the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Tiny Planets: Bing Bong Bell’
What the...? The Abominable Snowman and Albino Elmo eat ice cream on an alien world?
I guess if you’re looking to turn your kids into quivering sacks of terrified jelly, this could be the way to do it.
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posted by fastpathguru (Tue Dec 23 08, 1:25PM)
Bing and Bong are awesome. I say that in all seriousness, and I'm a 40yo man. You would love the quirky physics, colors, sounds, and puzzles presented in the little training-wheels universe these guys inhabit.
In a nutshell: Science for toddlers!
How could you not love a show where these fuzzy albino creatures are launched, daily, by a giant catapult to a different planet every day, on their rubber-band-tethered couch?
posted by fastpathguru (Tue Dec 23 08, 1:27PM)
Let me just add that I used to watch it with my (now 8yo) daughter years ago. :)
posted by MaryAnn (Tue Dec 23 08, 2:46PM)
Is it real science? If so, I'm cool with that.
posted by Anne-Kari (Tue Dec 23 08, 3:28PM)
Yep, my kids have watched this and I can confirm that there's a lot of fun science going on. It's a bit surreal, but fun - and sweet, no crazy cartoon violence. It is a bit surreal, but then again, I come from an age of truly bizarre kids shows. "H.R. PufNStuff", anyone?