CBeebies - a force for Evil?

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Sporticus is apparently a former World Aerobics Champion (so an Icelandic friend tells me).

The first Josie Jump was Buki Akib, the second one Kasia Haddad. The Boogie Beebies woman is Nataylia Roni. So far as I am aware none of them is an Icelandic aerobics champion.

leah, you are scarily well-informed - is this your specialist Mastermind subject, or what?

Am impressed to see the 'real' Robbie Rotten, had been thinking he was probably a bit of all right IRL. Although Sportacus has those arm muscles...

But agree with Snowleopard that it is sexist. So many shows have a leading male character, with the females relegated to stereotyped second-fiddle domesticity.

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My dd loves Post-it Pants (postman pat) and Bob the Builder - Can Not Fix It!!! also Winnie the Poo Poo but that is veering from cbeebies but on her toothpaste

How scary, Meggle (always read your name "meggle vache" even though I know it's not - LOL!)!

Has yours just woken up and demanded a huggle, then told you "lots rabbits, rabbits today, rabbits eat grass"? [baffled]

Countdown a definite favourite. He tells me of consonants, talks of Carol(!) and says "em-ah" and "en-ah" for M and N.

And Deal - "Boxes! Red, mmmmmmmmmmm! Blue, mmmmmmmmmmmmm! Sixty pounds, Mummy!"

Does your DS call twiglets piglets?

I love CBeebies because there are NO ADVERTS. Unfortunately, my dds are in that in betweeny stage where they are too old for CBeebies and a bit too young for a lot of the stuff on CBBC. We're on Nick Jr and Boomerang atm. Slightly worried when 4 year old can repeat the "Yes Car Credit" ad verbatim. And they always want the cheap, nasty, plastic cr@p that they try to flog too.

at post-it pants. And agree re adverts. One morning ds didn't like what was on Beebies, so, bad mother that I am, I tried Milkshake on Channel Five. Boy, was he taken with the adverts. Scary.

Good morning ladies. My ds sings Bombeda da can he ix it Bombeda da yes his pants! Roughly translated Bob the builder theme tune. He just loves the Churchill ad to. He sits in earnest saying oh no no no. Oh no no no then all of a sudden Ah YES! at the top of his voice. He loves the blue phone advert too when he wake sthe couple up in bed to ask if theyre losing sleep over finances? Cant remember the name of the company.

We record Milkshake and snip the adverts out

Although...DS1 did say "BALLS!" gleefully when he saw a Sony DVD player in John Lewis the other day...turned out he'd remembered the advert where they chuck the balls down the hill

(I have to say I have a fascination with ads for children's toys though - they all look amazing, even though I know they're plastic tat and will fall to bits in an instant...)

obboeRotten make my skin crawl, he s so scry and nasty loking, ugh

Sporticus on the other hand YUM

Watching Boogie Beebies now. My ds is busy dusting the cobwebs. Now wheres the harm in that at the age of 2+3? Must admit dont usualy have tv on Saturdays but expecting my parents any time now so keeping ds calm before they arrive.

reading these posts makes me feel much better - only discovered cbb a few months ago when moved house at 8 mth preg and needed to keep ds (2 in aug)occupied while i sorted myself out - it has been a god send while i feed/ change/ burp etc. etc. dd, now 3 mths! I really need to get out more though as i feel ds is becoming to reliant on tv... and i feel like a v poor mother. still I don't fancy sportacus but i do have a thing for the guy on doodle-do he doesn't come across all fake and patronising (and camp)like most of em! And blue cow totally rocks

Congrats hettytucker and welcome to the joys of motherhood and Cbeebieshood.

Am getting to like Lazytown a lot more. The guy who plays Sportacus was world aerobics champion as someone said below, and he actually devised the show to get across his 'healthy' message.

The guy who plays Robbie Rotten is amazing imo - his face is SO contorted and funny!

I credit Cbeebies in helping me exclusively bf dd2 - who is now 21 weeks.

Dd1 was 16 months when dd2 was born and I thought it was going to be a nightmare. Cbeebies helped to entertain her whilst I was getting bf established.

I lurrrrrve most of the programmes - agree that Blue Cow rocks. Dd1 loves Boogie Beebies - very sweet watching her trying to do the moves at 21 months.

Agree I have a wierd fascination with Sporticus - anyone know any gossip about him?

Best thing is no crap adverts - Bratz babies/loan applications anyone - bleurgh!

I think it's good.
Also no adverts is a winner.
Mind you,have never actually sat down and watched anything.God no,not in 51/2 years of being a mother.

In Turkey,the kids love some weird Israeli channel called 'Baby TV' dubbed over by drama students taking the piss with frightfully posh voices.

Has anyone noticed that you can see little cooks bum crack when he's flying on his spoon. It really annoys me. Plus serving humpty dumpty boiled eggs - is that some kinda sick joke? Made me laugh anyway (I like sick jokes )

Pingu I love cos saw lots of the episodes when I was a kid same with come outside and some of the others. Underground ernie and smarteenies/shiny show/doodle do get on my tits. LAzytown has a strange fascination. I love Chris Jarvis as again he was on CBBC when I was a kid. I love tweenies as well (though would like to strangle Bella with her own ego)

DS used to find tellytubbies annoying - still turns telly off when they do the 'again again' bit - why, we've just seen it ffs and the crazy lady as well - we don't even get to watch that once!

Love the lack of adverts though.