Posts Tagged ‘tv’

This could be fun - PBS Kids has announced that they're working with Random House and Martin Short to create a new Cat in the Hat series.
The Kid™ is already a fan of the Henson produced series from a few years back, discovered in our house by way of holiday gift-giving and receiving, if I [...]

As a fan of both the consistently beautiful oddness of Japanese culture and of GLEE, this commercial fills my heart with happiness. It's made even better with the knowledge that the big singing dude is Akebono Tarō, one of the greatest sumo wrestlers ever and now one of the pro wrestlers for All Japan Pro [...]

We've trumpeted the conceptual awesomeness behind the Jim Henson Company's cutesy-poo Dinosaur Train show.
Well, apparently the show's been successful to some degree, cuz now there are going to be a series of books starting in Fall 2010.
One can only hope this leads to other amazing Nerd Dad-approved edutainment mash-ups like "Shark Astronauts" or "Vikings [...]

Or "Bohemian Muppetry," if you prefer.
I've seen this pop up on no less than 3 blogs within the last 2 hours, so I'd be remiss in my duties if I didn't take some time out while The Kid™ is getting her nightly delousing to share this. It's, frankly, awesome. Possibly the best argument I've seen [...]

With the debut of V earlier this week, and today being November 5, this just felt as though it needed to be done. Admittedly, it's not perfect, but I needed something to do while files were uploading/downloading and I ate some breakfast.

This is amazingly awesome, but I do have one question - Al Roker as Han Solo? RLY?

So, it would appear that Disney is offering a full refund on up to 4 Baby Einstein DVDs per household, admitting that they aren't actually...
"the first developmental video to combine visual and linguistic experiences that facilitate the development of the brain in infants ages one to 12 months...
According to cognitive research, dedicated neurons in the [...]

Sometimes, people are just plain awesome. Though I will admit, if I was a 20-something year old looking forward to the series, this might piss me off, just a little bit...if I even believed it.

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