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It's just doggies singing songs, mate.
It’s not. And the fact that you think they sing songs makes me think you’ve never watched it.
Sorry, I didn’t get the reference. I’m a moron. My bad.
‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut
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#172What 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.
I remember reading somewhere that one of the motives for Bluey was to encourage Australian fathers to be more involved with their children. As a father myself, I recall many times watching the show and being like “damn that’s a good dad.”
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#173Am I the only one that thinks it's crazy that an extremely popular children's show, with all kinds of merch and what not. is only worth 2B. When websites are getting sold in the 10s of B range.
Ha good point. If there was any justice in the world, Bluey would be worth about as much as Amazon.
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#1741. Cricket 2. The sign 3. Sleepytime 4. Old ladies
hahaha love Old Ladies.
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#175A 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
Yes! We also love Hilda. It's not great in the relatable way Bluey is, but it's just good art, in a way that is also appealing to kids.
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#176I don't why Bluey is so popular whereas almost nobody knows "Pete the cat" which has a way better message to kids, families, siblings.
Pete the Cat is fine, but it just doesn't hold a candle to Bluey, sorry!
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#177My family loves Bluey, but considering we're at the stage where an entertainment publication is describing it as a "$2B juggernaut", I'm afraid American capitalism is well on its way to ruining another good thing.
I think Joe Brumm stepping down is a signal that the magic is gone and the suits at Disney have taken over. Oh well, at least a handful of people got to become really really rich.
This makes me sad :(
But there are already so many great episodes!
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#178Can we get a discussion going on where other parents are finding high quality media for kids to consume? YouTube Kids is a definite no. YT Kids feels like it's intentionally made to brainwash your child and having unsuspecting parents let their guard down with the "Kids" in the app name. From my experimentation it is far worse than regular YouTube. YouTube, need to watch them carefully and catch the YT algorithm tryi…
My 3 year old loves YouTube kids, and I'll admit he gets a good amount of it. We make sure we're watching it with him, and we control the remote. Some channels/topics we all like:
- Aty and Ui, two pet otters in Japan. Their owner has made tons of videos showing what they eat, how they play, and the different rivers they visit. All dialogue is in Japanese and English subtitles. My kid now loves otters, I explain different things about animals or Japan to give context, and I get to practice reading Japanese.
- MIKAN, a channel with videos of "marbles" animated using a basic physics engine. There's no dialogue. There are races, factories, battles, and even a tower defense match. It helped him learn colors. Nowadays, he gets up and practically dances while cheering for his favorite colors. Indoor exercise isn't so bad. Some of the videos that aren't on YT Kids can be a little scary for toddlers (like alien abductions, not the dreaded shock schlock that pops up on YT).
- 5MadMovieMakers, a channel with marble runs and Hot Wheels tracks. No dialogue, just short clips of creative tracks with background music. My kid now loves coming up with his own marble and Hot Wheels tracks now (though he's still not good at planning out the whole thing to actually work).
I understand the concerns about using YT Kids as a babysitter. When he gets a tablet at my parents' and decides what to watch, it's things like cars driving over paint-filed balloons or the typical group of bros overreacting to a different stupid thing each week.
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#180That this show came from Australia is telling, to me. TV execs in the US would never greenlight a show like this for production, and if they did, they would not be as hands-off as this show appears to be. This show is created 100% by creative people, and they are doing a bang-up job.
Zero entertainment executives in the USA would ever allow a show to be made without their own shitty changes stapled on.