Cartoon Time with the kid...

[HappyGilmore]

I like "Fairly Oddparents", I think that one's hilarious, and I quote it often, and we watch some Spongebob. OTHERWISE, I'm all about Metalocalypse, and I love Venture Bros and Squidbillies. My all-time favorite though is "Sealab 2021" (Not the ORIGINAL Sealab 2020, hated that one). Metalocalypse has some VERY good music, if you don't take it too seriously, as it doesn't that itself too seriously. They have a song caller "Murmaider", and it's totally Deth Metal, but all in all, , it's about MERMAIDS, or at least MURDERING, and being murdered BY Mermaids.

If anyone is interested in checking out Sealab 2021, I would for starters suggest the episodes "Craptastic Voyage", "Dearly Beloved Seed", "Feast of Alvis", "Der Dieb", "Shrabster", "Monkey Banana Raffle", "Neptunati", or "Moby Sick". For Metalocalypse, check out "Dethclown" or "The Metalocalypse Has Begun" aka "It has Begun".

I should watch that.  I've seen it on, but haven't watched a full one yet.  Of Metalocalypse, that is.

[Psycho Circus]

G.I. Weirdjoe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT_1GeOVC1E&feature=related
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[ghouck]

I should watch that.  I've seen it on, but haven't watched a full one yet.  Of Metalocalypse, that is.

Metalocalypse is funny as heck as long as you don't get the stupid idea that the maker of the show is serious. I've heard people talk about how they hate it and say "They don't realize how stupid they make Deth Metal fans look". . uhh, , yes they do, , that's the point: A bunch of ultra-rich musicians and their sheep-like fans making music that shapes society, , while the musicians themselves aren't smart to tie their own shoelaces.

Also, check out sealab 2021, , it's a riot.

[HappyGilmore]

I should watch that.  I've seen it on, but haven't watched a full one yet.  Of Metalocalypse, that is.

Metalocalypse is funny as heck as long as you don't get the stupid idea that the maker of the show is serious. I've heard people talk about how they hate it and say "They don't realize how stupid they make Deth Metal fans look". . uhh, , yes they do, , that's the point: A bunch of ultra-rich musicians and their sheep-like fans making music that shapes society, , while the musicians themselves aren't smart to tie their own shoelaces.

Also, check out sealab 2021, , it's a riot.

It's on Sunday, right?

[ghouck]

I think so. .

[ghouck]

http://www.craptasticvoyage.com/video/Murderface.avi

http://www.craptasticvoyage.com/video/SealabFFued.avi

[Torgo]

My favorite cartoon of all time BTW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxO5_29pzhI
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[JJ80]

The 'cute' young duck's default response in this always cracks me up!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1TMt5Mwb48A
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[AndyC]

My daughter is 3, so we're kind of limited in what we can watch to begin with. That and the state of children's television today. I do my best to keep her away from mass-marketed stuff like Dora as much as I can.

The problem I have with shows like Dora or Diego, apart from the merchandising, is that these are educational shows that are dumbed down to a ridiculous degree. Every good fact the kids learn is buried in crap that they're going to have to unlearn later. The Kratt Brothers' Zoboomafoo is a better nature show for kids, and it's fun for parents.

Curious George is good, and I get a kick out of Blue's Clues. Thomas the Tank Engine is fun (I have to admit to watching that myself, back when Ringo and George Carlin narrated).

Actually, the BBC has supplied some quality kids' shows. Boogie Beebies is a decent 20-minute exercise routine disguised as singing and dancing. Balamory is a kids' show from Scotland that teaches art, science, physical fitness, organization, etc. in the form of a narrative involving a cast of characters in a little seaside town. Heck, I even enjoy the Teletubbies as cheesy fun. "Tubby custard!"

Thanks to me, Ro also enjoys shows about machines and technology, from the "Mighty Machines" stuff aimed at kids to How It's Made, a show that is basically manufacturing processes from beginning to end with narration. The kid could recognize a real industrial robot before a fictional humanoid one. And she's nuts for airplanes and rockets. She'll sit glued to footage of a Saturn V launch. I'm honestly not sure what my wife thinks of this, but we'll soon have her outnumbered.

