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A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by DanHulton »

sdiupIGPWEfh wrote: post #89
conductr wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Going into parenthood I never thought I'd say it about a kids show but Bluey has damn near made me cry and Bandit makes me strive to be a better dad

Personally, I'm convinced Bluey is covertly a wholesome show for parents, dressed up as a kids' show, but ultimately still for the sake of children by way of 1) encouraging watching together , 2) improving parents' mental health and well-being, which has positive outcomes for their kids, 3) getting parents to be more engaged and imaginative.

It's truly, actually a family show, not just a show for kids that parents can tolerate enough to sit through.

Pretty much any episode that has the girls learning a lesson is also teaching a lesson to any of the parents watching. Or "adults," I should say -- I don't even have kids and I feel like a better person for having watched!

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by DanHulton »

pfannkuchen wrote: post #47
danielvaughn wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I cannot recommend Bluey enough. It’s made me, a 40 year old father of one, ugly cry. And I’m not one to cry from watching a show. If you hate Cocomelon like me, you’ll love Bluey. It’s like the polar opposite of it.

Can you help me understand why you feel that a show inducing ugly crying is desirable?

It's cathartic.

Plus, it's not JUST about the crying. I'm order to get to the point where the tears are actually falling, you have to go through all the build up that makes you care very deeply about the characters and situation. When that works well enough to get you to cry over a cartoon? It's fucking MAGICAL. =)

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Post by davidsojevic »

mdjt wrote: post #90

When I was a kid my favourite show was Mr Rogers. I get the sense that Bluey is the closest we have to that level of energy in a kids show these days. I don’t have children yet but I look after my niece after school and we watch Bluey now and again. Even Bluey completely absorbs her. I can wave my hands in front of her face and she doesn’t notice. I’d like to think that that wasn’t the case with me and Mr Rogers but…

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood [0] is directly based on the character by the same name from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.'

Daniel Tiger is one of the very, very few TV shows we let our daughter watch, and it teaches emotional regulation so incredibly well and has plenty of tunes that I've caught her singing to herself, such as "it's okay to feel sad sometimes, little by little, you'll feel better again"

I'm in Australia and never grew up watching Mr Rogers, but after seeing the "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" movie I recognised the tunes and then spent an inordinate amount of time looking into the origins.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tiger%27s_Neighborhood

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by elmer007 »

bombcar wrote: post #86
29athrowaway wrote: post #43

Bluey is about a family living in a 8000 ft mansion, with lots of spare time. I think it is influenced by the Flintstones, a little bit.

The house size seems to be more “tv magic” than an actual defined house of infinite size. The upstairs hallway is sometimes a normal short one, and other times is long enough to land a space shuttle.

They even make a joke about this in the Ghostbasket episode. Bandit is pretending to be a realtor and Chilli remarks that the house is a bit small, to which he replies "it's bigger on the inside"

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Post by vincnetas »

we're in for a rough ride when current overstimulated generation grows up. kids from 12 months watching youtube because parents need them to sit still? damn thats scary. even two year olds in my opinion is too young.

"Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers" talks about this that screen time is replacing connection (bond) between kids and parents. and bond is of most importance for raising children. which if you missed the train cant be created later (only mended)

our family was going that path (media consumption), but made a change (couple weeks of tantrums) and now it reflects quite positively. So i guess the main issue is to not overuse. even if the show is "really good"

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Post by panzagl »

IshKebab wrote: post #107
Fire-Dragon-DoL wrote: post #9

Well, I was horrified the first time I saw the Cocomelon and was unsettled as a dad. This article explains why. I need to check Bluey, we watched Miraculous, tales of Ladybug with our kids and enjoyed it (the plot is for adults). There is a whole bunch of "junk food" in both tv and videogames (those were you win no matter what). I'm hoping things get better.

Bluey is easily the best children's TV. I mean I'd barely class it as children's TV; it's good by adult standards. It's a bit annoying really because there isn't anything else like it at all. I would say the closest things are Pixar films which manage to appeal to adults and children. I'm not aware of any TV like that though. Apart from Bluey we're stuck with trash like Paw Patrol, Bing, Blippi, etc. There are a smal…

When your kids are older there's "Phineas and Ferb" and "Gravity Falls" which are both good enough to be watched without kids.

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Post by artursapek »

mdjt wrote: post #90

When I was a kid my favourite show was Mr Rogers. I get the sense that Bluey is the closest we have to that level of energy in a kids show these days. I don’t have children yet but I look after my niece after school and we watch Bluey now and again. Even Bluey completely absorbs her. I can wave my hands in front of her face and she doesn’t notice. I’d like to think that that wasn’t the case with me and Mr Rogers but…

most modern kids shows are hopelessly fucked, but the oldies are still viable. check out "Once Upon a Hamster" for another cute one

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Post by trelane »

panzagl wrote: post #126
IshKebab wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bluey is easily the best children's TV. I mean I'd barely class it as children's TV; it's good by adult standards. It's a bit annoying really because there isn't anything else like it at all. I would say the closest things are Pixar films which manage to appeal to adults and children. I'm not aware of any TV like that though. Apart from Bluey we're stuck with trash like Paw Patrol, Bing, Blippi, etc. There are a smal…

When your kids are older there's "Phineas and Ferb" and "Gravity Falls" which are both good enough to be watched without kids.

I would say Gravity Falls much more so than Phineas and Ferb. The latter doesn't have much of a series-long story arc, whereas the former very much does have one.

Craig of the Creek was also pretty good, though I don't think it has a wider arc (I am not entirely certain though.)

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Post by artursapek »

Yhippa wrote: post #35

I like Bluey but couldn't get my young one to sit through it for a nebulizer. Cocomelon did the trick and I'm very thankful for them for that. Honestly, I don't think it's as garbage as everyone makes it out to be. It's hard trying to find video-form nursery rhymes that aren't weird out there. They have that done well. I really like Bluey but I feel like it's for a much older crowd.

"I couldn't get my young one to sit still so I shot him up with heroin"
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