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Post by happymomma on Sept 17, 2015 4:00:06 GMT
His name is Caillou.  |
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Post by Olan on Sept 17, 2015 4:00:42 GMT
Cry you?
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 17, 2015 4:04:32 GMT
watching a little too much pre-school age television, there, are you?? lol!! (how does he compare to Barney?!?)
(I must confess, since we don't have kids, I had to Google him, but I can see how it might be a little- or a lot- annoying)
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 17, 2015 4:05:09 GMT
Come on...
He's just a kid who's 4
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Post by PLurker on Sept 17, 2015 4:05:24 GMT
I'm surprised the little whiny thing is still on. And he is the first kids animated character I, too, want to slap upside the head. Kids are now 15 and 18 and after the age 2 or 3 they couldn't stand him. Thought he needed a spanking. And my kids never got spanked. They just wanted him to get a beat down!  They also wondered if he was sick or something with never having hair. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 17, 2015 4:25:28 GMT
He's annoying, but Dora makes me want to throw a brick through the TV. Thank God DD never really got into that show or I would have gone insane!  |
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Post by happymomma on Sept 17, 2015 4:26:30 GMT
Haha. I just spent a week hanging out with my almost two year old granddaughter Avery. She is mesmerized by this show. My son is 26 and I watched what seemed like an endless loop of Barney when he was little. I dealt with Barney just fine. Avery's mom and my son and I got to the point where we were saying very mean things to Caillou on the TV. Lol. I've never even met such a whiny kid in real life!
I wondered why he is bald too. Is he supposed to be ill?
He reminded me, looks-wise, of Doug, another show my son used to watch. But I liked Doug. I even giggled that his principal was named Mr. Dink.
Even though I dislike Caillou so much, I'm about to shop online to see if there is a doll of him for Avery. I'll be nice to her parents and not buy a talking version.
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Post by candygurl on Sept 17, 2015 4:27:39 GMT
Not a kid but an adult: Laurie Berkner! She is a great singer and has a great show but for some reason her voice annoys me! After one song, I am done.
I agree with Caillou. He needs discipline!
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Post by mom on Sept 17, 2015 4:28:44 GMT
I'm surprised the little whiny thing is still on. And he is the first kids animated character I, too, want to slap upside the head. Kids are now 15 and 18 and after the age 2 or 3 they couldn't stand him. Thought he needed a spanking. And my kids never got spanked. They just wanted him to get a beat down! They also wondered if he was sick or something with never having hair. OMG yes. Both my boys loved him and I would rather poke myself in the eye. A |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 17, 2015 4:33:52 GMT
okay, now y'all are going to make me go watch some of it on YouTube, to see just what you're talking about!! I'll report back soon from the perspective of a never-had-kids 46 year old who does like some cartoons very much (Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, The Angry Beavers, etc.) I'm guessing from what you all have written that I won't make it thru a video, though!!
ETA: I watched about 10 minutes of an episode called 'the olive muddle' and the whole tone of the show was annoying to me (the bright colors, the overly-soothing voice of the narrator, etc.) but it would probably appeal to a pre-schooler, for sure. I'll stick with the un-PC Looney Tunes I have on DVD, thankyouverymuch.
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Post by holly on Sept 17, 2015 4:35:41 GMT
Yep, many other shows I could tolerate over him. Rugrats was bad too. My DS was funny, he didn't like animation too much. His favorite for a long time was Big Comfy Couch. At 17, he doesn't believe me now. Lol
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Post by Gravity on Sept 17, 2015 4:36:32 GMT
I cannot stand that show. Dora didn't bother me at all.
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Post by alexa11 on Sept 17, 2015 4:42:41 GMT
DGD likes to watch him. I haven't really paid that much attention, but I haven't noticed that show being as loud and annoying as others. Maybe I just tuned him out-lol.
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Post by Jili on Sept 17, 2015 4:47:14 GMT
Completely understandable!
