#Kids' CBC

[oldshowbiz]

December 1988.

The Vancouver Sun reviews a new program called The Kids in the Hall

[krenenbaker]

oh my gosh, Nanalan'!

ABSOLUTELY the most cursed part of that programme was the fact that there wasn't really much dialogue... it was mostly gibberish and babbling.

I honestly think that Canadian children experienced a weirdly large number of puppet tv shows. Along with Téléfrançais and Nanalan', there was also:

Tipi Tales

Wonderful storytelling, but... interesting... puppets

Kids' CBC (specifically, Mamma Yamma)

The morning children's programming block, which had two human presenters and a number of puppets, including Mamma Yamma, a talking yam (?)

and Mr. Dressup

An art and culture-type program (like Mr. Rogers in the US) hosted by "Mr. Dressup" and the puppets Casey and Finnigan. This one was one of my childhood favourites, so I have some very happy memories with these specific puppets. I had multiple VHS tapes of Mr. Dresssup.

I'm sure there were also others, that I can't think of off the top of my head.

I love Canadian programming, haha! :D

The Other Cursed Canadian Puppet Show

So, I introduced some lovely people to the horror that is Ananas from Telefrancais.

(^^^this mf)

But there is another cursed Canadian puppet show, not as nightmare-inducing as Telefrancais, but still cursed.

And that would be Nanalan'. I can't even remember if there were actual words in it, all I know is that I had some episodes on VCR and felt like I was in a fever dream.

I am not sorry <3

[adamcasey]

Manservant Hecubus, Day 21

[supersoftly]

If you're not Canadian and you're looking at our news, I'm telling you now, you're probably getting an extremely curated-to-craft-a-certain-narrative perspective and I would charitably advise you to question why one should trust state sponsored news.

[mewnette]

kids count

[nokingsonlyfooles]

This Made Me Happy, Though

My alternate headline: A Miracle of Nature! Man Gives Birth to Huge-Headed Baby, Does Not Hold That Against Similarly Huge-Headed Husband! Love Wins!

But also, let the dude park. Geez. C'mon. You're not the parking police. Mind your business.

[kawaii-90s-nostalgia]

CBC Kids - Get Set for Life (2000-2003)

[abbysinterestsblog]

Anyone remember/heard of the moblees? (and the ohmies)

if u dont know wut it was, the moblees (or as the logo calls it, the moblees: get moving!) was a live action canadian kids show, (much lik another kids cbc show, the doodlebops.) produced by saftesbury, (who also helped to produce life with derek for family channel and mischief city for ytv,) the moblees is kinda lik lazytown, as both shows teach the viewer to be active, the show premiered in 2014, (a few years before kids cbc rebranded to cbc kids) and ran for 2 (som sources say 3 seasons but the utube channel has only 2) seasons, it focus's on the titular moblees, bailey butterfly, dasha dog, silvio snake, gizbert grasshopper and carlin caterpillar, as they go on adventures in their home, terra mova, which always involve a exercise move, in the beginning of every episode, much lik the doodlebops, they do a pledge: "i am a moblee, healthy and strong, i promise to move, all day long, move, mighty moblees! mighty moblees, move!" and in the end of every episode, the character that the episode on gets a medal, a cool fact bout the moblees is that the show had a app, which was very unique, as it could sense when the show was airing on live tv and adds a count down for when the viewer should start moving, another fact is that the show is actually based on a stage show, the ohmies,

the ohmies had their first showing around 2007, (same year as meh birth!) heres the plot summary from 1 of the theatre's (falcon theatre) website: "Our story follows Penny the Butterfly's predawn journey to surprise the sun. Along the way she and her butterfly friends encounter characters that help them learn essential life lessons-from taking time to smell the flowers to leaving The Worries behind. The Ohmies! is comprised of original music in various world styles, including African Percussion, Latin Salsa, Hip-Hop, Jamaican, and Traditional American Music with an Eastern Indian flair. So bring the kids, leave your worries behind, and catch the exciting new show that leaves audiences cheering and carefree- The Ohmies!" funnily, the moblees actually got another stage show, this 1 based on the show, titled the moblees live! on a wishin' mission, the stage show premiered around 2017, u can watch the entirety of the moblees free on utube,

