Me Too - surely the worst programme for children EVER!!!!

[FanjoForTheMusic]

The music is awful, the casting is weird, and the whole thing looks like it's been made for about a fiver.

Surely the worst kids' programme on the telly?

my ds (4) loves it.

Me and his dad pick holes in it too but he loves it

Ah, do you have to watch it with him?

you obviously haven't seen Sadie J then

Is that the one with Granny Murray (who looks younger than me!)?

The very same. Also the sinister market trader, the taxi driver who looks like a woman dressing as a man dressing as a woman, and a bizarre female duo costumed as a Mel & Kim tribute act.
Just pig-awful.

I'm with notnowbernard - you don't know how bad kids' tv can get till they've moved on to CBBC

Hate it with a passion.

All "Granny" Murrary's charges look utterly miserable, probably because they've been left with the creepy, overbearing patronising mare while their badly dressed parents bugger off elsewhere.

Don't most of Cbeebies but this is worse than I can cook and Grandpa in my pocket put together.

I think you are mistaken.

Me Too is genius.

Although, I may be saying this as I have been exposed to it on a daily (that's right, daily) basis for the past three years as DSs lunchtime viewing of choice. At first I was indifferent, but now I am convinced it is a work of genius.

I actually find myself having conversations with DS about which episode is the best one ( for Me Too afficionados, we have decided it is the "two cases of water please" one followed closely by "popcorn everywhere" - both starring Raymond in his buffet car....who also looks a bit like a 70's pimp in his spats)

Must admit, though, cannot BEAR Dr Juno and how she leaves that bloody dog with Granny Murray. A dog FFS !

I think there's some equal opportunity scheme going on, as the hair, make-up and costume teams are clearly blind.

Stanton, you have lost your marbles. Three years has worn you down. A dark room and a cold compress are all that can help you.

Fanjo Nope, marbles all present and correct here

C'mon, what about the 'catchy' songs and the excellent moral of each episode?
Don't tell me you've never caught yourself humming the 'on my way to work' song while actually on your way to work ?

Must admit a dark room and cold compress does sound nice, but I'm afraid the damage has already been done (listen, at least it's not Higgledy House with the delightful Sarah Jane )

I'm a bit biased though, as I have a lovely actory type friend who knows several cast members and always tells me how nice they are and she has excellent judgement. So there.

Oh is it back on? What time? Ds will be delighted

I'd rather watch Me Too all day, every day than the Tweenies.

Stanton, yes, I don't think it's the actors' faults. I'm sure they all have mortgages to pay!

PinkPussyCat, I've only ever seen it at some ungodly hour in the morning when, granted, even The Wire would probably look shit.

Irene, I can kind of zone out the Tweenies, granted it's no Buzz & Tell.

I agree it is the absolute worst ever ever ever in the history of primary-coloured-loud-tv-for-small-people. I'd sooner watch wall to wall bloody Harhus (sp???)than Granny bloody Murray and her weirdy lot.

And the episode that we always seemed to catch (thank Christ and all the angels that at 7 dd is out of cbeebie territory more or less) was the one where the kids are messily, disgustingly slurping spaghetti and sauce and I sit screaming at "Granny" " wipe their bloody faces you negligent hoo-er"

Yes i hate it too. Glad someone else has described Tina as " the taxi driver who looks like a woman dressing as a man dressing as a woman"
I couldn't put my finger on what annoyed me about her (apart from obviously all the PINK)
"and a bizarre female duo costumed as a Mel & Kim tribute act." they do don't they? :o

Don't forget the poor bit-part children who sit in the corner of GM's looking miserable until GM says "Don;t just sit there, let's have some fun" when they run around blowing bubbles and playing with playdough in a false parody of "fun" until GM goes to look at trains with golden child Lisa, at which point they are nowhere to be seen (presumably back in their corner).

Have to disagree though - I like Dr J and I like that she's a responsible dog owner (well if you think leaving him with GM is responsible :o)

The teacher, the bus cleaner and the taxi driver depress me immensely though when the episode is about them

Although I would like Granny Murray's house.

at "Granny bloody Murray and her weirdy lot"

Bet all the poor bit-part children are doing coke in their trailers whilst Lisa has to look at trains.

i love it! of course i only do thanks to ds but where else would you see such a random composite town for no reason and tv's nost unlikely coupling - raymond and tina? it's blasting through stereotypes and our expectations of what makes good tv. bluddy genius i say.

No it's awful. It's really really really awful and I pity the actors though despise them at the same time.

It's not just because it started when I was pregnant and the theme music continues to make me feel extremely sick, even now four years later. It isn't just the moral, public education style plotline, filled with 'working parents are GOOD parents and you will get over it, kid, honestly, though you miss your parents because you have got Granny Murray haven't you and she is wayyyyyy more fun.'

Claude - just don't start me on Claude. Really, don't.

I hate to say it but the market bloke IS sinister and it isn't because of his disability. He could be really non sinister but he's not. It's the deadpan look, the way he keeps trying to give people funny shaped vegetables...just everything.

Tina...it's been said already. If I have to hear her 'squeak!' one more time in the middle of the pretty pink taxi song I think I will have to smash something.

Granny herself is approximately 36 according to various sources. She wears per una. She is MAD. I wouldn't leave my kids in her weirdy jazz hands if she paid me.

and you KNOW your sodding way to sodding work, you are an ADULT, it's not that hard. You don't need directions from an invisible bunch of kids.

God I need a coffee.

FanjoForTheMusic Your review has actually made me want to watch it. Female-male-female impersonators? Mel&Kim tribute act? It sounds like a children's version of the League of Gentlemen.

And Ingridbergman you've sealed the deal!

Ingrid, you are marvellous and should write for the Radio Times.

I did wonder whether the age of Granny Murray is a comment on the social demographic of grandmothers who actually are 36, but decided it was more likely to be because the programme is shit. She really does need to be told to stand still, her demented face and manic arms combined with the camerawork make me feel like I'm watching Cloverfield.

Panzee, if only that were true.

Panzee this is tthe pink obsessed taxi driver
(the one on the right!)

If that's not Barbara then it's one of her friends. :o

Phew! It's not just me who finds this a weird poor mans Balamory then?

I would send my DCs to Balamory nursery (with some reservations about how often Miss Hooley spends time eating biscuits and sorting out the problems of the residents of the town when she'd meant to be interacting with my children) but no way would I subject them to Granny Murray!