Kids TV, A Review

As a new dad I thought I’d be keeping my kids screentime down to an absolute minimum, growing brains and all that good stuff.
I also thought we’d be able to feed them healthy, but it turns out that after your kid breaks you down to your very atoms and throws everything but chicken nuggets at the ceiling you begin to loosen up a little on your expectations of what you’re able to achieve.

Here’s some thoughts on how kids TV has progressed since I last saw it.

Thomas The Tank Engine

Gone are the creepy train sets with faces glued on and eyeballs spinning around. It’s all the worst 3D you’ve ever seen now, and sometimes with American accents to really rub the salt in the wound! They’ve changed it all to be toddlers on wheels instead of what it used to be: stories about the worst members of a union getting into trouble because they don’t trust authority.
Favourite quote “Oh no, he thinks we’re playing train tag”.

Bluey

Bluey is an Australian made show and isn’t afraid to fly that flag, even taking swipes at New Zealand occasionally while it’s at it. I love this show, and the writing is good enough to gut punch you in the last few seconds before the credits. There’s a reason that this show is now being watched by people without kids, and it’s because it can effectively make you cry in under five minutes.

Peppa Pig

Boris Johnson did his part for the British economy by honking on about Peppa Pig but honestly it sort of sucks in a post Bluey world. With that said a couple jokes land here and there.