Friends : the world is a changing . More specifically, the world of television is changing . And even more importantly , the realm of children’s television shows … is evolving . What I am talking about are the types of characters, types of themes , 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 children’s cartoons that I watched as a child were a lot different from the cartoons enjoyed my parents and sisters.
My father was talking to me the other night that she used to enjoy the cartoon “Strawberry Shortcake” when she was a small girl; a made up little strawberry themed character that was seen onchildren’s holiday cards and,eventually made int dolls and various trinkets . In fact , Strawberry Shortcake resurfaced in 2009 as atelevisionseries; …it all becomes full circle.
Now, when I was little , growing up in the late 1990’s / early 2000’s – a popular children’s television show was The Wiggles. Imagine someone took the Beatles, and then tried resetting all of their brains back to 2nd grade, and then giving them bright t-shirts … then you have Wiggles. However, not one children’s show creeps me out more than Yo Gabba Gabba , a show where the featured characters are huge and colorful and puppet-like creatures. Yo Gabba Gabba was made by a guy named Christian Jacobs; frontman of an punk rock group named The Aquabats . The show is insane ; its filmed so ridiculously that it seems like a music video for MGMT – not to mention that MGMT is actually responsible for half of the shows soundtrack ! Even Jack Black was featured on an episode. I went to my family’s house the other day and even saw my sister playing with Yo Gabba Gabba toys; she really loves it. Honestly, the show speaks for itself so, all I’m going to say is: please go watch an episode, you won’t forget it.