but sometimes i wonder how some of the little jingles made it past the writers room?

prince tuesday putting on sunscreen, “take your time, it’s not a race, put it on your nose, cheeks, and forehead” … could we not have done “put it on your arms, legs, and your face!”

and this one… “there is so much to explore when you’re outside!” OUTDOORS was RIGHT there. that’s all.

The title. Also, I hate this series but my kids love them lol

Is it just the perspective or is that rabbit huge? Is it just me?

It's like Paw Patrol but not fucking annoying and teaches your kid to read

10/10

I had previously posted that her other music sucks. The truth is, her other music ( that I listened to which was only like 5 other videos. ) was just not as catchy to me as the potato song. And to say her other music sucks was a gross dramatic over statement. I wanted to add drama to my post and forget that REAL people are behind these video. People just like me.

I commend you Beth Jean for commenting on a post that may not have been in your favor. And I have learned my lesson. I am not a very smart person. I’m also old so I forget how the internet works sometimes. While that is not an excuse but it is the truth.

Beth Jean you put yourself out there in the silliest way to bring happiness to children and family. I would even go as far and to say the mashed potatoes song has brought me and my children closer. You deserve your time in the spot light.

It's like raaiiiiiin on your wedding day

I have been watching Bluey lately and i ahve been wondering about the currency conversion between dollarbucks and usd. I feel like dollarbucks are a super inflated currency because of how high the value of dollarbucks usually are compared to price of the goods and services that dollarbucks are usually spent on. I also believe that it is a currency without decimals kind of like the japanese yen due to how high the numbers are and the fact taht bluey and bingo probably do not know what a decimal is yet, but I also don't fully know. Nor do I feel like I am educated enough on both bluey lore aand real world currency to make a complete educated guess. Thank you

Its been what, 4 movies now? The creators clearly aren't going to give her a name besides female mummy or Murray's date anytime soon, so what do we think she should be called? I vote for Millie myself

It didn't happen on purpose. I watched Spirited Away as an adult years ago and disliked it; I remember liking the visuals and music but feeling like the story was just "arbitrary things happen". But My Neighbor Totoro (1988) came up in a list of good movies for younger kids, so we tried it. And holy shit, nothing happens in it.

Nothing happens, yet I and my children (5 y/o and 3 y/o) were enraptured by it.

Since then we've also watched Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), and to a lesser extent it's the same thing: the pace is so slow, and the stakes are so low, yet the whole family loved them.

To explain, let me summarize the plot of these movies as briefly as I can:

• My Neighbor Totoro: Two girls and their dad move to a house in the country to be closer to their mom in hospital. The girls encounter magical creatures.
  • Climax: The younger sister gets lost. The two deal with their feelings over their mom's illness.
• Kiki's Delivery Service: A young witch sets off to a new city to live on her own for a year. Has challenges integrating and finding work.
  • Climax: An airship crashes due to high winds. She doesn't save it, she just saves (with difficulty) one friend who was in danger.
• The Secret World of Arrietty: A family of doll-sized people live in secret under a house. A boy discovers them and tries to befriend them.
  • Climax: A mean adult captures the tiny mom. The tiny girl and the human boy work together to save her, and help the tiny family escape to find somewhere new to live.

And for comparison, here's my attempt at summarizing Frozen (2013) in the same way:

• Frozen: Two sisters are royalty. One has ice powers and is told to hide them. She can't hide them, and runs away, which makes things worse. Her sister goes to find her and help her.
  • Climax: People are trying to kill the girl with powers and take control of her kingdom. The sister's love saves them and makes things better again.

As you can see, the Ghibli movies sound pretty analogous to regular kid problems, whereas I can't explain Frozen without referencing things kids can't relate to at all (royalty, politics, supernatural powers). Yet you don't care that nothing happens in the Ghibli movie. Why? Well, I've been trying to put my finger on the reasons why. Here's what I've got:

1. They're stories kids can relate to. Totoro is about kids dealing with a difficult family situation. Kiki is about a kid grappling with independence and an emotional slump. Arrietty is about finding courage, understanding people different than you, and saying goodbye to friends when moving house. There's no romance, no evil plots, no adult protagonists, no princesses, no Chosen One, just challenges and struggles much like kids would encounter in their own lives.
2. The fantasy elements add to the story, but they don't define it. You could strip out the magic/fantasy elements and still basically tell the same story. I think this further helps kids relate to the story.
3. Kids can follow the dialogue. It's spoken conspicuously slowly and clearly in simple language, so kids can understand it and follow the plot.
4. The slow pace gives kids time to process. In one scene of My Neighbour Totoro, we spend like 30 seconds just on the mom telling the girl her hair is done up nicely and makes her look like mom. And then the scene ends. But it's not boring, because while it's happening, you're reflecting on what it says about their relationship; how highly the girl thinks of her mom, and how loving the mom is. Young kids in particular benefit from this time IMO, because they don't intuit these things like adults do; the slow pace gives them time to think about what just happened and what it means. It also gives adults time to reflect on the underlying themes that kids might not notice.
5. Not having much action means that when there is action, it's very tense. When a Disney movie shows the characters nearly dying a dozen times in a row in a wacky action scene, you lose all tension and then things need to be dialed up to gigantic stakes just to find some tension again. But in Kiki's Delivery Service, the climax is literally just Kiki flopping around trying to get control of an unfamiliar broom to try to grab her friend's hand so he doesn't fall to his death. 30 seconds of just that. And yet my 5 y/o had my arm in a vice and was shaking with fear, more scared than she's ever been watching a movie.

