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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 latexr »

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?)

> Many times people don't even notice that I stopped talking

At that point, might as well consider the next step of getting up and leaving.

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

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Post by pertymcpert »

pkdpic wrote: post #132
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…

Glad you drew this comparison. I have a 4yo who (TLDR) we didn't really push TV on and started reading on his own when he was two. Before he was born I put a lot of thought into what he would watch before he was born assuming it would be a huge necessity to address. I torrented Mr Rodgers and Reading Rainbow and Eureka (amazing old science cartoon if anyone's encountered it) and I even started writing a script that w…

I've seen that zombie behavior too when my kids watch too long. I think there's definitely value in some shows, and some of them are actually very educational. I think there's a lot more variety these days than when I was a kid.

As a rule we don't allow Blippy because the man creeps me out, and something about his childish behavior rubs me the wrong way. OTOH the other day my 5yo kid asked me if I knew why the sky was blue. I genuinely wasn't sure and he somewhat explained what he learned on TV from a show about sunlight and particles in the air.

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

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Post by dsego »

pkdpic wrote: post #132
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…

Glad you drew this comparison. I have a 4yo who (TLDR) we didn't really push TV on and started reading on his own when he was two. Before he was born I put a lot of thought into what he would watch before he was born assuming it would be a huge necessity to address. I torrented Mr Rodgers and Reading Rainbow and Eureka (amazing old science cartoon if anyone's encountered it) and I even started writing a script that w…

I grew up in front of a TV, I don't want that for my kid. Sometimes we can't avoid it and we're not avoiding it altogether with our kid, but I can definitely notice the negative effects.

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

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Post by jollyllama »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #159
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."

What if they're all correct?

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

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Post by floren »

MisterTea wrote: post #114
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.

This is the second time I see the phrase "ugly crying" here. Never heard that one before.

For whatever reason, "Bluey made me ugly cry" is a very minor meme among parents on the Internet. I've seen it elsewhere too.

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

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Post by bombcar »

unwind wrote: post #111
bombcar wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article is from the past, all three series are available on DVD. The last episode is great on an almost Pixar level - there’s three separate stories happening and kids will only really pick up on one and a half.

Ah, thanks, then it's not worse than before. :) And yes, the wedding episode is epic although we pretty much love all of it.

There's a movie in the works, but we'll see how that turns out.

https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Bluey:_The_Movie

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

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Post by te_chris »

Freak_NL wrote: post #97
te_chris wrote: post #77

So far we've managed to keep our 2 and a bit year old's tv diet to Bluey, Hey Duggee (a bit crack-y but he loves it and it is still crafted and quite tounge-cheek-funny), Trash Truck (a very calm, sedate one on Netflix, useful if you're travelling and can't get CBeebies) and Down on the Farm (a Cbeebies show where kids do stuff on a farm). Occasionally Kiri and Lou too. And some sports sometimes (football, rugby, cyc…

Hey Duggee is lovely. The imagery is on the vivid and trippy side, but the voice acting is top-notch with creative stories. Most importantly, it lacks the deliberate tweaking for engagement Cocomelon does. At six my son currently has one Bluey episode (in English, simply to emerse him in another language he will pick up in any case later on) and one Shaun the Sheep after school (that's a combined twenty minutes or so…

Yeah I love Hey Duggee, but after multiple episodes it can grate, ha.

My son really likes it. Our friends bought us the vinyl record. Act of war imo.

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

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Post by MisterTea »

floren wrote: post #165
MisterTea wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the second time I see the phrase "ugly crying" here. Never heard that one before.

For whatever reason, "Bluey made me ugly cry" is a very minor meme among parents on the Internet. I've seen it elsewhere too.

I find it disappointing that a pretty common emotional state for a person is labelled ugly. Its negative so I'd rather people not use it.

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

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Post by conductr »

kewho wrote: post #36

Bluey is excellence, but I’ve always said Bluey is a kids show for parents. It’s representation of how the parents behave around, and communicate with, their kids, and the numerous examples of ideas for how to play with your children make the show invaluable to parents. The fact that kids love it too only reinforces its clever brilliance.

While I agree to an extent, I also just think it's also documenting life as we all know it as both parents and children. Albeit in it's own clever storytelling and excellent animation way. The fact this is somewhat novel should probably be odd, but just points to the fact that adults have been "creating children shows" instead of just showing them what childhood looks like, stuff they can relate with, stuff parents can related with, it's all relatable because it's so - real. It's basically animated reality TV in a way and we all know how novel that seemed when it started.

When I learned that some of my favorite TV shows of my childhood were only made to sell toys, it was kind of shattering, but then I see it in everything now. Paw Patrol find a dinosaur land - aka - you need to buy your kid 8 new vehicles and the new dino characters, up next, Paw Patrol goes to space! Adults making TV shows always have a weird ulterior motive and the programming tends to reflect it.

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