Monday, September 3, 2007

It's not a party, it's nausea.

When we were in Salt Lake for the funeral for Tim's dad, we had a rather eye opening experience in terms of the difficulties in raising children these days. Tim's 3 year old niece, Natalie, loves to play on the internet. And away from the safety filters of home and a little lapse of supervision, she was able to find some absolutely horrific material on the World Wide Internet. The most concerning aspect of the experience was it all happened on the site Nickjr.com. We're old enough to recall the Telebubby controversies and how detrimental that program could be to child development. How desensitized have we become? We were all sitting around eating lunch (ironically) when Tim suddenly became aware of some strange music coming from the corner of Natalie and the computer. After a little investigation, this two minutes were stuck in his head for days. In the end, maybe it works as an obscure metaphor for the afterlife and coping with death, but probably not.

The experience seemed to get blocked from recollection until a ten second clip on The Soup Friday night brought it all back to the surface. As concerning as all the violence and sex on tv can be to new parents, is this stuff supposed to bring us any comfort? As if this is the best way to teach kids about the digestive system. It's almost enough to make us want to donate our tv to the closest charity. When Brandi lived in D.C., she knew a family in her ward that had a homemade cover for their tv with the letters "R-E-A-D" sewn across the front. Not a bad idea.

Without further adu, we introduce you to "Yo Gabba Gabba." May God help us. View at your own risk.

9 comments:

Parka AKA said...

Yo Gabba Gabba. What will those crazy Mormons think of next?

Anonymous said...

It didn't seem THAT bad to me. Just really annoying.

k8 said...

you guys are really funny. i had a similiar reaction to this stuff.

Laurie said...

Ha!

Now I can't decide which is more disturbing, THIS or the few minutes of the Kids' Choice Awards that we caught recently. I turned it on to find Fergie performing, and in the audience *every* girl was singing her song word for word. So maybe that song wasn't so terrible, but the fact is, I don't want MY kids learning about relationships from the woman who talks about manipulating men with her lady humps, her London Bridge, and what have you. :)

Dainon. said...

Yikes. I wish I hadn't seen that.

Anonymous said...

I don't get it... what's the big deal???
sis

brandi (and tim) said...

You never get our jokes. We just thought this clip was a really strange and disconcerting way to get your kids to eat their vegetables. And because of that, we're big fans. Actually after getting searched out by the good people at Yo Gabba Gabba, we might have to lay off a little.

t.

cropstar said...

ok that is hilarious. and it is totally stuck in my head now. so frightening. party party!

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I like the Yo Gabba Gabbas. It's kind of a throw back to when Sesame Street was cool.
I mean Tony Hawk teaches the monsters how to skate, Biz Markee teaches the kids at home how to beatbox, and the Aggrolites sing about how awesome banannas are.

My kid can watch it.