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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 dirtyaura »

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…

Moomins - the 90s version especially. Most of the episodes are suitable for toddlers and at least our kids have been enjoying it.

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

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Post by mvieira38 »

My favorite thing about the Cocomelon phenomenon is how outraged we get as adults, while simultaneously failing to realise how TV has been doing the same to us for the longest time. When I moved out of my parents' house I got an apartment with no TV, and I hate watching shows on the smartphone or on desktop, so I ended up dropping the habit. Now every time I go back to my folks' place I'm shocked by how zombied they get in front of the TV, and how normalized it is between adults in 2025 to waste away whole days bingeing shows on Netflix. If you know what to look for you can see these "long format TV" shows use similar patterns to zombifying kid's media

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Post by jmuguy »

As our daughter has grown older we've had to pair down entire streaming catalogues to avoid Cocomelon like slop. Amazon Prime and Netflix being the primary offenders. While both have some good stuff or the PBS back catalog (Arthur, Pete the Cat, Gabby's Dollhouse, Busytown) they are chocked full of completely awful garbage. Shows that are obviously chasing after that Cocomelon money. If your kid ever wants to watch "Cry Babies Magic Tears", just throw your TV out the window instead.

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

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Post by Apocryphon »

worthless-trash wrote: post #45
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.

I've been in the bluey house. It is approximately 8600ft (800m sq). The work-life balance that the family has doesn't seem particularly odd when it comes to Australian households.

Australia, you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV7JPC2FuNs

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

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Post by y-curious »

ryandrake wrote: post #136
gewoonkris wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This morning my daughter walked into the living room and started telling me about something that happened to her. She stopped talking mid-sentence when her eye fell on the television that I had forgotten to turn off. Only after calling her name three times and considerably raising my voice I got her attention again. The show that was on was... the cooking channel! So the bar for television completely absorbing a chil…

I've seen grown adults behave this way with their phones. Totally zonked out and unaware of anything happening in the real world. Don't think it's an age thing.

I have a weird quirk that when talking to someone, if they start using their phone, I stop talking until they're done. It has made me painfully aware how true your comment is. Many times people don't even notice that I stopped talking (and why event try to talk to someone that isn't listening?)

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Post by ryandrake »

y-curious wrote: post #157
ryandrake wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've seen grown adults behave this way with their phones. Totally zonked out and unaware of anything happening in the real world. Don't think it's an age thing.

I have a weird quirk that when talking to someone, if they start using their phone, I stop talking until they're done. It has made me painfully aware how true your comment is. Many times people don't even notice that I stopped talking (and why event try to talk to someone that isn't listening?)

I don't know how society managed to normalize playing with your phone during a face to face conversation. Like, imagine going back to 1990 and getting into a conversation with your friend over coffee, and in the middle of him talking, you whip out a newspaper and start reading it. He would instantly say "WTF are you doing, man?" But today, the same thing happens with the phone, and it's just kind of...accepted?

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Post by sillysaurusx »

vincnetas wrote: post #125

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 ch…

The old generation always says similar things about the new generation. At one point it was TV. Before that it was radios. There are many quotes from far older times, too. It’s always "different now."

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Post by financypants »

gewoonkris wrote: post #96
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…

This morning my daughter walked into the living room and started telling me about something that happened to her. She stopped talking mid-sentence when her eye fell on the television that I had forgotten to turn off. Only after calling her name three times and considerably raising my voice I got her attention again. The show that was on was... the cooking channel! So the bar for television completely absorbing a chil…

when I was growing up my father tried to get the attention of my sister watching saturday morning cartoons. After the third attempt, he just threw away the TV, and so I grew up most of my childhood with no TV
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