Do you guys miss the days where most preschool shows weren't shows that kept constantly talking to the audience for help?
I remember when preschool shows were just harmless, nice fun with good messages.
Do you guys miss the days where most preschool shows weren't shows that kept constantly talking to the audience for...
Josiah Gray
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Lincoln Myers
This show was pure kino.
Wyatt Gray
>classic Paddington
>classic Babar
>classic Curious George
>classic Madeleine
>Little Bear
>Maia the Bee
>David the Gnome
>Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
The days of good children's television are long gone.
Adam Campbell
Don't forget Papa Beaver's Storytime.
Colton Gomez
Vastly inferior to Grimm's.
Blake Harris
I liked this show. it had several fap worthy moments. pic related
Lucas Ortiz
I know, but Papa Beaver still had some cold moments like the boy who trapped the tiger.
Ayden Ramirez
Lucas Gomez
i hate to sound like le generation fag but why dont we have comfy kid shows like these anymore where everything isnt literally spelled out and is just comfy settings, stories, characters
Dominic Adams
Being born in the sort of in-between era of these two types of shows, I can speak with experience that Blue's Clues was the only one of those "characters need your help" shows that I actually enjoyed.
Even though Steve was a dumbass at times, it was fun to try and figure out what Blue wanted all by yourself by putting the clues together before Steve.
I fucking hated Dora. That show acted like you were such an idiot and was painfully slow. It acted like we couldn't figure out that Dora needs a boat to cross water. Although, she could've just walked around the damn pond too, but that wasn't an answer.
I'm not gonna sit here and criticize TV meant for 3 year olds, but it really seems like every preschool show has adopted that "interactivity" shit that Dora does. And from experience again, watching my cousins who were 5 and 7 back when Dora was on, little kids don't ACTUALLY talk back to the screen. It didn't happen when I was a kid, and it didn't happen when they were kids.
Isaiah Miller
I was watching some of the 80s Muppet Babies recently (Since they have a new version out now) and was amazed at how clever the show was. It honestly felt like more of an all ages show than a preschool show, which is probably why it aired during both Nick Jr. and Nickelodeon in reruns
Caleb Rivera
this. we liked blues clues because we had a connection with steve when he talked, he felt genuine and somewhat real but we never were talking to the tv like "its right fucking there steve behind you!" dora was insulting kids intelligence and i always felt like it was for babies. at least steve was a genuinely fun character to watch and experience different worlds/"skidoos" with and the characters within those worlds.
Lincoln Wilson
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Steve is kids' show host kino.
Elijah Hernandez
It's also comfy kino.
Jace Howard
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NOBODY ELSE IS STRONGER THAN I AM
YESTERDAY I MOVED A MOUNTAIN
Hudson Ward
After the role of a lifetime, I've been busy..
Jordan Edwards
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what made this show so good was the music. insane how good it was
Hudson Gutierrez
One show I really loved was the very popular Disney Channel show Bear in the Big Blue House. Its amazing how good the music in that show was
Nicholas Long
Nicholas Butler
Are we forgetting PB&J Otter, Rolie Polie Olie, Out of the Box, ans Stanley?
Thomas Lee
>Stanley
Iiitttttsss tttthhhheee
Xavier Butler
Wasn’t the creator of Little Bear gay?
David Price
Not sure
Jayden Russell
>That feel when these shows aired when I was too busy being an edgy faggot who only watched anime and only now do I realize the error of my ways...
Ayden Hall
the episode where he goes shopping for a new crayon was kino to little me
Ayden Young
This show was comfy as hell. If I ever have kids, I’ll show them Little Bear.
Luis Jackson
Oswald was pretty chill, too.
Well, aside from the fact the last episode ends with Daisy's big mouth triggering an avalanche that will likely bury the town.
Julian Stewart
I'd say it's because nobody wants to make comfy kid's shows anymore. It's either making a comfy show targeted towards an older audience, or it's making a kid's show that's more about teaching a lesson than creating an atmosphere.
Justin Evans
make sure to show them the rule 34 of little bear also
Nathaniel Russell
The thing with these older shows wasn’t that they’re written for general audiences. Sure, they’re primarily targeted at pre-schoolers, but they’re also written in a way so that anyone can just sit down with their nieces, nephews, and what have you and enjoy it with them.
Jaxon Lewis
>GREAT BIG BOOK OF EVERYTHING WITH EVERYTHING INSIDE
>TO SEE THE WORLD AROUND US, THIS BOOK'S THE PERFECT GUIDE!
They had a variation for going on the Internet as well.
Elijah Walker
I loved this, Tintin, Eureka's Castle and Dinosaurs
Sebastian Edwards
Gotdammit stop giving me boners for these characters. Im not even a furry or gay
Isaiah Johnson
>Hey its Franklin
Jace Wood
What's the point of making these posts?
Evan Bennett
>forgetting Franklin and Arthur
James Scott
I miss Little Bear so much.