[shitandpissworldtour]

me and the boys after meeting the queen of Canadian children’s media

[madamegemknight]

Opinions on people claiming The Preachification of Convincing John is about unchecked consumption and capitalism (I'm still trying to wrap my head around it) (I sorta get it but also) (no <3)

ehhhhh I kinda see it? There's definitely a point to be made about how Convincing John manages to convince all of the Fraggles that doing something that will cause irreparable damage to Fraggle Rock (not eating the Doozer constructions, which will cause the Doozers to either die or leave to find new space to build) is actually the morally correct and safest choice through rampant fearmongering that falls apart the moment you stop to actually think about it, and I can ABSOLUTELY see the capitalism angle in that. Ultimately, however, the problem is the exact opposite of consumerism - Mokey wants everyone to stop eating so many Doozer constructions, and consuming them is actually the right call to make.

I think that claim stems largely from the fact that Fraggle Rock was simultaneously a show that slowly developed an overarching story over the course of numerous seasons...AND an HBO-exclusive series (at least in the States) that ran for several years and nearly a hundred episodes in a world before streaming and the internet and wouldn't have a complete series release on home video until the mid-2000s, when the "Complete Season" DVDs started coming out. You'd be surprised at how many people who watched the show as kids legitimately think that the Doozers were being used as slave labor by the Fraggles because they simply never got the chance to catch the Doozer-centric episodes that explained how it was a mutually beneficial relationship between both parties and the Doozers just legitimately like to build. Heck, I'M surprised at how many people think that, and I have to deal with them in the comment sections of every single Back to the Rock interview ever made 🙃

if you don't have the necessary context for why The Preachification of Convincing John ends the way it does because your folks stopped paying for HBO before Cotterpin got introduced, or because you had baseball practice every other week and missed Boober and The Glob, or you were on vacation when A Tune For Two aired and the bed and breakfast you were staying at didn't have HBO, then the episode being about capitalism or consumption makes more sense because you don't have the later context of Doozer Lore - and hey, I'm not saying that interpretation doesn't make sense with the necessary context (I can absolutely see the capitalism angle), just that it isn't the full interpretation with later episodes and the overall Doozer Lore in mind.

Who knows? Maybe I pulled all of that out of nowhere!!!! There's certainly more recent fans of the series who have that interpretation as well. It's just interesting to look at where different perspectives come from and how those perspectives form :P

[canadachronicles]

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Ten days ago Schitt's Creek celebrated its first day on set. And like Kim's Convenience, I haven't finished watching its last season! I've perhaps watched a couple of episodes a year since the pandemic. For two reasons: first, because I can't watch without my sister and we don't live together anymore, and also because the Roses are family too, and I'm not ready to say goodbye!

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[oldshowbiz]

[tvthemesongs]

The Kids in the Hall intro

[puppetdaily]

Mamma Yamma from CBC Kids

[that-bird]

The Kids in The Hall - S1E13 (1989)

[raziraphale]

admittedly I have trouble distinguishing between "local famous" and "actual famous" (as judged by americans, the arbiters of pop culture) bc I forget about canadian content laws and just assume, for example, that a song/artist inescapable on the radio here is also well-known elsewhere. but I am always thinking about an argument I had with my mother once where she was ADAMANT that joel plaskett was like actual famous and I was like "mom I don't even think he's famous in other parts of canada" and her argument was "well if he isn't famous why was he on sesame street???" and I didn't believe her and made her look it up and turns out he was just on some random kids cbc show where they also had puppets and he sang like a kids version of fashionable people or something. tbh still riding the high of winning that argument bc she was genuinely really heated about it and thought I was gaslighting her. this was her hill and she was prepared to die on it screaming for some reason