It's jarring now going back to a Disney kids movie that's full of wacky characters, fast witty dialogue, intense action scenes, a plot that young kids can't follow, and that's constantly flashing something new on the screen as if it's afraid it's about to lose the child's attention. And all my girls ask for now is to re-watch these Ghibli movies, so they seem to be feeling the same, at least for the time being.

I'm not saying Disney movies are bad by any means, but this made me realize that we'd been showing the kids a pretty narrow range of movie styles, and it's been a breath of fresh air to branch out to something different. I'd recommend My Neighbor Totoro for preschool / early school-aged kids since it's definitely the slowest and simplest, Kiki's Delivery Service and Arrietty worked well for us too, and we have Ponyo (2008) and The Cat Returns (2002) also on our list too. There are several other Studio Ghibli movies I haven't looked into, since the consensus on them seemed to be that they're best for older kids than mine.

I will also admit that, as a father of two girls, all three movies I mentioned above are ones with a teen/pre-teen girl protagonist who is coming of age and is courageous, kind, helpful, persistent, and overall just an admirable (yet realistically flawed) character, so it hits me right in the feels.

I would be happy to hear any other suggestions of kids movies that are similar in being slower and simpler yet no less entertaining!

He must like ska

I get that many dislike him because of that time he forgot to bring a toy car and borrowed Daniel’s, but hear me out:

When Chrissie was first introduced and Daniel was confused by her crutches Wednesday was ready to throw down for his cousin. Didn’t matter that it was his best friend or a literal tiger, he was going to throw hands to protect his cousin.

If you ask me it’s proof he is of good character and the true worthy heir of the iron throne.

Max and Ruby is a cute show…but where are the parents!? Max is up to all kinds of shenanigans and Ruby has to parent her little brother constantly. Poor Ruby!

Also Max usually speaks like a toddler (repeating one or two words) but then he’ll privately talk in full sentences and come up with all kinds of schemes. I think he’s faking dumb.

My kid was the one who said "Why is the web coming out of the mouth?"

I won’t be told otherwise.

Born this day, the 25th of October, 1978.

Let’s hope all his dreams of duck cake and scoring a try in rugby against his mates come true.

Just found out about this sub!

(referring to the original animated movie btw. I refuse to watch those shit remakes) When Lilo is being bullied by the other girls and asks to play dolls, they say “You don’t have a doll!” and Lilo presents Scrum. I always assumed it was supposed to be implying something about money, but — Lilo and Nani’s parents only died recently, and they have a huge house with tons of books, toys, furniture. Why wouldn’t Lilo have acquired a doll at some point?

You can pry my cheese out of my cold, dead hands, 90s diet culture!

Like many parents, I have been subjected to this atrocious torture, but I think I’ve figured out the core of why it’s so bad. It’s not just Peppa.

The reason I hate the show is my oldest likes to copy the “main character” energy the Pig family has. Like, everyone blames Peppa for being a brat and influencing their kids, but it’s the whole fucking family.

Like we have the “on holiday” Tonie or whatever it is. In the story:

Peppa’s friends go around the world on holiday.

The pig family’s car breaks down on the way to the park.

Miss Rabbit tows the car to fix it and lends them A FUCKING AIRPLANE.

Mommy Pig flies the airplane with ZERO formal training or regard for aviation safety. They’re apparently still going to the park, in a rampant abuse of private air travel on par with Taylor Swift.

She then violates the laws of physics by pulling the “handbrake”, causing the plane to instantly stop flying, somehow safely landing. In a jungle. With monkeys.

Ima go ahead and say they’re not in England any more.

Then, instead of going to the park, Peppa suggests they visit all her other friends, crashing THEIR holidays.

And mommy pig says “I don’t see why not”

Bitch, it’s NOT YOUR PLANE, and NONE of you are licensed pilots. Also, YOU WEREN’T FUCKING INVITED.

Anyways, now Daddy Pig decides to play pilot and flies them to the desert, where they meet up with Edmund Elephant and thoroughly piss off the elephant family by scaring off the lizards they were studying.

Then, if you can believe they found a jungle and a desert in England so they really didn’t go that far, THEY FLY TO THE FUCKING SOUTH POLE.

When they return, Peppa brags about the travels to Miss Rabbit and she says “Good thing I put petrol in it this morning!”

There is ZERO accountability for anyone in the Pig family, and I’m sick of it. There are countless episodes where this plays out to be true. The rest of the animals should be flooding the streets in protest until they face justice.