Modulated Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I am peeved that I don't really have any legitimate peeves today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 42 minutes ago, Modulated said: I am peeved that I don't really have any legitimate peeves today. Want to borrow one of mine? You don't need to return it. If you don't want to keep it, you can always pass it on. 🤭 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Janet Voxel said: I....grew...up...on...Barney..... Aww! I watched more Barney than I ever wanted to because my daughter loved him. I inwardly cringed at his sugary sweet vapidness, but he was a dinosaur and my daughter just loved all things dinosaur. I was so glad when she moved on to The Land Before Time and Disney's Dinosaur, followed by the Jurassic Park series of movies. I've watched a lot of children's television, over the years, most of which I liked, but not Barney. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 My son and I used to love watching Blue's Clues. He recently showed me a video from Steve Burns that explained why he left the show. Don't tell anyone but my son got a little misty-eyed while we were watching. Some shows leave a lasting impression 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar Legion Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 My patience with specific types of near-trollish users/posters is wearing incredibly thin these days. A good thing this forum has the rules it does .... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, kali Wylder said: The Land Before Time I actually enjoyed those - maybe not as much as my son, but they were definitely better than Barney. My son learned how to work the VCR at a very young age. I used to leave a bowl of dry Cheerios on the kitchen table and a sippy cup of fruit juice in the fridge. He'd get up on Sat mornings, grab those two things and go sit down to watch the various Land Before Time movies. It would usually buy me an extra hour or two of sleep on the weekends. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 24 minutes ago, kali Wylder said: Aww! I watched more Barney than I ever wanted to because my daughter loved him. I inwardly cringed at his sugary sweet vapidness, but he was a dinosaur and my daughter just loved all things dinosaur. I was so glad when she moved on to The Land Before Time and Disney's Dinosaur, followed by the Jurassic Park series of movies. I've watched a lot of children's television, over the years, most of which I liked, but not Barney. Might I appeal to your appreciation of irony, Kali?https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmzgbw/the-guy-who-played-barney-the-dinosaur-now-runs-a-tantric-sex-business 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, Solar Legion said: My patience with specific types of near-trollish users/posters is wearing incredibly thin these days. A good thing this forum has the rules it does .... /me skulks out the door . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar Legion Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: /me skulks out the door . . . *snorts* I don't classify you as such. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: I actually enjoyed those - maybe not as much as my son, but they were definitely better than Barney. My son learned how to work the VCR at a very young age. I used to leave a bowl of dry Cheerios on the kitchen table and a sippy cup of fruit juice in the fridge. He'd get up on Sat mornings, grab those two things and go sit down to watch the various Land Before Time movies. It would usually buy me an extra hour or two of sleep on the weekends. Yes, I enjoyed them too. To this day we still talk about long necks (my favorite) and sharp tooths (daughter's fave). And I just adored Ducky! After the 500th time they wore a bit thin, but, I have fond memories of the pleasure and excitement my daughter had when a new one would come out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, Solar Legion said: *snorts* I don't classify you as such. Thank you. 🙂 What if I still want to skulk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Mistwood Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Speaking of children's shows, I was peeved when Wishbone was taken off the air. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Voxel Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, kali Wylder said: Aww! I watched more Barney than I ever wanted to because my daughter loved him. I inwardly cringed at his sugary sweet vapidness, but he was a dinosaur and my daughter just loved all things dinosaur. I was so glad when she moved on to The Land Before Time and Disney's Dinosaur, followed by the Jurassic Park series of movies. I've watched a lot of children's television, over the years, most of which I liked, but not Barney. Looking back at it, it was cringe. But to a 4 year old in 1992….well …it was gold. Edited January 16, 2022 by Janet Voxel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said: Speaking of children's shows, I was peeved when Wishbone was taken off the air. I would actually get up on Saturday mornings and watch it with my kids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, Janet Voxel said: Looking back at it, it was cringe. But to a 4 year old in 1992….well …it was gold. You're the same age as my daughter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leora Greenwood Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 minute ago, LittleMe Jewell said: You're the same age as my daughter. hahahahaa, mine too, and she is my baby! She still loves dinosaurs; I just sent her a T-Rex cartoon this morning... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, Janet Voxel said: Looking back at it, it was cringe. But to a 4 year old in 1992….well …it was gold. My daughter was born in '92. She also cringes now about Barney. In fact there are were some shows that I enjoyed more than her, like The Wild Thornberrys and The Rugrats and Sesame Street. I was sad when she didn't want to watch Sesame Street anymore. And Mr. Rogers was my hero, even though she never really got into him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Leora Greenwood said: hahahahaa, mine too, and she is my baby! She still loves dinosaurs; I just sent her a T-Rex cartoon this morning... My baby too! Rhat early attachment to dinosaurs is still holding strong 29 years later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, kali Wylder said: And Mr. Rogers was my hero, even though she never really got into him. I grew up without a TV in the house, so missed a lot (or very little?). I'm sure I'd heard of Mr. Rogers from friends, but I don't think I actually saw him until I got to college where the local PBS station was often playing in the student lounge. I quickly became a fan of Mr. McFeely and his "How People Make Things” tours A few years later, when I had my own engineering team, I'd wheel a TV cart into the lab on Tuesday mornings so we could all watch how things were made. I don't know that we actually learned anything we didn't already know, but you can't put a price on telling the marketing department that you're learning how to design defibrillators by watching Mr. Rogers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 It's Sunday. I'm sure the backlash will commence shortly. Stay tuned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 52 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: I'd wheel a TV cart into the lab on Tuesday mornings so we could all watch how things were made. https://www.sciencechannel.com/show/how-its-made-science 24 seasons 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I don't have (and at this stage, won't have) kids, but I do have nieces with whom I've always been strongly connected, so, back in the day, I did watch a fair number of kid's TV shows with them. I'm not sure about the current state of the art, but 15 years ago or so . . . wow, children's TV was better than it was when I was a kid! Arthur, for instance, is absolutely brilliant. (I also read some of the books to my nieces.) There was another that was about a family of cats, set in ancient China, and one called George Shrinks, based on a book, that was pretty good too. I think there were others that really impressed me, but those are the ones I remember offhand. But honestly, nothing can ever top Sesame Street. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Madelaine McMasters said: I grew up without a TV in the house, so missed a lot (or very little?). I'm sure I'd heard of Mr. Rogers from friends, but I don't think I actually saw him until I got to college where the local PBS station was often playing in the student lounge. I quickly became a fan of Mr. McFeely and his "How People Make Things” tours A few years later, when I had my own engineering team, I'd wheel a TV cart into the lab on Tuesday mornings so we could all watch how things were made. I don't know that we actually learned anything we didn't already know, but you can't put a price on telling the marketing department that you're learning how to design defibrillators by watching Mr. Rogers. I didn't meet Mr. Rogers until I started babysitting. I can remember my fascination with how enraptured the little boy I baby sat was as Mr. Rogers talked to him. Later I bought a book he wrote and read articles about him and just generally followed his career. Naturally I put him on for my daughter, but she relates better to animals than people and she was not a fan. Dinosaurs, not puppets were her thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: But honestly, nothing can ever top Sesame Street. I've never actually seen an episode of Sesame Street. While you did, I was out in the barn on sultry summer evenings, watching stuff like this... I'm probably making this up, but dinner on the patio before the movie was likely to have something like this playing in the background... Edited January 16, 2022 by Madelaine McMasters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, kali Wylder said: Dinosaurs, not puppets were her thing. I'm too lazy to dig around in the attic to fetch it for a photograph, but I do have a dinosaur hand puppet. Edited January 16, 2022 by Madelaine McMasters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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