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Daniel Tiger’s certainly no replacement for it. And heavy auto-tuning in kids’ entertainment really bugs me. Let them hear natural human voices.

duncan-donuts 7y ago
Still gotta admit PBS’s current kid television is way better than anything on Disney/Nickelodeon. We only have an antenna a we watch a lot of PBS. I really, really dislike the kids shows on Disney/Nickelodeon
- spookthesunset 7y ago
  Agree. Paw Patrol is like crack for kids. It is mostly addictive filler designed to get them to buy a bunch of toys. The difference between Paw Patrol and Daniel Tiger is night and day.
  - humanrebar 7y ago
    Dunno. Paw Patrol demonstrates a lot of teamwork and proactive attitudes.
    - iso947 7y ago
      Also unpaid exploitation of children by an incompetent authority
    - iso947 7y ago
      Also seems to inspire 3 year olds to save the day https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50851639 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50851639
- catalogia 7y ago
  PBS is fortunate that Disney/Nickelodeon are so egregiously bad they make anybody else look good. Shit, even the toy-shilling 'saturday morning' cartoons of the 80s weren't as bad.
  - Consultant32452 7y ago
    This is something I've been puzzling about for a while. Marketing is evolving every generation but human perception/brains is not. People get PhDs in this stuff. We don't seem to be building better defenses, either biologically or culturally, against the ever improving marketers. There's no telling what the end result will be, but I'm not looking forward to finding out.
  - aidenn0 7y ago
    I don't know... I rewatched Thundercats as an adult and I'm not sure how I ever enjoyed watching it...
    - catalogia 7y ago
      The exploitative intent was certainly present back then, but they weren't as good at it as they are today. The degenerate science of advertising to children has only grown more advanced.
- jimktrains2 7y ago
  Nature cat is decent. I really, really liked the recent Christmas episode and the message it had
jimktrains2 7y ago
Autotune seems to be antithetical to the basic themes (e.g. it's ok to be yourself and mistakes are ok) of Daniel tiger and Mr Rogers. It really, really bothers me when I hear it.

duncan-donuts 7y ago

Still gotta admit PBS’s current kid television is way better than anything on Disney/Nickelodeon. We only have an antenna a we watch a lot of PBS. I really, really dislike the kids shows on Disney/Nickelodeon

spookthesunset 7y ago
Agree. Paw Patrol is like crack for kids. It is mostly addictive filler designed to get them to buy a bunch of toys. The difference between Paw Patrol and Daniel Tiger is night and day.
- humanrebar 7y ago
  Dunno. Paw Patrol demonstrates a lot of teamwork and proactive attitudes.
  - iso947 7y ago
    Also unpaid exploitation of children by an incompetent authority
  - iso947 7y ago
    Also seems to inspire 3 year olds to save the day https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50851639 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50851639
catalogia 7y ago
PBS is fortunate that Disney/Nickelodeon are so egregiously bad they make anybody else look good. Shit, even the toy-shilling 'saturday morning' cartoons of the 80s weren't as bad.
- Consultant32452 7y ago
  This is something I've been puzzling about for a while. Marketing is evolving every generation but human perception/brains is not. People get PhDs in this stuff. We don't seem to be building better defenses, either biologically or culturally, against the ever improving marketers. There's no telling what the end result will be, but I'm not looking forward to finding out.
- aidenn0 7y ago
  I don't know... I rewatched Thundercats as an adult and I'm not sure how I ever enjoyed watching it...
  - catalogia 7y ago
    The exploitative intent was certainly present back then, but they weren't as good at it as they are today. The degenerate science of advertising to children has only grown more advanced.
jimktrains2 7y ago
Nature cat is decent. I really, really liked the recent Christmas episode and the message it had

jimktrains2 7y ago

Autotune seems to be antithetical to the basic themes (e.g. it's ok to be yourself and mistakes are ok) of Daniel tiger and Mr Rogers. It really, really bothers me when I hear it.