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I also love Bluey but I think we might be somewhat biased, because it clearly makes an effort to cater to adults as well (most chapters can be seen as being abo

I also love Bluey but I think we might be somewhat biased, because it clearly makes an effort to cater to adults as well (most chapters can be seen as being about parenting, and sometimes contain non-obvious lessons for parents). Perhaps from the viewpoint of a child it wouldn't be so superior to other cartoons. Although it does have the quite objective advantage of not being overstimulating. Most current cartoons look overwhelmingly overstimulating for me as an adult, and move at such a fast pace that in some I can barely follow the action, and we throw them at small kids...

aequitas 3y ago
My kids really love this show, coincidentally it's even on at this moment. Regarding the parenting lessons, they resonate with the kids as well. There was an episode after which one of our kids compared the story of an episode with something that happened in our household and it gave us a nice chance to talk about it on their level. The Bluey writers really do a terrific job. My kids never learned a lesson from Paw Patrol, except wanting to buy their merchandise.
- Waterluvian 3y ago
  Mom and I had a really emotional moment when 4yo was getting incredibly discouraged that he couldn’t hit the baseball but his older brother could. And 6yo just went to him and said “it’s okay! Run your own race.”
russdill 3y ago
A kids show that can include a moment about pregnancy loss for the parents is quite the thing to behold.
- konschubert 3y ago
  Yes. This show is on another level.
Waterluvian 3y ago
There are entire episodes of Bluey that are pretty much therapy for parents. And there’s episodes that celebrate being a parent. There's even episodes that bring tears to my eyes every time, even having seen them half a dozen times. - Baby Race - Bike - Camping - Flat Pack (how do they tell a story that deep in six minutes?!) - Sleepytime (yep, welling up just thinking about it now) - Rain - Granddad
- konschubert 3y ago
  My three year old wants to watch sleepytime every day and somehow I don’t mind it.
autoexec 3y ago
> and move at such a fast pace that in some I can barely follow the action, and we throw them at small kids... I love animation so I end up watching a ton of cartoons and I have to agree that shows these days can move way too fast. You can tell a whole story in a 5-15 minute episode, but telling a story well in that time takes serious talent and I'd love to see what talented writers like that could do with a story that had room to breathe. It matters a lot less for shows with little if any continuity but serious story telling needs a lot more time. I'd feel better about it if there were a bunch of animated shows with 40-60 run times to balance things out. One good thing I'll say about hyper-fast paced animation is that it forces the audience to fill in a lot of blanks on their own. That could engage a kid's imagination if they take the time. I get the feeling that it's the older audiences who tend to go nuts with that though.
omnicognate 3y ago
Bluey is by far my kids' favorite show, FWIW.
RandallBrown 3y ago
> Perhaps from the viewpoint of a child it wouldn't be so superior to other cartoons. My friend's son LOVES Bluey. When it's on TV or a phone he'll stare at it without blinking for as long as it's on. I didn't notice it until another friend asked why he was crying and his dad told us he just doesn't blink when Bluey is on.
- Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
  Just to clarify, I didn't want to imply that it cannot be great from the viewpoint of the kids. Just that for most parents it tends to be the uncontested best among shows for that age, miles ahead of any competitor without a second thought (an opinion that I myself share) while for kids it's probably just one more that some may prefer while others don't. My son does like it quite a lot, and it prefers it to many others such as Dora, Spongebob, Paw Patrol or the infamous Peppa Pig, but he will choose PJ Masks or Superkitties over Bluey, and those two I find... not very good, to be honest. Especially Superkitties. Your friend's son has great taste in cartoons, although not blinking might be taking it a bit too far :)

aequitas 3y ago

My kids really love this show, coincidentally it's even on at this moment. Regarding the parenting lessons, they resonate with the kids as well. There was an episode after which one of our kids compared the story of an episode with something that happened in our household and it gave us a nice chance to talk about it on their level. The Bluey writers really do a terrific job. My kids never learned a lesson from Paw Patrol, except wanting to buy their merchandise.

Waterluvian 3y ago
Mom and I had a really emotional moment when 4yo was getting incredibly discouraged that he couldn’t hit the baseball but his older brother could. And 6yo just went to him and said “it’s okay! Run your own race.”

russdill 3y ago

A kids show that can include a moment about pregnancy loss for the parents is quite the thing to behold.

konschubert 3y ago
Yes. This show is on another level.

Waterluvian 3y ago

There are entire episodes of Bluey that are pretty much therapy for parents. And there’s episodes that celebrate being a parent. There's even episodes that bring tears to my eyes every time, even having seen them half a dozen times. - Baby Race - Bike - Camping - Flat Pack (how do they tell a story that deep in six minutes?!) - Sleepytime (yep, welling up just thinking about it now) - Rain - Granddad

konschubert 3y ago
My three year old wants to watch sleepytime every day and somehow I don’t mind it.

autoexec 3y ago

> and move at such a fast pace that in some I can barely follow the action, and we throw them at small kids... I love animation so I end up watching a ton of cartoons and I have to agree that shows these days can move way too fast. You can tell a whole story in a 5-15 minute episode, but telling a story well in that time takes serious talent and I'd love to see what talented writers like that could do with a story that had room to breathe. It matters a lot less for shows with little if any continuity but serious story telling needs a lot more time. I'd feel better about it if there were a bunch of animated shows with 40-60 run times to balance things out. One good thing I'll say about hyper-fast paced animation is that it forces the audience to fill in a lot of blanks on their own. That could engage a kid's imagination if they take the time. I get the feeling that it's the older audiences who tend to go nuts with that though.

omnicognate 3y ago

Bluey is by far my kids' favorite show, FWIW.

RandallBrown 3y ago

> Perhaps from the viewpoint of a child it wouldn't be so superior to other cartoons. My friend's son LOVES Bluey. When it's on TV or a phone he'll stare at it without blinking for as long as it's on. I didn't notice it until another friend asked why he was crying and his dad told us he just doesn't blink when Bluey is on.

Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
Just to clarify, I didn't want to imply that it cannot be great from the viewpoint of the kids. Just that for most parents it tends to be the uncontested best among shows for that age, miles ahead of any competitor without a second thought (an opinion that I myself share) while for kids it's probably just one more that some may prefer while others don't. My son does like it quite a lot, and it prefers it to many others such as Dora, Spongebob, Paw Patrol or the infamous Peppa Pig, but he will choose PJ Masks or Superkitties over Bluey, and those two I find... not very good, to be honest. Especially Superkitties. Your friend's son has great taste in cartoons, although not blinking might be taking it a bit too far :)