Julian Gutierrez
I don’t really watch many kids shows anymore, but I’m sure there are plenty of more than decent kiddie shows
Off the top of my head, Sarah and Duck and Bubble guppies aren’t half bad
Though I think bubble guppies does the talking to camera thing
Josiah Parker
Came here to mention them.
Good taste, user.
Franklin is best boy.
Jason Gomez
You're gonna summon him, dude.
Michael Fisher
Damn, Steve went all Walter Mitty on us.
Zachary Collins
Holy shit, I don’t recall watching his episode but that just hit me with a tide of emotions.
Michael Robinson
I used to talk to the TV while watching Dora after waking up early morning still drunk from the previous night when I had a problem.
Never seen a child do it either.
Charles Collins
The only character I couldn’t stand when I was a kid, and to this day, is Beaver. All I can recall from her character was that she was self entitled and bitchy to all the other animals.
Caleb Thomas
>Though I think bubble guppies does the talking to camera thing
Can confirm, Bubble Guppies does this.
It's still one of the better kids shows.
Paw Patrol ain't bad either.
Michael Walker
I grew up watching little bear, Franklin, Oswald, Paz on Ready Set Learn, Peep and the big wide world. As far as animated kids shows go...I’m sure there are some that I forgot to mention but I’m sure they’ll come to me. Anyways, I feel like even today I tend to gravitate towards fantasy stories that are mature and mainly involve talking animals. Guardians of Ga’hoole for example. I believe Little Bear is an actual novel that was written in the 1800’s, I never read it before but I definetly would try it. (Once I finish the handful of books I started reading and never got around to finishing)
I think the majority of people in this thread can attest that there’s a charm to Little Bear that pulls us in. I believe that this is due to how true the show is to the novel. I can’t account for every single episode being based on the books, but it’s clear that the producers did their best to stay true to the literature’s nature. It’s interesting how different periods of time can voice themselves in such a way.
Alexander Sanchez
In my time it was Bear in the Big Blue House, Adventures in Wonderland and Welcome to Pooh Corner.
Brody Morris
I miss Rupert and Mumfie
Nolan Edwards
Bear in the big blue house was lit! To me, Shadow was an ominous but likeable character in my eyes as a kid. I’m just remembering this now, but for some reason whenever she was on screen I thought a lot about my mortality and spirituality.... don’t know why this all came to me now.
Also Breakfast With Bear is something else I remember seeing as a kid, don’t rwmemver much of it other than kids getting to eat breakfast with Bear. Which also freaked me out because I feared that Bear would one day randomly waltz into my house to eat breakfast with me..
Jayden Sanchez
Oh shit, I also forgot about Under the Umbrella Tree.
Eli Myers
What? Did you mean to reply to your own post?
Cameron Sanchez
I always put shows like Franklin & Little Bear in different age categories than Blues Clues & Dora.
Like Arthur can be appreciated even by some of the older agw groups but PB&J Otter were clearly pure preschool
Eli Allen
And you're right to do so. Franklin, Little Bear, Arthur - They were made to entertain kids, while teaching them morals and life lessons, but first and foremost they were made to be entertaining on their own merit. Meanwhile, shows like Blue Clues & Dora are trying to teach specific things to kids, like counting or colors, so there's less ways to make that as entertaining to all age groups - Though, a show like Blues Clues is still more approachable than one like Dora because it doesn't talk down to kids while teaching them. It's like classic Sesame Street in that regard.
Camden Scott
WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IN OUR YARD TO EXPLOOOOOOORE
Isaiah Smith
Holy fuck this thread is giving me feels.
I'm pretty saddened nowadays toddlers watch disgusting youtube stuff that won't teach anything to them.
Charles Butler
And Mother Bear was hot.
William Martinez
Backyardigans was pretty trippy at times.
Jackson Allen
Yup. His boyfriend/partner died in 2007.
Noah Davis
>tfw you never had a father bear to take you fucking camping or fishing
Kevin Brown
Tons of waifus. The adults really should have gotten more screen time. Too bad they went with that cgi abortion instead of just continuing the series in Flash.
Jacob Gray
Shit parents are too busy on their phones, so TV has to talk to their kids now instead. Then wonder why they shoot and stab up schools.
Leo White
>Tfw all my Dad taught me was how to steal like a champ
He stole a vending machine from a hospital once for pretty much no reason. I think my uncle has it now
Xavier Brown
If he stole a vending machine imagine how easy it would be to steal a patient.
Jason Cooper
but user arent the kids shooting up schools the ones who were watching the shows in this thread
Tyler Williams
>That treasure hunt episode
Jackson Nguyen
Madeline was probably one of my go to shows as a kid. There's just something super comfy about it.
Was actually looking into it today, and found out there's this retcon that makes the series really sad. When the show started off, Madeline wasn't an orphan, and the first special even refereed to her parents buying her gifts while she was in the hospital for appendicitis, and in the first Christmas special they even make a brief appearance.
