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Peep and the Big Wide World
Category: Entertainment • Science
Posted on: November 18, 2006 7:41 AM, by PZ Myers
A reader conspires to make me feel old—I don't have any little kids running around in my house anymore, so I've completely missed this new cartoon, Peep and the Big Wide World. It's a science program for pre-schoolers! They've got sample videos online, and a list of science-related books. It looks like they do exactly the right thing, encouraging kids to observe and experiment and most importantly, ask questions.
Darn kids. Why'd they have to grow up and stop being my excuse to sit down and watch morning cartoons?
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Posted by: dale | November 18, 2006 9:02 AM
I have happened upon this cartoon before, and its characters are impossibly cute. Good to know they are helping kids to tackle science early.
Posted by: BlueIndependent | November 18, 2006 11:20 AM
Who says you need an excuse to watch morning cartoons?
Posted by: John H. Morrison | November 18, 2006 12:36 PM
Why'd they have to grow up and stop being my excuse to sit down and watch morning cartoons?
When I was a child, my cruel, heartless parents would abuse me terribly by refusing to allow me to eat as much candy as I wanted or watch cartoons whenever I wanted. It was just awful. (Why do I sense a lack of sympathy here?...)
In any case, I promised myself that when I was old enough to be autonomous, I would watch cartoons whenever I wanted.
I figure if I can't even keep a promise to myself, who else could possibly trust me?...
Posted by: SMC | November 18, 2006 12:58 PM
Why do you need an excuse to watch cartoons?? ;)
Posted by: Jerome | November 18, 2006 1:06 PM
` Maybe he just forgets....
Posted by: Spoony Quine | November 18, 2006 1:19 PM
Peep is awesome. I highly recommend it even for grown-ups, because the duck, Quack, is HILARIOUS. Yesterday they had an episode called "The Many Moons of Quack the Duck" which appeared to be a reflection of the creation/evolution "debate", and it was so funny.
Try to Tivo it, you will love it. (You'll have to fast-forward through the penquin segment at the beginning to get to Peep. Then there will be two Peep episodes per show.)
Posted by: Beth | November 18, 2006 2:20 PM
Chirp: All right! Prove it! Prove there's more than one moon!
Quack: Ok, I will. (To a beaver:) Excuse me! There's more than one moon, right?
Beaver: Oh, sure.
Quack: There! Scientific proof.
Chirp: Asking a beaver is NOT scientific.
Posted by: Beth | November 18, 2006 2:33 PM
Well, maybe the perk of watching cartoons with grandchildren will someday make up for the joy of the aging process. ;^)
Posted by: Mena | November 18, 2006 3:10 PM
The Angry Beavers- It doesn't get any better than that.
Posted by: E-gal | November 18, 2006 7:59 PM
SMC said:
"When I was a child, my cruel, heartless parents would abuse me terribly by refusing to allow me to eat as much candy as I wanted or watch cartoons whenever I wanted. It was just awful."
I actually grew up with a father who let me and my sister eat as much cake as we wanted and let us watch cartoons all day long. He even is an animator so we even got to MAKE our own cartoon films. I'm not kidding. He also got norways largest, private collection of cartoons, you know, for reading. Thinking back on it now, makes me realise I was born into heaven.
Posted by: Magnus | November 18, 2006 11:06 PM
I catch another good kids' show on PBS sometimes; it's not a cartoon, but a puppet-type thing, like the Muppets. It's called "It's a Big, Big World". It focuses a lot on ecological/environmental issues. Ecological niches, plant and animal biology, etc. Good stuff. I like good, quality science stuff for kids.
Posted by: Bridgetka | November 19, 2006 12:03 AM
Narrated by Joan Cusack? That clinches it... my kids may not be the target age anymore, but Peep is going on the TiVo schedule stat.
Posted by: RedMolly | November 19, 2006 9:46 PM