Problems with the TV show Arthur

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54 40 or fuck: Jan 4, 2012; No Yanda's allowed

yo gabba gabba has some catchy and easy remember songs that kids like and it's easy to find yourself singing the "try it, you'll like it" song through gritted teeth, half insane because the two year old had suddenly decided they aggressively hate the banana they just asked for as a monster named Brobee dances to Ladytron, who is singing about dental hygiene

54 40 or fuck fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Oct 29, 2016

# ? Oct 29, 2016 10:27

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Sponge Baathist: Jan 30, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

Dental hygiene is a big topic in hip hop

# ? Oct 29, 2016 10:30

JIZZ DENOUEMENT: Oct 3, 2012; STRIKE!

I vaguely recall one of my friends linking me a really funny macro or forums post screen cap about the cartoon show arthur and it being really funny. Anyone got a link?

# ? Oct 29, 2016 11:07

Guy Mann: Mar 28, 2016; by Lowtax

ScratchAndSniff posted:

Nick Jr. shows back then had some really dark stuff. There is no way that kind of thing would fly today.

Gridlocked posted:

I have a friend whose daughter is in prep school (that's 5 years old for non-Aus) and has been brought up on The Disney Channel.

What happened to Sesame Street, Arthur and Playschool (again I guess that's like, Mister Rodgers but for Australians.,, kinda)?

Now instead of having Big Bird teach her how to count while interacting with a variety of people from different cultural backgrounds and learning a bit about the world she has a group of irresponsible children with no parental supervision telling her that counting to 3 is important to find treasure cause PIRATES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYAuR5bkIlQ

# ? Oct 29, 2016 11:55

Robot Randy: Dec 31, 2011; by Lowtax

Sponge Baathist posted:

Dental hygiene is a big topic in hip hop

this owns

# ? Oct 29, 2016 12:17

social vegan: Nov 7, 2014

Eat the ants

# ? Oct 29, 2016 12:38

Digamma-F-Wau: Mar 22, 2016; It is curious and wants to accept all kinds of challenges

Screw all y'all Bear and the Big Blue House, Out of the Box, PB&J Otter, and Rollie Pollie Ollie were all good (or at bare minimum not so poo poo that even a kid would find them lovely)

# ? Oct 29, 2016 16:01

ghost host: Apr 17, 2010; ain't got no cash
ain't go no style

# ? Oct 29, 2016 22:01

flick my Mr. Bean: Nov 18, 2014

Kuato posted:

Binky does not seem to be an actual bully.

Binky is portrayed as being a bully to some extent, however he is never actually seen being a bully, at least not in the episodes I've watched. He's actually a complex person with similar interests (arguably more cultured interests, with proof being his interest in the clarinet) to the rest of the group. However he is pigeonholed as being a bully. A part of this definitely seems to be based on class, so is he part of this indentured class of people that may possibly exist, as mentioned above?

Binky is portrayed as a bully because of his large size and large jaw, i.e. a "meathead"

It's body shaming and it's bullying

# ? Oct 29, 2016 23:31

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

meet girls at the store posted:

Wait so Binky is a bully and he is literally a bulldog. That's racial profiling.

Molly was a rabbit and a bully, or possibly a frenemy/love interest.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 00:15

OXBALLS DOT COM: Sep 11, 2005; by FactsAreUseless; Young Orc

Say Nothing posted:

Molly was a rabbit and a bully, or possibly a frenemy/love interest.

Hmm would

# ? Oct 30, 2016 00:17

Kuato: Feb 25, 2005; "I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"; Buglord

Quick Draw McGraw posted:

Hmm would

# ? Oct 30, 2016 00:20

Digamma-F-Wau: Mar 22, 2016; It is curious and wants to accept all kinds of challenges

Quick Draw McGraw posted:

Hmm would

# ? Oct 30, 2016 00:23

Sponge Baathist: Jan 30, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

Kuato posted:

This, but the guy just keeps walking

# ? Oct 30, 2016 00:39

54 40 or fuck: Jan 4, 2012; No Yanda's allowed

Quick Draw McGraw posted:

Hmm would

# ? Oct 30, 2016 00:55

Dreddout: Oct 1, 2015; You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

luv 2 date boys posted:

# ? Oct 30, 2016 01:09

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Nah.

Say Nothing fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Nov 2, 2016

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:12

Digamma-F-Wau: Mar 22, 2016; It is curious and wants to accept all kinds of challenges

Say Nothing posted:

There's apparently a whole genre of fan art dedicated to that swimsuit, so you are not alone in your perversion.