That said, we try to keep the TV to a minimum - usually saving it for those times when we need to keep the kid engaged for a half-hour or so. She gets craft time, drawing time, quiet time and a little schoolwork every day. She has lots of books. I installed a 2' x 4' whiteboard in her play area, and I'm just getting around to fixing up an old computer for her to play with. Once a week, on different days, she gets story time at the library, trips to the drop-in centre, a children's music class and a gym program for preschoolers. I'm back to stay-at-home Dad status, so a lot of this is my responsibility.

[Allhallowsday]

Here's my favorite.  (Watch BUGS take all the towels... "Don't think it hasn't been a little slice of heaven... 'cause it hasn't!") 

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Unfortunately, the whole thing isn't there... This one was reconfigured later with a rainstorm, it's all there, and it's just as good: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TCmHULF7TA
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Hee har ho Hee har ho Hee har ho...!!! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXu_9JN3YA&feature=related
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[dean]

Metalocalypse is great fun, but hardly a kids show.  Though I wish they had shows like that when I was a kid!

If I'm ever in a band, I'll judge my set's success by the bodycount at the end.

I have also been getting into alot of the Adult Swim stuff, like Harvey Birdman, Sealab and Aqua Teen.  Birdman is particularly fun, moreso because of all the Hannah Barbara cartoon cameos like the episode with the Flinstones as some Sopranos-esque crime family, or Scooby Doo and Shaggy as, gasp surprise, stoners.

[AllisonSNLKid]

My daughter is 3, so we're kind of limited in what we can watch to begin with. That and the state of children's television today. I do my best to keep her away from mass-marketed stuff like Dora as much as I can.

The problem I have with shows like Dora or Diego, apart from the merchandising, is that these are educational shows that are dumbed down to a ridiculous degree. Every good fact the kids learn is buried in crap that they're going to have to unlearn later. The Kratt Brothers' Zoboomafoo is a better nature show for kids, and it's fun for parents.

Curious George is good, and I get a kick out of Blue's Clues. Thomas the Tank Engine is fun (I have to admit to watching that myself, back when Ringo and George Carlin narrated).

Actually, the BBC has supplied some quality kids' shows. Boogie Beebies is a decent 20-minute exercise routine disguised as singing and dancing. Balamory is a kids' show from Scotland that teaches art, science, physical fitness, organization, etc. in the form of a narrative involving a cast of characters in a little seaside town. Heck, I even enjoy the Teletubbies as cheesy fun. "Tubby custard!"

Thanks to me, Ro also enjoys shows about machines and technology, from the "Mighty Machines" stuff aimed at kids to How It's Made, a show that is basically manufacturing processes from beginning to end with narration. The kid could recognize a real industrial robot before a fictional humanoid one. And she's nuts for airplanes and rockets. She'll sit glued to footage of a Saturn V launch. I'm honestly not sure what my wife thinks of this, but we'll soon have her outnumbered.

That said, we try to keep the TV to a minimum - usually saving it for those times when we need to keep the kid engaged for a half-hour or so. She gets craft time, drawing time, quiet time and a little schoolwork every day. She has lots of books. I installed a 2' x 4' whiteboard in her play area, and I'm just getting around to fixing up an old computer for her to play with. Once a week, on different days, she gets story time at the library, trips to the drop-in centre, a children's music class and a gym program for preschoolers. I'm back to stay-at-home Dad status, so a lot of this is my responsibility.

It's great you keep her busy - my brother and I watched alot of TV, but I took Ballet in Pre-School (I danced until I was 18, and started up again at 24 years old), and my brother started playing Soccer in Kindergarden.  We both also played video games as kids, which sometimes outnumbered the amount of hours we watched TV, and we also played outside alot in good weather.

[KYGOTC]

Cant go wrong with the old 90s Speilberg cartoons! Ive been watching animaniacs lately.

[HappyGilmore]

Cant go wrong with the old 90s Speilberg cartoons! Ive been watching animaniacs lately.

I liked his cartoons.  Can't say the same for a bunch of his movies.  But his toons were good.  Pinky and the Brain was a favorite.

[ghouck]

Metalocalypse is great fun, but hardly a kids show. 

It is for me, my kid is 17. . .