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"WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers"
Spanky68 8092 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-08-03, 05:06 PM (EST)
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"WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
The wiggles are as tempting to toddlers as sugery candy and bright colors. And they are as addictive as Crack Cocaine.In case you're little ones haven't been exposed to the Wiggles yet, KEEP THEM AWAY!!! My wife and I found out the hard way after a friend gave us a tape when our oldest was still crawling. Though he had been pretty ambivilent to tapes, and we had usually screened them, we showed him this one before screening it, and he loved it from day 1. Since he was already past the "object permanence" part of his development, we couldn't break him of his Wiggles habit by hiding it and pretending it never existed. "Wiggles? What wiggles? we don't know what you mean, son!" He was way too smart for that. It's not that they are as weird as Sponge Bob or as strange as Teletubbies. The Wiggles are just annoying to grownups. Seeing four grown men singing simple, repetitive lyrics while dancing (almost always without rythm or unity) is either funny or pathetic, depending on my mood. But the real danger to parents is that you'll stumble through your work day with "Brown Girl in the Ring" stuck in your head, or have to give a big presentation with "Wags the Dog" or "Big Red Car" looping endlessly in your brain. There are a few instances of bad behavior being modelled, thoughw we didn't catch them at first. On the tape we have, the guys have fun waking up one of the group who is sleeping through a song. Seems pretty funny and harmless on the tape, but then my son crept in on my napping daughter and yelled "WAKE UP!!!" and none of us laughed. (And if have never worked for an hour to get a kid to sleep only to have this happen, you have no idea of the pain involved Again, not horrible stuff, but mildly problematic. So just my quick public service: Just Say NO to the Wiggles! <thanks Nancy!>
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LadyT 5567 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-08-03, 05:08 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
What are wiggles? They sound like cool slippers
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udg 3381 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity"
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12-08-03, 06:22 PM (EST)
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7. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
http://www.thewiggles.com.au/Remember, you've been warned! --- UDG When someone says, "I'll be honest with you," he/she is lying.
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GlassJax 1062 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest"
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12-08-03, 05:34 PM (EST)
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3. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
My DD is big into the Wiggles. Not half as incidious as the tell-i-tubbies or Barney. I do concur with the going to work with "Big Red Car" stuck in your head as a little maddening.No worse I guess then any of the various Lion King songs... If trees could scream do you think we would be so cavalier as to cutting them down? Maybe if they screamed all the time for no good reason." - Jack Handey
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I_Got_Nutn 897 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Fitness Correspondent"
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12-08-03, 05:34 PM (EST)
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4. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
My 2-year old, who has no concept of time, will just blurt out "It's time for the Wiggles." So I say, "No honey, the Wiggles aren't on right now." switching to Disney. OMG they are on! They have subliminally programmed my child.
Where's Jeff?
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Angelfood 2114 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Roller Coaster Inaugurator"
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12-08-03, 06:04 PM (EST)
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5. "Embarrasing Crushes...continued" |
Not totally disagreeing with the above. Like some of their songs and not others. But they do get in your head. Their new season of shows isn't as good as before. But they are FAR better than Barney, Teletubbies, and generic tapes of children singing kid's songs, etc.And I love Greg. I can't help it. He's a good singer. *hangs head in shame* Hopefully I'll get over it soon... Maybe my SS will get me the Greg doll for xmas. DH won't. I understand you're not being happy with the "Wake up" yelling. Not a good idea of theirs. My 2yr old heard about monsters under the bed from Stanley and I am not happy about it! RollDdice creation
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L82LIFE 5333 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-08-03, 06:15 PM (EST)
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6. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
I've never seen the Wiggles, but my stepdaughter says that Brianna loves them.I have to give a gift suggestion to anyone with a baby. I ordered the Leapstart Learning Table for Bri's b-day (she'll be a year old), and it is adorable! It just came in today and my boss and I were playing with it. Too, too cute. I think she's going to love it! It's for ages 6 months and up.
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desert_rhino 10087 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-08-03, 11:50 PM (EST)
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8. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
I hate the wiggles.just saying, is all.
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anotherkim 14420 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-09-03, 01:02 AM (EST)
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9. "Wiggle-Free Zone here" |
My kids would have loved them, I am sure, but I haven't exposed them to all that is Wiggly. I think they've seen some tapes at daycare because they will say, "There's the Wiggles", but they don't beg for it or anything. Probably just a wee bit old to be fully impressionable. I've only seen one bit of theirs..."Do the Monkey" or something like that is in anintro to one of our videos. Quite catchy. I found myself singing along with it when Jay was in the hospital once and we were watching whatever video it was over and over and over and over. I even did the arm motions *blush*. --Buzz Lightyear...no music, no dancing and easily attainable commercialized crap whenever I need it.
