RE: virus: Matrix...and teletubbies

Zloduska (kjseelna@students.wisc.edu)
Tue, 06 Apr 1999 22:08:14 -0500

Bill wrote:

>Kristy - I know the teletubbies are tough for adults to handle commercially,
>but it is also a damn good little kids program. As I have a 1yr old neice, I
>have watched the program with her many times, it has all the markings of a
>good program - happy and peaceful, lots of repetition (like little children
>act), the most the ever say is "uh-oh, haha, ohhh, etc... It's hard not to
>smile when you are watching it. Despite commercialism and such, some things
>are successful just cause they are good.

Marketing frenzy aside...But where is the educational value? That is what I was wondering. At least on Sesame Street (besides those great muppets) you learned how to count to ten in Spanish. If I had a kid, I'd rather read to them instead of setting them in front of the tube.

~kjs

ps: I also wonder, why is everyone else I know or have known going mad, on medication, committing suicide, being incarcerated, pregnant, or being hospitalized on me? I thought Spring was a time of renewal and rejuvenation, not death and self-destruction. Uh, nevermind, thinking aloud again....