Kuato posted:

The Ayshkerbundy posted:

54 40 or gently caress posted:

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:13

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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egad

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:22

Iron Prince: Aug 28, 2005; Buglord

The Ayshkerbundy posted:

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:23

54 40 or fuck: Jan 4, 2012; No Yanda's allowed

Say Nothing posted:

There's apparently a whole genre of fan art dedicated to that swimsuit, so you are not alone in your perversion.

Say Nothing, why could you not take your own advice here.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:25

DoctorStrangelove: Jun 7, 2012; IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

Quick Draw McGraw posted:

Hmm would

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:26

DrPossum: May 15, 2004; i am not a surgeon

DoctorStrangelove posted:

edit: this but the "im defective" sense

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:30

Sponge Baathist: Jan 30, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Oct 30, 2016 02:29

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Nope.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Say Nothing fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Nov 2, 2016

# ? Oct 30, 2016 03:37

Digamma-F-Wau: Mar 22, 2016; It is curious and wants to accept all kinds of challenges

Say Nothing posted:

I just trying to make the world a worse place.

Okay y'see the problem here is that here the girl rabbit's been aged of so it's marginally less creepy and thus this post is not having as negative of an effect as if you were to post art with the rabbit girl the same age as the cartoon :eng101:

# ? Oct 30, 2016 03:38

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

Say Nothing posted:

I'm just trying to make the world a worse place.

pls no

# ? Oct 30, 2016 03:42

Cockmaster: Feb 24, 2002

Gridlocked posted:

I have a friend whose daughter is in prep school (that's 5 years old for non-Aus) and has been brought up on The Disney Channel.

What happened to Sesame Street, Arthur and Playschool (again I guess that's like, Mister Rodgers but for Australians.,, kinda)?

Now instead of having Big Bird teach her how to count while interacting with a variety of people from different cultural backgrounds and learning a bit about the world she has a group of irresponsible children with no parental supervision telling her that counting to 3 is important to find treasure cause PIRATES.

Is Sesame Street not airing anymore in Australia? Last I checked, it's still going strong in the US.

And is anyone familiar with Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood? It's supposed to be based on the Land of Make-Believe from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, but when I took a look at it, it felt like just another preschool-kid-oriented show - little more than a cheap shot for name recognition.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 03:44

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

diabeetz posted:

Man I remember watching Magic School bus usually Bill Nye would come on afterwards, those were the days. I really wish I could find video of this other old show I used to watch called Bonehead Detectives which had one of the kids from Pete & Pete on it

# ? Oct 30, 2016 04:06

Guy Mann: Mar 28, 2016; by Lowtax

Say Nothing posted:

I'm just trying to make the world a worse place.

This thread was way better when it was just people stealing memes from Tumblr and not sharing their furry JO material "ironically" whilst complaining about Kids These Days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KjTc0JIDyg

# ? Oct 30, 2016 04:30

Iron Prince: Aug 28, 2005; Buglord

dammit, goons just have to gently caress up every thread.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 04:32

Digamma-F-Wau: Mar 22, 2016; It is curious and wants to accept all kinds of challenges

Guy Mann posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KjTc0JIDyg

Me listening to that video:

# ? Oct 30, 2016 04:36

SpiderHyphenMan: Apr 1, 2010; by Fluffdaddy

Remember that episode where Arthur becomes obsessed with that Telletubbies rip-off called Love Ducks and it has all this psychedelic imagery in it and when he finally admits to his friends that he likes it they're all like "oh yeah, that's the good poo poo"? I remember that one.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 04:45

Munchables: Feb 8, 2015; Ask/tell me about legal cannibalism

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

Remember that episode where Arthur becomes obsessed with that Telletubbies rip-off called Love Ducks and it has all this psychedelic imagery in it and when he finally admits to his friends that he likes it they're all like "oh yeah, that's the good poo poo"? I remember that one.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 06:01

GI_Clutch: Aug 22, 2000; by Fluffdaddy; Dinosaur Gum

The Love Ducks episode was awesome because I was too old for Arthur but occasionally watched it when nothing else was on. I was probably twenty years old when I saw that episode. Arthur was my Love Ducks.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 06:08

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Oct 30, 2016 06:17

buglord: Jul 31, 2010; Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!; Buglord

luv 2 date boys posted:

dammit, goons just have to gently caress up every thread.

maybe it has run its course :shobon:

# ? Oct 30, 2016 07:27

54 40 or fuck: Jan 4, 2012; No Yanda's allowed

GI_Clutch posted:

The Love Ducks episode was awesome because I was too old for Arthur but occasionally watched it when nothing else was on. I was probably twenty years old when I saw that episode. Arthur was my Love Ducks.

I'll admit that if I'm watching one of the kids and it's on I'll toss it on because it was a show I liked when I was a kid and there's a bit of a soft spot for it :shobon:

Especially if it means I don't have to watch Caillou.

# ? Oct 30, 2016 11:36