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PhoenixMons 4696 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold"
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12-09-03, 06:38 AM (EST)
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10. "My daughter and her "mature taste"" |
She does not seem to like the Wiggles at all (and is the only toddler I know who doesn't, I migt add). She prefers musicals to adults singing "kid" songs. It's not that she doesn't like the kid stuff (she loves the Teletubbies, who I also admit I love *ducks in anticipation of a multitude of whacks*, and the not-so-loveable Barney), she just doesn't like ADULTS singing kid stuff. The other kids I babysit LOVE those Wiggles and I've seen my fair share of Wiggle Bay and the other Wiggles DVD where it's just a bunch of songs - I know it's not Wake Up Jeff as I haven't seen that one - but Kaia is just not impressed.She'll take her "adult" music (she likes reggae best and also likes Stevie Wonder and Jackson 5 thanks to my tastes and constant music-playing in my house) or kids doing kid music over the Wiggles. And I've found myself saying that the Blue Wiggle guy (forget his name) is rather attractive (for a white guy anyway ) and he and the Yellow one are the only two I think are decent singers/performers (my husband actually likes Jeff - Purple Wiggle - because he's just beyond dorky and thinks it's funny to watch him try so hard at dancing even though he is horrible). I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole
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Drive My Car 20045 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-09-03, 07:37 AM (EST)
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11. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
This is the same problem we had with Barney about 10 years ago. I would wake up at 3 am with Barney's voice running through my head.My child actually said Barney at 9 months old. I have a list in my journal of all the words she spoke clearly at 9 months ( she was an early talker) there are about 12 words and one is Barney. Wiggles * shudder* I have seen the Wiggles, they are WRONG! Nice to see you on the OT board Spanky
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PhoenixMons 4696 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold"
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12-09-03, 08:23 AM (EST)
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15. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
Yeah, I have a list of words (in chronological order) and one of Kaia's firsts was Dora (followed by Barney a couple months later). Her first word other than "dada" = duck. The girl loved ducks. Mama was like number 8 (after cow, hi, you, that, baby, and bye-bye) - Kaia was an early talker too - though not that clear at 9 mos - and she basically doesn't stop talking (half of what she says is still a mix of English, French, and gibberish that only she understands - but she's fluent in whatever it is because she uses long strung out sentences of the same "words" over and over - my mom said I had my own distinct language like that too - not just typical toddler babble...). Last count we were over 400 words (I'm nto counting any more...I'd never be able to keep up) and she's just 27 months. My neighbor's little boy (2 months older than Kaia) only says about 10 words still (granted it's partly cause his parents are always telling him to be quiet ) and I don't know of too many 27 month olds who know how to say gorilla (and know the difference between a gorilla and a monkey to boot), Pocahontas, and Pinocchio! My favorite word that she says is elephant, which is her favorite thing on earth presently...she says "eh-fuh-net" and prior to that it was "eh fuh-nee" She can say some really difficult words very clearly, but she cannot wrap her brain around Zoe - it started out as "eddie" then "oh-shee" now it's closer at "oh-zee"...but she can say Pinocchio!
You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce.
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Draco Malfoy 10525 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-09-03, 07:43 AM (EST)
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12. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
My sister's kid loves these guys. Personally, I know I've seen these guys before. At every Star Trek convention I've ever been to. Just look at those shirts, the one in red is just asking to die! Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here. Start Weight:339 Last Weigh-in:289.5 Loss To Date:-49.5
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smiley 2009 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Roller Coaster Inaugurator"
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12-09-03, 08:18 AM (EST)
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13. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
Everyone should listen to the wiggles....then you can all start talking like me and when I am on the phone to people they will be able to understand what I am saying LOL. *they are Australian after all*
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smiley 2009 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Roller Coaster Inaugurator"
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12-09-03, 08:23 AM (EST)
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16. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
**Now I'm gonna jam me thumb up its butt-hole. That'll really piss it off!** Draco! OMH soda on the screen is not good LOL
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Esbea 7377 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-09-03, 10:40 AM (EST)
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20. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
Oh Poor Papa!!!! Please Gawwwwd, tell me they dont sing the "Hot Potato" song on there!
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PapaBear 1428 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Beef Jerky Spokesperson"
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12-09-03, 10:48 AM (EST)
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22. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
No, there is no "Hot Potato" song on this one. You get classics like "Snakes, you can look but you better not touch" Be afraid, be very afraid
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Angelfood 2114 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Roller Coaster Inaugurator"
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12-12-03, 00:58 AM (EST)
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26. "Thomas Movie - worst ever" |
hello papabear, my son is OBsessed with Thomas, has been for 6 mos and he's only 2 1/2. the videos are all fine and well. entertaining, even.You MUST beware the movie, "Thomas and the Magic Railroad." It is evil. horrid. *shudder, shudder* I've only seen it 50 times now. don't try to follow any plot lines or reasoning. acting is even worse (except Alec Baldwin and C Jr.) aaaagh! RollDdice creation
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DoodleBug 5133 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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12-09-03, 12:53 PM (EST)
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25. "RE: WARNING: The Wiggles are like Crack to toddlers" |
You know, I really don't mind the Wiggles at all. I can tolerate them... Barney is evil. I hate that purple dinosaur. We have a Barney Free zone at my house. I taught my son to say "Barney icky". Captain Feathersword is a slightly annoying however.
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