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Post by coffeetalk on Sept 17, 2015 4:50:50 GMT
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Post by Grom Pea on Sept 17, 2015 5:26:10 GMT
Come on... He's just a kid who's 4 I loled but now i have that song stuck in my head. .. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 5:31:22 GMT
OMG.
Hate this little shit, even more than Elmo.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Sept 17, 2015 9:42:20 GMT
I never saw this show but I really hate Dora.
OMG. Hate this little shit, even more than Elmo.
What kind of person hates Elmo? He's adorable! |
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Post by scrappysurfer on Sept 17, 2015 11:03:41 GMT
I thought this thread was going to be about your own child and I was going to agree about wanting to slap my own
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Sept 17, 2015 11:18:24 GMT
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Post by Flowergirl on Sept 17, 2015 11:27:08 GMT
My kids are now 20/16. If the subject of Caillou ever comes up, they rant. It was funny when they were little to hear the contempt in their voices for this character! Truthfully, I've never really even watched it. It was something our babysitter would put on for the kids at her house.
The Rugrats were another show they despised (as did I) so it was never watched here at home. Like a PP above mentioned, we all took exception to the animation. The bratty character(s) didn't help either.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Sept 17, 2015 11:32:13 GMT
Come on... He's just a kid who's 4 I loled but now i have that song stuck in my head. .. Great, now I'm singing it too. I didn't mind the show too much except for the one episode where he did have a temper tantrum. Of course, that's the episode one of the kids had to copy. My kids now wonder about the hair too. Just got back after dropping off one of the kids to school - who saw this thread just before we left the house and was singing the theme song as they were getting into the car. I hope they don't accidentally sing it during the day at school and have the others kids laughing. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Sept 17, 2015 11:33:29 GMT
Yep, many other shows I could tolerate over him. Rugrats was bad too. My DS was funny, he didn't like animation too much. His favorite for a long time was Big Comfy Couch. At 17, he doesn't believe me now. Lol I still have nightmares about this: |
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Post by nightnurse on Sept 17, 2015 11:39:54 GMT
I'm just a kid whose four
Each day I whine some more
I'm so annoying
I'm Caillou
Yeah, we hated that brat
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Post by ferblover on Sept 17, 2015 13:42:57 GMT
Laurie Berkner and Cailiou rank up there as reasons parents want to curl up in little tiny balls and sob.
The whiney brat...
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Post by cyndijane on Sept 17, 2015 14:01:16 GMT
I can't do Caillou. DH and I call him the cancer kid- because what 4 yr old never has any hair???
The voices, the weak parenting, the whining- on my word, the whining!!!! I just can't. There are SO MANY other tolerable kid shows, I will not let my kids turn on Caillou. |
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Post by sharlag on Sept 17, 2015 14:03:07 GMT
You guys are mean!  |
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Post by anniebeth24 on Sept 17, 2015 14:21:08 GMT
For a network that promoted quality children's television, PBS certainly failed with that one.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 14:29:56 GMT
I never saw this show but I really hate Dora.
OMG. Hate this little shit, even more than Elmo.
What kind of person hates Elmo? He's adorable! In a snarky whiny voice Elmo's world dadatada dadatada Elmo's world....... Kill me now! Hate this creepy little muppet. He ruined sesame street. My daughter loved it. |
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Post by peano on Sept 17, 2015 14:44:10 GMT
Ah memories! DS loved Elmo (MoMo  ) and I loved watching Sesame Street because I was too old for it when it first came out. I don't remember being that annoyed by Caillou because seeing how a French-Canadian kid lived was interesting to me. What I most remember was just wanting to have a little snuggle (aka nap) with DS in the late afternoon, lulled to sleep by the hypnotic pace of Oswald, and DS having none of it, this being his time for batshit crazy hyperness. |
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) and I loved watching Sesame Street because I was too old for it when it first came out. I don't remember being that annoyed by Caillou because seeing how a French-Canadian kid lived was interesting to me.