Stuff it, Dora!

Posted by Marisa November 24th, 2008 at 11:59am In All Things TV

If I had kids, I’d want them to watch these shows:

Yo Gabba Gabba

I know I’m late to the Yo Gabba Gabba party, so I wouldn’t talk about it much. I’ll just add my voice to the chorus of people who say it’s less irritating than 90% of the children’s shows out there and has pretty good songs, and it’s more fun than you’d think to watch the costumed characters try to pick up blocks, since some of them clearly don’t have use of their arms. (Sorry, green thing.) If you don’t believe me, check out Elijah Wood’s “dancey dance,” ominously titled “The Puppetmaster.” Like the rest of Elijah Wood, it’s kinda cute and kinda creepy. Just try to watch this video all the way through WITHOUT joining in.

Freaky Frodo – Watch more amazing videos here

Smart Girls at the Party

Amy Poehler, Meredith Walker, and Amy Miles somehow succeed in making a web series that’s meant to boost the self-esteem of pre-teen girls, and does so without being self-righteous or boring. Amy starts the first episode on the right foot: “Hear that? It’s the sound of something awesome.” Basically, they just show girls having fun, doing what they’re passionate about. At first, Amy has kind of a funny James Lipton thing going on, but she doesn’t talk down to the girls she’s featuring on the show. I read somewhere that she wanted to do the series so that young girls wouldn’t all feel pressure to become Pussycat Dolls when they grow up. Once she said that, I kinda wished there was something like this out there for people my age.