Ladies and Gentlemen: the world is a changing . More importantly , the realm of TV is changing . And even more specifically, the realm of children’s television … is evolving . What I am talking about are the types of characters, subject matter, and the types of stories of cartoons during the period when my parents were kids verses the cartoons that my little sisters watch. Even the cartoons I watched as a kid were a lot different than the cartoons enjoyed my parents and sisters.
My father was telling me the other day that she used to enjoy the cartoon “Strawberry Shortcake” when she was a small one ; a made up little strawberry themed character that was featured onchildren’sgreeting cards and,eventually made intfigurines and various trinkets . In fact , Strawberry Shortcake resurfaced in 2009 as atelevisionseries; …it all becomes full circle.
Now, when I was little , growing up and getting older in the late nineties (early two-thousands) – an example of a popular children’s television show was The Wiggles. Imagine someone were to take the Beatles, and tried resetting all of their brains back to 1st grade, and then giving them all fluorescent long sleeve t-shirts … then you have Wiggles. However, no children’s show creeps me out more than Yo Gabba Gabba , a show where the featured characters are giant mascot-like alien-looking creatures. Yo Gabba Gabba was made by Christian Jacobs; frontman of an punk rock band The Aquabats . The show is ridiculous ; filmed so wacky that it seems like a music video for MGMT – Ironically, MGMT is responsible for half of the shows soundtrack ! Even Tony Hawk was featured on an episode. I went to my family’s house the other day and saw my sister playing with Yo Gabba Gabba toys; she lovesit. Honestly, the show speaks for itself so, all I’m going to say is: go see an episode, you won’t forget it.