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Katie on CBeebies

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BootyMum · 29/07/2011 15:20

I have a 2 year old and a 6 month old. We spend far too much of our days with CBeebies on, either watching a particular show or it just being on in the background

Have come to realise over a period of time that I cannot bear the presenter Katie. My God she is irritating with her OTT fake cheeriness/wackiness, smug smile and patronising manner. Her "I can cook" song with it's "slippy dippy soap" makes me want to ram said soap in her face!

I read another poster describing her as being like the school's head girl gurning at you from the corner of your living room. Absolutely.

I obviously have no life because this is what is getting my goat this Friday afternoon.

AIBU?

OP posts:
IsSamNormansDad · 29/07/2011 22:20

Tarty - I think Pui's baby is due within the next week, so I'm sure she can be forgiven for being a bit lacklustre!
I know Mr Blooms veggies are puppets, but ugh they five me the creeps.

TartyMcFarty · 29/07/2011 22:22

I know. You can just tell she's knackered.

DeWe · 29/07/2011 22:25

Cerrie is lovely in real life. Dd2's got the same disability. I met her with dd2 when she'd just started presenting, and she is genuinely nice and really good with the children. She had dd2 and three other children all playing nicely with her, and dd2 cried when she left despite having been quite shy at the beginning. We don't have a TV so she'd never seen Cerrie before.
About 9 months later dd2 met her again at her charity AGM and not only did she remember dd2 and greet her by name she remembered both her siblings by name, that she hadn't met.
Children generally don't notice the arm at preschool age, and if they do they're just curious. It's when they get older and learn things off their parents that they get nasty.

pyjamababe · 29/07/2011 22:31

Rofl tarty best typo I've read in a while. We love Show Me Show Me in our house, especially Chris.

Don't mind Katie so much but recently gave Same Smile a try and couldn't believe how totally rubbish it is. I could make up better songs than those, I honestly thing the whole concept had 10 minutes and 10p spent on it (which is still a shocking waste of BBC money) and Nisha is excruciating to watch.

My favourite bit of cbeebies though, is the little bit of Ellie Goulding they play at the start of the bedtime hour!! :o

pyjamababe · 29/07/2011 22:34

think, not thing - my typos are so boring...

ChristinedePizan · 29/07/2011 22:36

I'm keeping Vagina Andy :o

Think this is Pui's 3rd child. She's not that nice IRL apparently but I saw her and Chris's show and my DS was transfixed. So I have a soft spot for her, especially when she makes such a dick of herself being the star and bo-peep

MrsWembley · 29/07/2011 22:38

Tarty - Come Outside? Awful woman? Auntie Mabel? She's always know as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in our houseGrin

StealthPolarBear · 29/07/2011 22:42

Have Cerrie and Alex been replaced then? All the presenting I see seems to be Sid/Alex/Katie now.
And there is an older presenter on Tikkabilla, can't remember his name. He seems very "old school" - was probably presenting the kids shows when I was watching (first time around)

StealthPolarBear · 29/07/2011 22:43

Mr Bloom looks like he wears his hair in a bun
Why are the green balloon club presenters/adults not more widely used?

tethersend · 29/07/2011 22:43

Auntie Mabel

TartyMcFarty · 29/07/2011 22:46

Nope, never come across her.

pyjamababe · 29/07/2011 22:48

spb his name is Simon and he was one of the play school presenters in it's last days before it was (sadly) taken off air... I am so old!!

ScarlettIsWalking · 29/07/2011 22:52

Auntie Mabel shits on all the new presenters she is ace

pictish · 29/07/2011 22:54

Oh aye - big up the Auntie Mabel! Grin

ScarlettIsWalking · 29/07/2011 22:56

She can sing songs that include " This is how you make a chair in the factory.." and make it sound like class.

She is children's TV Gold

Unlurked · 29/07/2011 22:57

Pui was Po in the telletubbies, I discovered this when googling Chris this week to find out how old he is cos he's looked the sane age since I used to watch him on cbbc many hundreds of years ago.

Katie's alright. Her hand washing song is the only thing that gets my dd1 to stay at the sink long enough to actually get her hands clean so she's not all bad.

pictish · 29/07/2011 23:03

Slippy dippy soap
Splish splash splosh!
Today's recipe is going to be soooooo delicious!!!

Let me see your pinchy fingeeeeers!

You can't eat a PLASTIC BUCKET!

Oh she infuriates me. Insufferable. My kids chant 'witch witch witch' when she comes on much to my own amusement. I told them to do it.

To be fair, they have stopped her getting the gee-tar out and singing little ditties about whisking eggs. I guess there were complaints.

stressheaderic · 29/07/2011 23:08

Love a bit of Katie bashing.
She's crap at doing the birthday cards too... "and i just love the bow in your hair Imogen, it's so pretty!" Cock.

If I had to have them all, I'd go Mr Bloom first (roughly, in the allotment) then Chris, Alex, Sid and Justin (sorry Justin).

pictish · 29/07/2011 23:13

Sid first - just a quick one...then I'd have Bloom second...I'd want to take my time over him. OOF!
Andy I couldn't.
Or Alex.
Chris is gay.
Justin is very good at what he does yadda yadda, but he is a potato.

I like Pui the most, and Auntie Mabel always gets a special mention...remember the poo episode? Linda Baron is a woman of class.
Katie can gee tee eff. And so can Cerrie for that matter. Miserable cow.

EightiesChick · 29/07/2011 23:18

Nisha read out my DS's birthday card when it got on and until his, had been sounding very forced 'Oh wow, what a beatiful rainbow!' all in the same intonation. She did perk up a bit for his though Grin Generally I find her a bit one-note but I'm sure she tries. Katie is manic head-girl, Tracy Flick-esque, but again, she tries.

SAHMlikeitHOT · 29/07/2011 23:22

Well I think Sid and Katie have a bit of chemistry going - unlike Chris and Pui who look like they run in opposite directions the minute filming stops... Best pairing though - Sid and Andy doing the CBeebies Number rap - number 5 is so cool!!!

peeriebear · 29/07/2011 23:37

I'd definitely have a go on Andy, maybe Sid, none of the others. Mr Fucking Bloom? Is there a gas leak where you are or something? Shock he looks like he's wearing some hay from his rubber garden as a wig.

pictish · 29/07/2011 23:38

Bloom is filthy. I'm telling you.

iceandsliceplease · 29/07/2011 23:43

I cannot stand Auntie Mabel. I imagine her as the type of older female relative who would have clear favourites amongst her family, and be ruthlessly spiteful to small children. DD loves Come Outside, but DS is with me on this one and when CO starts we sit and point out everything she does wrong from start to finish 'OMG! She flew to Spain and left Pippin behind! That nasty woman!' 'That nasty woman lost Pippin on a building site! Nasty!'

Katie really annoys me too. For all of the reasons given above, but mostly because of the 'Is it this one? NOOOOOOOHHH! You can't eat a shard of BROKEN GLASS!' in that snorting, 'Gosh, I knew you were thick, but not that thick! Har har!' manner she has.

iceandsliceplease · 29/07/2011 23:44

Mr Bloom gurns his way through the programme. I find it intensely annoying.