Comments on: PBS Kids Sprout

By: Cindy4good

Cindy4good — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:58:35 +0000

How did the hire the guy? Wanted: Asian male. Blandly ethnic a must. Ambiguous sexual orientation preferred.

By: parentoftheyear

parentoftheyear — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:43:57 +0000

I’m actually starting to get a bit turned on by Melanie. She’s probably a dirty dirty girl after having to be so bubbly and phony for the show

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:57:34 +0000

MY kids love it! I think its fabulus!

By: JW

JW — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:21:40 +0000

Sounds like YOU’RE the one who needs to get out a little more, there, teacher mommy…

On occasion, I may have made my own kids smile and laugh by wearing a big fake smile and wide eyes and act like a dork, but it gets old if that’s all you do. It also makes people suspect that you’re on amphetamine…

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:03:13 +0000

Sprout’s been on for several months now and my 2 1/2 year old Daughter is still having trouble adjusting. For one thing, I think she knows good quality from bad. For instance, Big Sister, Little Brother, James the Cat, Angelina, Kipper, etc…, and others are very old shows. And they are not old classics like Tomas or Peanuts. They have inferior story lines and terrible sound and graphics. Is PBS out of money?
But that is not my biggest complaint. What really gets me upset is that, for the most part, these regurgitated shows are sometimes inappropriate. Angelina is all about spiteful mice that compete and undercut each other�s achievements, and the hero of the show spends all of her time doubting herself and worrying. Then there is James the Cat. A short annoying show that is full of terrible social and cultural stereotypes. You’ve got the fat rich aristocrat James, his dumb bruising American bunny friend with a thick NY accident, a bizarre indo-Chinese dragon, an always merry Australian accented kangaroo, an actual French frog, and some dirt poor cockney mouse neighbors. I could go on about other shows but these two make my point (my wife even told be that she saw Kipper smoking a pipe on one episode, but I haven’t confirmed that). These do not incorporate the important gains that have been made in early child development over the past 20 years and quite frankly I do not want my 2 yr old watching anything that is not optimistic and uplifting. She’ll have the rest of her life to learn negative stereotypes and self-doubt. We made the decision last week to take Sprout off of our profile on the television and I encourage everyone else to as well.
P.S. don�t get me started on Melanie. Really makes me want to watch �Death to Smootchie� again.

By: teacher mommy

teacher mommy — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:20:17 +0000

I came back on this web blog looking for information about Noddy. My son wants to know why the clown only has one leg. I am assuming that Noddy lives with broken toys? If someone of at least average intelligence can answer my question, I would greatly appreciate it.

The trashing of Melanie is proving how imbecile some parents truly are. Didn’t any of you ever make your own kids smile and laugh by wearing a big fake smile and wide eyes and act like a dork? That is all she is doing. As far as her clothing “problems”…. she taped all the fillers in one day. I’m sure this isn’t her full-time job. Do some of you really think she is in a studio every night waiting for the program breaks?

Some of you really need to turn off the t.v. and get out a little more.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:43:40 +0000

I too think Melanie is far more annoying than one very obnoxious purple dinasour we all know and love. First of all, she can lose the awful plastic smile that is constantly glued to her face. When my six year old told me she didn’t have to change her clothes because Melanie doesn’t I knew there was an issue. I was perfectly happy and so was my daughter with PBS kids before…..who was the idiot that asked for this change?? I have written to Directv and Comcast about Sprout. I know I am only one voice but I do hope they will lose the sprout and go back to the good stuff!!!

By: Toni

Toni — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:59:39 +0000

I’m not a parent though, I just thought I would stress that so no one would feel that way. I am just a teenager and I enjoy the channel myself. I admit some of the cartoons are lame yes and melanie is a bit annoying but I know kids love that kind of thing so more poer to them. At least she knows what she is doing.

By: Toni

Toni — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:56:57 +0000

Opinions are to each his own, right? I wish there was some way that everyone could be happy but there is no such thing as an easy way out.

By: JW

JW — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:10:58 +0000

My statements have nothing to do with politics, and I do reserve the right to turn my TV off at any time. However, when something that was basically fine gets replaced by something somewhat more annoying, I reserve the right to say so.

> Besides, I think kevin is hot!!

Kevin is definitely NOT hot. He’s a tool…

> One question: Doesn�t she ever change clothes?

Good question!

I actually think that Anna Nicole Smith’s breasts are a pretty good example of something not very natural - a paradigm case, in fact. I defy you all to find a better example.

But, like I said, I apologize for my earlier harshness regarding Melanie - I overstated her resemblance to Anna Nicole Smith’s breasts. She is actually quite endearing. My kids have taken quite a shine to her…