To turn the television off or over when Carrie and Dave's Pop Shop comes on?

[PavlovtheCat]

You know, I don't even care if I am. I loathe it, more than pretty any other children's programme. Carrie makes me squirm, she looks so thin she will snap in half with the slightest move.

She is a twig, she is too skinny, her head is the wrong size for her size 4 legs and she cannot dance, or sing she has no charisma, and clearly has no rapour with children. It is the biggest money making prog I have ever seen. I wonder how many hours one afternoon they spent making it (oh, seeing as we are here, lets do a quick prog for cbeebies, earn ourselves some cash)

But, mostly, it is because she looks all wrong and I do not want my daughter watching her, thinking that is normal.

So there.

sorry onebar. nursing at keyboard. NAK.

ACK! one bat

The Cat Returns is very good. I hope your dd enjoys it!

On Netmums someone started a thread about giving Mr Tumble/ Justin an OBE....

It makes your bottom bits tingle??

You can get cream for that

I like the show, as does DS (13 months) - he's up and dancing as soon as the music starts.

I found the way the OP was worded was offensive - would you be equally upset if she was overweight (and therefore setting a bad example to your DD)?

And once it had been pointed out that her slender frame is down to illness I think the slating of her appearance should have stopped. Do we honestly think that thin people (whether due to illness or natural skinnyness) shouldn't be allowed on television?

Don't understand why MNHQ deleted the other comments - I've seen people being called much worse than a twit (including the OP called Carrie "not normal").

Pavlov - have you seen My Neighbor Totoro?

I absolutely love that film... can't wait until DS is old enough to appreciate it

Sorry, just read the rest of the posts

I would highly highly recommend Laputa too... but only the Japanese version. The US one is truly awful.

I don't think my dh/ dcs liked Laputa. What happens in that??

DD also likes Nausicca (sp). Not sure if it's Ghibli though.

Also Porco Rosso (didn't really like it) oh and Kiki!

I have just written that down Kekouan - to add to my list. I love anime

Norky - I never said she should not be on tele. I said I would turn her over or off. And no, I probably would not be so offended if she was overweight. As the media does not portray people who are on the larger side as glamorous to the point that eating unhealthily is encouraged in order to be like them. The media does not advocate directly or indirectly people going out and bingeing or eating lots of unhealthy food in order to put on weight so as to emulate those who are shown in front of us, if this was the case, if those who are overweight contributed to the media frenzy about size and the need to be such in this manner, I would be worried about DD being influenced that way too. The media does indrectly encourage weight loss though, and it is often gained through drastic measures. And I would be worried people who were overweight used their weight inappropriately as a tool for enticing/flaunting themselves (however gained or lost) on a child's television show. Personally I did not mind her on Fame Academy, because 1)she did not sing 2)she did not stand up with those awful jeans on 3)she was in front of an age more appropriate target audience.

I probably waffled completely there

I don't like it much either. Couldn't they have changed clothes a few times? All that gyrating in the same top every day is a bit skanky

But more than the programme, I just cannot bear the trailer where that girl says she likes 'rrrrrrrrrock music '. It makes me unreasonably cross.

I like the bloke on Doodle Do though. He always has an air of being slightly hung over.

I can understand why mumsnet deleted the comments. They were totally disproportionate to the OP, and very rude about the spelling error.

DaDaDa - exactly how it makes me feel unreasonably cross!

Ignoring the personal comments, I agree popshop is terrible and the warm up song keeps getting stuck in my head! Unfortunately my dc's love anything with music in it, boogie beebies is great now that Nat has gone.

Morning - Laputa is about a flying island. and a girl called Sheeta who has a levitation stone.

Watched it when I was about 10 (am 30 now) and must have seen it over 20 times.

Naussica (yes, sp?) of the valley of the wind was a bit creepy for me, I have to admit. Grave of the Fireflies is excellent, but not one for the kiddies (very very sad and quite bloody).

Princess Mononoke is also superb, but very violent in the start.

Sorry, i HATE Carrie too. Cannot stand that program. Generally hate CBeebies after 4pm actually, Nina and the Morons can also take a running jump.

Sorry for waffling.

Oooooo, dh watched Grave of the Fireflies and Princess Monoke to see if it was suitable for the dc. Nope!

I am amazed at how Carrie can jump in those shoes every single time I see her do it. Flicking her legs up behind her, too! I can't jump like that in bare feet

Oh I can.
Now I'm thinking about jeans and yeast infections.

No kekouan, must disagree. The lovely Nina can teach me the basics of photosynthesis and elementary chemistry any time she chooses.

I don't actually mind Nina too much... I've actually leaned stuff from that programme myself.

it's the bloody theme tune that drives me mental!

I quite like Nina, though cannot be doing with the interminable repeats of freakin Space Pirates. It seems to be the only programme that is never off the air. Even ds1 (3, and who will actually sit and watch the clock until he's allowed to watch tv) turns it off now.

Oh Space Pirates has kidn of grown on me. Though je looks as though he would be more comfortable in a smoking jacket, hosting an avant-garde and risque revue in Berlin 1931, involving lesbians.

I think the complaint is a bit over the top. You wouldn't criticise someone for being overweight, why would you criticse someone if they were a bit too skinny? Granted, there is more pressure to be skinny, but it's not like Cbeebies is overflowing with overly skinny people like the modelling world is.

OBM, couldn't agree more about Chris Corcoran's manly insouciance in the presence of puppets. I think I love him. Stick is the real genius of the show though.

I am also becoming quite keen on Space Pirates.