Distrubing kids programs

[Babydoll]

There are some shows that I refuse to let my daughters watch.  There is so much I can take.  

Like :
  Barney
  Rugrats
  Dragon Tales
  Little Bill

[J.R.]

What is up with the shape of the Rugrats' heads? They must have been savagely beaten at some point.

[Gigglesnort fan]

Anyone ever watch Gigglesnort Hotel on local Chicago TV?  My young mind couldn't handle gender-bending, so I was quite disturbed by Dirty Dragon's girlfriend who appeared to be a cross-dresser or transexual of some sort.  Then there was the Martian monster with one eye who scared the crap outta me.  Weird in his superhero mode was almost as frightening.  BJ was a genius with puppets,it's too bad he's off in California teaching art to college students instead of disturbing new generations of kids.  

 And while I'm on the topic, what about the Muppets news segment where the furniture started eating people??   Who thought that would be a good thing for kids to watch?  I already had issues with thinking the toilet was an angry homonculus who was inevitably going to devour my tush, I didn't need couch-o-phobia on top of that.

[jmc]

Ugh, Dragon Tales...my niece watches that sometimes.   I just wanna beat that one clueless dragon to death.  

I can't handle Teletubbies, but you have to remember it's designed for very young kids, so it's very repetitive.  One time they found a ball and it took them 15 minutes to all find it and say, "A ball..."

[Greywizard, The Unknown Movies]

J.R. wrote:
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> What is up with the shape of the Rugrats' heads? They must
> have been savagely beaten at some point.

Either that, or their mothers were heavy drinkers during their pregnancy .

[Andrew]

I was always wigged out by the Smurfs.  One girl and like a hundred guys.  Plus, according to my wife (she evidently watched it often), Smurfette was not even a real Smurf - she was some sort of construct made by Gargamel.

Not sure about the spelling on the bad guy's name, but you get the idea.

[Susan]

Re: Smurfs - somebody really explain where baby smurf came from? smurfette was a smurfy whore! Papa had his own set of problems. I never quite understood gargamels obsession with eating them - so what if they tasted good? I hear they stain your teeth blue.

[J.R.]

Hmmm...a bunch of little blue people who speak gibberish and live in mushrooms. I wonder from wence the inspiration for that sprang? I have a firm belief that most cartoon creators are stoners. Check out Cartoon Network early Saturday mornings and check out the shows from the '70s and you'll see I'm right.

And of course there's the homo-erotic undertones in He-Man and Thundercats.

[Cullen]

Take the subject title as you will.  Could mean anything, couldn't it? : )
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Susan wrote:

"Somebody really explain where baby smurf came from?"

The Stork.  

There was an episode where they gained the creatively named Baby Smurf.  He came by Stork.

Now where the Stork got him, I don't know.  Probably a factory of some sort.  God knows sex wasn't involved.
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J.R. wrote:

"Hmmm...a bunch of little blue people who speak gibberish and live in mushrooms. I wonder from wence the inspiration for that sprang? I have a firm belief that most cartoon creators are stoners. "

The Smurfs were a popular comic strip before becoming cartoon.  The strip was run in Spain, I believed.

(EDIT 8/15/02: From the IMDb - "The Smurfs made their debut in 1958 in a Belgian comic strip drawn by Pierre 'Peyo' Culliford."  Now I feel dumb...)
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I watch The Smurfs constantly as a kid.  I had a Papa Smurf and Smurfette dolls, read the comics when Marvel released them, even owned the Smurf video game.

Now that I'm an adult, I've found that I hate the Smurfs.  Every last one of them

Go, go Gargamel!

[Callysto]

Oh My God!!!

Someone who has actually seen Gigglesnort Hotel.

I had put a post in regards to this back on an earlier topic-silly movies that terrified us as kids. I never thought to mention that it was a Chicago area viewing pleasure only. But what others have missed out on will just amaze them if they ever get a chance to see it. Dirty Dragon was a cool character. His girlfriend -she was different. BJ was good with the puppets yes. Of course Blob was down right amazing himself. A pile of moldable clay that moaned and groaned and mumbled about anything including the times he was being shaped into something. Oh yes and the giggly little guy who was the bellhop. I have these on video and I cannot get enough of them.

[Mofo Rising]

I know the mileage of the movie DONNIE DARKO is going to very much vary from person to person, but I think anybody interested in what exactly was going on in the Smurf village should check it out at least once.  For the smurf scene, of course.

[Callysto]

Does anybody remember Sid and Marty Krofft.

Talk about disturbing kids shows, how about the 60's children show-- H R PUFNSTUF??? A dragon who was a mayor of the island, a boy and a magic flute, Witchiepoo. This is reaching I know. They even did a newer series called Pufnstuf based on the same characters. Or I have one better than that... Sigmund and The Sea Monsters. Sigmund- played by Billy Barty no less- a sea monster who is picked on by his family because he is not scary enough and befriends two boys. Of course if I reach this far, Sid and Marty Krofft even had their own variety show on TV as well.

I watched these all as a kid and still do in reruns, I even have some i recorded to watch. Since they are also on VHS I think I will be getting them soon - without commercials.

There is no way to describe these shows except for DISTURBING. If you get the chance and find it or see it , you will understand what I mean.

[J.R.]

I've seen PuffnStuff. Let me see, a boy is transported to a colorful island by a narrow tube and the mayor of the land has puff in his name and billows of smoke poured out of Witchie Poo's lair. My firm belief applies to live action as well.

[Cullen]

I watched Gigglesnort Hotel.  I only remember bits and pieces though.

[Susan]

Hey Cullen, to my memory wasn't there only a couple of smurfs who actually wore clothes?  Or pants at least. Obviously sex wasn't involved unless they got organs in places I don't know about. Still when kids grow up and realize there is no stork the questions will come about baby. I remember hearing that gargamel actually created smurfette as some scheme to get to them..i don't know if that's true but it might explain why she was the only female in a giant colony of presumably male smurfs. But if you can brew up a smurf that's some evil stuff.