er.... WTF?
Jagged, have you been taking Wolfy's crazy pills?

no i think he's stolen taw's pills.

but the wiggles are kinda weird - actually super weird. i do believe they are aussies *hangs head in shame*

I'm glad I only watch the news in the mornings, tv sounds too strange these days.

I would much rather have my small children watch The Wiggles than Barney or the Teletubbies. I've only seen it once but it seemed like a fun show for little kids. The funniest thing about it was that one of the guys was pitted out. That was when I figured out it came from Austraila. No one would be allowed to pit out in an American show (except for sports, or if it was on purpose) and the guys had straight teeth so I figured it didn't come from England.

Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!!

@Ugn.

Are they like Raffi ? Reason why I ask is because I've got a little one and am not looking forward to when she wants to get glued to the TV. Am hoping to be able to pry her away from it for long healthy chunks of time.

I kind of got a little "odd" sense about Raffi. Trim young guy with a beard wearing an aloha shirt, jeans, slippers and a guitar singing kiddy songs on stage.
It kind of creeped me out a little.

She's still too little to sit down and watch tv without getting impatient and I'm hoping it stays that way. We let her watch Raffi tapes every now and then because of the songs. Have you watched the Wiggles much?

Edited by - Indy11 on 6/7/2004 1:11:54 PM

No I didn't take Taw's pills. I thought it was just stupid and I felt like I needed to taunt them.

Uh-huuh. So, when do the nice men in white coats come to take you to the happy hotel?

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Ohhh! Beu-tiful! Preeety! How do I blow it up?

I guess that they are "good clean fun" for the kids, but I find their antics rather irritating. Also, I hate skivvies! (don't ask ).

Shadow, don't steal things from cartton network, they're not worth it

Just don't sit your kid down n front of an episode of Boobah, that could seriously mess up a small childs head.
Think Teletubbies, but the entire staff producing it are high. There's swirling psychedelic colours and wierd furry spherical people who start to line dance while their heads pop in and out of their bodies and their huge eyes twitch from side to side.

Australia's hottest export, eh Esky?

Viator - Traveller of both time and space (mostly space, time screws up when i try and go backwards...)
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@Rec,

Interesting you mention the psychedelic thing. I just saw a medical study, a real one which is beginning to connect early television viewing by kids with some forms of autistic abnormality. The study basically pointed to flashy and quick visual effects that are "disassociative" with what one normally sees in real life and that have a kind of hypnotic (but not really hypnosis) effect on the viewer.

Boomba? Haven't heard of it. Will look it up to see what its all about. I just wish my kid was developed enough to watch Sponge Bob with me.

I don't really take much stock in these researchers that say little kids shouldn't watch too much TV. I watched Sesame Street everyday until I was 6 or 7 (my mom laments the fact that there was no such thing as a VCR back then because she would have been able to let me watch Sesame Street all day), and I think I'm pretty well adjusted. I got a 3.8 in High School and I scored in the 99 percentile on the PSAT SAT and ACT, I was a National Merit Finalist, and I have a degree in Electrical Engineering. I don't like to toot my own horn, but my point is TV didn't ruin me.

Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!!

Here you go Indy, the online Boohbah experience. It's strangely addictive