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‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by _pastel »

jboggan wrote: post #30

One thing I really appreciate about the show is the music - so many of the best episodes are extended musical variations on great themes from classical music, and done so skillfully that you don't realize you're listening to Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca" or Saint-Saens' "Organ Symphony" until you're at the emotional climax of the episode when the entire piece is restated, which has been priming you for a big theme or b…

Bike is the one that gets me - when the full Ode to Joy hits I tear up every time.

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Post by ToucanLoucan »

_pastel wrote: post #141
jboggan wrote: post #30

One thing I really appreciate about the show is the music - so many of the best episodes are extended musical variations on great themes from classical music, and done so skillfully that you don't realize you're listening to Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca" or Saint-Saens' "Organ Symphony" until you're at the emotional climax of the episode when the entire piece is restated, which has been priming you for a big theme or b…

Bike is the one that gets me - when the full Ode to Joy hits I tear up every time.

"Sometimes, special people come into our lives, stay for a bit, and then they have to go"

As a kid who grew up poor and moved around a lot as mom tried to make ends meet, this episode fucking obliterated me. Goddamn 36 year old watching a neighbor's kids having to explain that I'm fine, don't worry, to a couple of very confused littles.

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Post by yesthisiswes »

sylens wrote: post #15

Different Bluey episodes resonate with different people for different reasons, but the Cricket episode from Season 3 is just about as perfect an episode of a kid's show as I've ever seen. In about 7 minutes it manages to tackle how being passionate about one of your interests or hobbies and sticking with it even when you experience setbacks pays off.

The cricket episode is so good! It gets me everytime.

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Post by mcphage »

Cyph0n wrote: post #102
mcphage wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some that you enjoy?

It depends on age, but almost anything by PBS Kids is excellent. Prime and Netflix have a few good ones too. Some good shows I found for my son: * Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood - spiritual spinoff from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood * Elinor Wonders Why * Word World * Peg + Cat * Numberblocks and Alphablocks for learning about numbers and words * Guess How Much I Love You * Trash Truck * Hero Elementary * Mecha Builders * St…

I do like the Stillwater show, but I am still disappointed that they replaced the Zen and eastern stories from the books with more generic western tales.

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Post by prawn »

john2x wrote: post #71

A couple of other great kid/parent shows: - Hilda on Netflix - more appropriate for 9+ year olds but my 5 year old loves it. Has some genuinely scary moments though especially the later seasons - The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Snail and the Whale, etc - based on the books - Avatar the Last Airbender - for older kids but has one of the best character arcs

Maybe review for appropriateness for your kids, but my kids and I like watching these little animal shorts.

https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts

We quote this one especially all the time. https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-b9...

  "Gerald... That's not a proper hello."
  "Jason, get in there."

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Post by mcphage »

HenryBemis wrote: post #116
mcphage wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> He also normalizes farting in your kids’ faces. ALLEGABLY!

How on earth does this gets downvoted???? That (too) was an amazing episode!!!

It was really great… it’s so dumb that Disney waited to air it. My family still uses “On the morning of This morning”

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Post by jsmeaton »

ToucanLoucan wrote: post #142
_pastel wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bike is the one that gets me - when the full Ode to Joy hits I tear up every time.

"Sometimes, special people come into our lives, stay for a bit, and then they have to go" As a kid who grew up poor and moved around a lot as mom tried to make ends meet, this episode fucking obliterated me. Goddamn 36 year old watching a neighbor's kids having to explain that I'm fine, don't worry, to a couple of very confused littles.

The “hello Bluey” at the end gets me every time.

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by ToucanLoucan »

jsmeaton wrote: post #147
ToucanLoucan wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Sometimes, special people come into our lives, stay for a bit, and then they have to go" As a kid who grew up poor and moved around a lot as mom tried to make ends meet, this episode fucking obliterated me. Goddamn 36 year old watching a neighbor's kids having to explain that I'm fine, don't worry, to a couple of very confused littles.

The “hello Bluey” at the end gets me every time.

God my eyes are hot just thinking about it!

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Post by yellowstuff »

danielvaughn wrote: post #127
_mlbt wrote: post #12

What I really appreciate about Bluey is that it’s one of the few children’s shows with a really great and relatable Dad character. The Dad in most children’s shows is either barely present or a total idiot that nobody respects.

Yeah that stood out to me as well. There’s a kind of reverse-bechdel test where you can ask yourself to find any portrayal of a husband that doesn’t include mockery of some kind. And you can actually go back pretty far with it - it seems like that general trend began in the 70’s. Like you have I Love Lucy, which was a bit of a sexist show in its own right of course, but the husband wasn’t portrayed as incompetent. I…

I believe that Happy Days started the trend in the 70s, with Mr. Cunningham being portrayed more realistically than earlier TV fathers. Allegedly (I can't find a source) an executive said "He doesn't look like a father. He looks like my father."

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Bumbling_Dad

However, in the 80s there were still examples of mostly competent fathers, like The Cosby Show and Family Ties.

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Post by prawn »

fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #5
resource_waste wrote: post #2

>“The parents were so relatable and mirrored the parent I wanted to be,” Ooof fiction teaching Idealism. From Nietzsche to Plato, its agreed, fiction corrupts. One day the floury idealism will be seen not to work, and the damage will have already been done. I've seen Bluey, it was funny, it taught some general concepts... but if my kids are going to watch TV, why not Bill Nye the Science Guy or similar? Remember that…

Bluey considered harmful? I won't hear of it. Get his ass.

I have a morbid fascination with trying to predict the most down-voted comment theme for any given HN thread. I was quite excited to find out how someone would inevitably manage to enrage people in a Bluey thread, but someone managed!
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