The current author of the book series (who is the Grandson of her creator) has stated that Madeline is not an orphan and is at a boarding school, not an orphanage and apparently Madeline is not French but at a foreign school, and even more shocking, Miss Clavel is not a nun, that's just her uniform for the school,at least, when it comes to the books.
This is completely contradicted in the live action 1998 film however, well Madeline not being an orphan and Miss Clavel not being a nun.
The animated series was revived after the popularity of the movie, continuing right where the series left off previously. This was started off with an animated special Madeline: Lost in Paris, where the plot is that a stranger pretends to be Madeline's distant Uncle and tries to kidnap her. We found out in said special that Madeline is an orphan, with her 'Uncle' even forging custody papers and her parent's will.
If you ignore what the author says about the book series and look strictly at the cartoon - Madeline's parent's died while she was at boarding school. Assuming each season's Christmas episode takes place in a different year, at least 2 years passed between her parent's last appearance and when we find out they're dead. So, at some point in the series that we don't see, Madeline has to deal with the grief of losing both her parents while attending school, but they did leave her in the custody of Miss Clavel, so there is that at least..
Christopher Adams
I'm now imagining Richard's dad from Gumball
Gabriel Reyes
Which one was your favorite?
Benjamin Bennett
Fall Dream. Little Bear basically falls asleep in the raked leaves and has a dream about playing with Emily in the 4 seasons
Jacob King
I misread that as favorite episode not favorite character. Anyone who says Owl wasn't their favorite is a liar
Ryan Smith
>mfw my name translates to 'Little bear' in the literal sense.
Did i miss something? Never heard of this show before i saw the thread. Should i watch it?
Luke Green
Damn I remember Little Bear. There was a direct-to-VHS movie where he meets an actual wild bear cub and they became friends.
It's been nearly 20 years and I can still very distinctly recall the theme song.
Nolan Powell
Mine was Duck but I loved all the characters because they're good-natured individuals but also very flawed. Which made them relatable even to a 7-year old me.
Angel Jones
Speaking about early 90s Canadian productions, another one of my favorite was pic related.
Carter Ramirez
Ask your parents why they named you Little Bear.
Jack King
Owl is an adorable character
Also, I went on YouTube to watch some episodes and there’s this one episode where he basically admits his feelings for Chicken, or is she referred to as Hen? I forget.
Then in a wedding episode Hen and Owl dance and it’s just so cute watching how bashful he is
John Reed
Oh man I still have to finish watching that. Someone uploaded that to YouTube.. I’ll try to find the link
Landon Gutierrez
I miss the live-action preschool shows where a guy would host the program and treat the audience like a friend. Like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Blue's Clues, or Out of the Box. It feels like that type of show died out ages back.
Xavier Scott
I don't even know why that genre of preschool shows died out. You just need an adult host who can entertain children with stories and feel-good shit, and give them a handful of puppet friends as their supporting cast.
Nicholas Powell
>You just need an adult host who can entertain children with stories and feel-good shit
One word, "streamers". Kids as young as 3 are or have been watching e-celebs now.
Tyler Howard
Summon who?
Isaac Peterson
stop
Parker Torres
someone linked it here . they uploaded the full movie
Jordan Jenkins
I loved Adventures in Wonderland!
Use your imagination and you'll understand, it's an Adventure in Wonderland
Jose Williams
DId you watch Katie and Orbie and Madeline?
Nicholas Peterson
>That one episode where Papa Bear tells a thunder God to fuck off right to his face
Charles Ramirez
DROPPED
Cameron Wright
would you fuck with a bear?
Dylan Smith
I really liked that Little Mermaid cartoon that aired on The Disney Channel many years ago when kids were at school. I know it was an older kids cartoon, but it still aired in a preschool block (Probably since little girls liked Ariel). I thought it used the concept of a prequel pretty well.
Also, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Which used to air right after Little Mermaid) was absolutely amazing. Best Pooh show ever!
Anthony Miller
It aired on CBS on Saturdays originally. Everything based on the movies was on broadcast tv years before it went to cable.
Justin Reed
>Little Mermaid cartoon that aired on The Disney Channel many years ago when kids were at school
I used to didn't care for it much but now I miss those days. I remember catching it on after summer school but my main jam was Madeline back then.
Jacob Sanchez
ahh yes, yet another case of romantized Paris.
Asher Bennett
It was accurate... at the time.
Oliver Parker
Caleb Peterson
Joseph Wilson
>Maia
Are you a foreigner?
Blake Murphy
mods sure got a problem with screen captures in this motherfucker
Cameron Lee
No wonder kids today have short attention spans.
From something like this youtube.com
Joseph Bennett
>forgetting the true BearKino
Wyatt Perry
I think I had this on DVD but if it wasn't on HBO Family I don't think I ever saw it on TV.. shit I remember the theme but it's been like 15 years.