A man in Oregon tied 105 helium balloons to a lawn chair, and flew into Idaho, 193 miles away. Do you believe that? A man tied 105 helium ballons to a lawn chair, and flew into Idaho! He flew 193 miles. In a lawn chair, with balloons tied to it.
He used 105 balloons. That's a lot. Can you count to 193? Can you say "Idaho?" Good!
Sorry.
I needed to get some work done on my car, and spent an hour and a half sitting in the customer lounge at the dealership, where a small girl was watching "Dora the Explorer" and related shows on tv, with the volume turned way up. To paraphrase Travis Hime, this show has very low entropy. And now I feel like repeating every goddamn thing I say three times...
To be fair, it was an improvement over the Tyra Banks show, which was on before the little girl and her father came in. Which really says something about Tyra Banks, and what it says isn't good.
If this is the current state of children's television, now I know why I have to explain everything three times in my classes. Honestly, was Sesame Street this annoying?
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How can you not love Dora the Explorer? What are you, some kind of monster?
He didn't reach Idaho.
If this is the current state of children's television, now I know why I have to explain everything three times in my classes. Honestly, was Sesame Street this annoying?
I don't know about annoying, but repetitive? Don't you remember,
"Near! ...................................... Far!"
" ............................................ Near!"
" ............................................ Far!"
" ............................................ Near!"
" ............................................ Far!"
That sketch consisted of nothing but Grover running towards and away from the camera, until he passed out. I wonder if it's on YouTube.
I recently saw a comedian riffing on the theme song of Dora's map ("Map")
"I'm the Map, I'm the Map, I'm the Map, I'm the Map,
I'm the Map, I'm the Map, I'm the Map, I'm the Map,
I'M THE MAAAAAP!!!"
Brilliant. And here I worry about my songwriting skills.
I think that the closest I've yet to come to experiencing true insanity is watching that show with my little sister. Especially the map. I don't think I've ever been exposed to anything more annoying. I honestly wonder about the people who make it (presumably adults who are presumably on some serious drugs).
I don't know about annoying, but repetitive? Don't you remember,
"Near! ...................................... Far!"
That sketch consisted of nothing but Grover running towards and away from the camera, until he passed out.
Sure, but that was actually vaguely funny, what with Grover running out of steam toward the end.
Also, they didn't finish the sketch, and then do exactly the same thing a second time.
I wonder if it's on YouTube.
I didn't see it, but here's first and last, which is the same basic idea.
The thing about Sesame Street is that they had bits in there that were sort of amusing to adults that were stuck watching the show, too. Dora the Explorer had none of that.
think that the closest I've yet to come to experiencing true insanity is watching that show with my little sister. Especially the map. I don't think I've ever been exposed to anything more annoying. I honestly wonder about the people who make it (presumably adults who are presumably on some serious drugs).
I have to say, my first reaction when I saw the Tellytubbies was "If I smoked a whole lot of pot, I bet this would seem like the greatest show ever..."
Sadly, I don't smoke dope, so it's just annoying.
Fortunately there are some good children's TV shows, just enough for the little we let our kids watch. Reading Rainbow with Geordi LaForge (er, LeVar Burton), Sesame Street, Jakers, these work well and aren't annoying. Otherwise, throw the kids outside to play.
Little Einsteins - which is our 4 year-old's addiction - is surprisingly informative on a variety of topics, even if it has an annoying theme song after the hundredth repetition :).
My daughter (3 year old) is totally into Dora The Explorer. When I put her in front of the DVD she'll be quiet for a few hours. (Driving her 12 year old sister crazy in the process.)
The non-English versions have an extra "feature" (the Dutch version at least): some phrases are spoken in English (actually, alternating in English and the other language).
This is supposed to help the children to learn English. I just think it's annoying.
Have you seen Saturday Night Live's take on Dora?