
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on 2006-07-21 11:14 am (UTC)That's the thing about kid entertainers - you may technically out grow them, but they will always have a place in your heart, so you never really do.
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on 2006-07-21 12:47 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-21 02:06 am (UTC)I liked the Captain. He was funny. He told stories. Best of all, his moods changed from day to day--unlike, say, Mister Rogers. (As a child, I was certain that Fred Rogers was on tranquilizers.) But the Captain had good days, and sad days, and frustrated days. I could understand, and relate to that. Every day isn't the same, especially for a kid.
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on 2006-07-21 11:05 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-21 02:18 am (UTC)The Muppet Show-though technically that wasn't a kids' show.
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on 2006-07-21 11:08 am (UTC)I blame Elmo.
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on 2006-07-21 02:59 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-21 03:41 am (UTC)Nevertheless, I am very wary of what is implied by the term "happy place" (as I am wary of anything that attempt to use the vacant word "happy" to acheive what more realistic words would do).
Even so, if by that term you mean a show that totally engaged me when I was very young - let's see - The Friendly Giant?!!!
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on 2006-07-21 03:50 am (UTC)i had a madamme cholette soft toy, a beautiful 18carrot gold pendant of tomsk, and even remember dad brought home a huge movers packing crate, think it was hard cardboard not the wood ones, and we made windows and a rope pulli door and walpapered the inside with news paper and played downstairs for hours.
even worse; thinking about it now remember the song....don't panic wont share...lol
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on 2006-07-21 05:16 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-07-21 11:11 am (UTC)I often think that if there isn't a band called "Nephew Gobo" there ought to be.
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on 2006-07-21 05:29 am (UTC)no subject
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on 2006-07-21 01:20 pm (UTC)Back when no one ever saw Mr. Snuffleupagus. Back with the creepy cartoon guys who would open their trench coats and display a number.
I would pay big money for a DVD of some of those classic segments.
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on 2006-07-21 01:23 pm (UTC)The trench coat guy was a muppet. I remember that! "Psst! Ya wanna buy a Q?"
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on 2006-07-21 09:01 pm (UTC)I mean cartoon guys in trench coats with numbers on the insides. It was a counting segment. Each one in succession would open his trench coat and reveal the number.
I recently saw the old Bert and Ernie banana in the ear sketch, and the trench coat guys were on the TV in the beginning of the sketch.
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on 2006-07-21 06:58 pm (UTC)There was a local show called Captain Detroit that showed my picture on TV once when it was my birthday! I used to love that, too. And the Canadian Bozo the Clown...NOT the American one. They were different. The American one talked funny but the Canadian one was sweet. We got a lot of Canadian programming, being right on the border in Toledo and all.
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on 2006-07-21 08:18 pm (UTC)I saw Full House not too long ago and was 'oh yea, those were the times'.
The 70s cartoons are what I think of as 'nostalgia'.
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on 2006-07-23 11:29 pm (UTC)My favorites:
Woody Woodpecker
The Road Runner - This was very easily followed because there was no Voice Overs.
Sitcoms were :
Perfect Strangers
Full House
Family Matters
Who's the Boss
Kate and Allie
That's about it! After I got the closed captioning device, I watched a lot of movies...a LOT of movies. LOL! I hardly remember what I watched during the week, except for Who's the Boss and the TGIF on ABC channel.