What's with the kids shows and bad language?

[exoray]

I'm saying if you are making a show for children, you don't have any excuse for putting anything in it that the average parent would object to.

But I believe right there you are making a false assumption, fact is they are not making a show for little kids and children if if it's rated PG rating... The PG rating level was pushed (as are most ratings) because they wanted to appeal to a larger (older and mature) audience...

Are people's attitudes seriously to just expose their kid to whatever and just hope you can counteract it? Really?

As opposed to covering your eyes and ears and pretending objectionable stuff doesn't happen or exist in the real world? For me yes, I would rather keep it real and expose my kids to it and offer parental input to counter it at t hat point, because truth is you can pretend all day your are hiding/protecting them from it from them but you are only fooling yourself...

 

[exoray]

Every time I hear people complain about "kid's shows today" I watch The Goonies. They could never make that movie today. The language, Mouth's jokes about drugs and sexual torture devices, the upside down penis, fat jokes, kids getting shot at, Troy looking up Andy's skirt, etc.

The PC brigade would have a heart attack if that film was made today.

Jump back to the 1930's (late 1920s) and watch some Little Rascals :confused

 

[Treadwell]

I seem to recall an old Bugs Bunny cartoon from the 1930s where they used the term ******* in reference to a person..

COLONEL SHUFFLE: If I had four legs and went "hee-haw", what would I be?
BUGS: Why, you'd be a *******.
SHUFFLE: CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON, SIR!

"Mississippi Hare", 1949

(it should be noted that theatrical Looney Tunes were never intended to be just for kids)

Back in the early nineties I heard Darkwing Duck say, "lets get amorous". I was on the floor, but then realized what kid is going to get that(really no kid should).

They shouldn't know that people in love hug and kiss? Really?

You know things are bad when Sesame street creates an HIV positive puppet to talk to kids about the disease. I mean at least wait until middle school before bringing that up x.x

Some kids are already having sex in middle school. The goal is to educate them on the dangers before they start.

 

[Wes R]

A lot of those old Looney Tunes wouldn't make it past the PC police and half can't be shown on tv due to someone complaining even on TCM. That's why the parents should be fined for not keeping their kids under control instead of having a puppet teach them. Your kid gets knocked up that's 5000.00 plus visits from child services.

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

You know things are bad when Sesame street creates an HIV positive puppet to talk to kids about the disease. I mean at least wait until middle school before bringing that up x.x

snopes.com: HIV Muppet

Kami - Muppet Wiki

It was news to me that a Muppet with HIV existed. If you read the articles, you´ll see that The Sesame Street Workshop did what they always did, trying to be educational. If you check on the early days of Sesame Street, you will find a few social references that weren´t PC by yesterday´s standards but made way for quite a few of today´s social changes. Germany had it´s own version of Sesame Street since the early 70ies, and I grew up with it, but I accepted that Oskar (the Grouch) lived in a very strange waste bin

I don´t know if Kami has seen TV time outside of the African Continent, but IMO that character is a perfect addition to a kid´s TV program aimed at children who grow up in a society with the worldwide highest infection and death rate by HIV, and need to be educated about it since it´s a part of their everyday life.

A Cookie Monster that needs to cut back on Cookies and eat healthier stuff has me personally worried way more, I must admit

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

But I believe right there you are making a false assumption, fact is they are not making a show for little kids and children if if it's rated PG rating... The PG rating level was pushed (as are most ratings) because they wanted to appeal to a larger (older and mature) audience...

Shrek's not a kid's show? It may have jokes for adults in it, but only because they are taking their kids to see it. You can argue the rating, but Shrek is for kids primarily.

As opposed to covering your eyes and ears and pretending objectionable stuff doesn't happen or exist in the real world? For me yes, I would rather keep it real and expose my kids to it and offer parental input to counter it at t hat point, because truth is you can pretend all day your are hiding/protecting them from it from them but you are only fooling yourself...

You can do that to a point if you use some kind of common sense. If something comes up in a show or movie that I didn't think would be in it, then I would explain why something was wrong. It's totally different then having a 7 year old pop in a R rated movie and then say "We'll talk about it after you're done watching".

 

[exoray]

Shrek's not a kid's show?

That is up to the individual parent, it's rated PG so no technically it's not a kids show as is clearly outlined in the rating attached to the show, aka some of the content may not be suitable for children and parental guidance is adviced...

PG — Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children. A PG-rated motion picture should be investigated by parents before they let their younger children attend. The PG rating indicates, in the view of the Rating Board, that parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children, and parents should make that decision. The more mature themes in some PG-rated motion pictures may call for parental guidance. There may be some profanity and some depictions of violence or brief nudity. But these elements are not deemed so intense as to require that parents be strongly cautioned beyond the suggestion of parental guidance. There is no drug use content in a PG-rated motion picture.

In fact even the 'G' rating clearly states "The G rating is not a "certificate of approval," nor does it signify a "children’s" motion picture. "

I really don't know how much clearer the studios could be, it appears no matter what they do someone will blame them because they didn't heed the warning that was attached to the content...

G — General Audiences. All Ages Admitted. A A G-rated motion picture contains nothing in theme, language, nudity, sex, violence or other matters that, in the view of the Rating Board, would offend parents whose younger children view the motion picture. The G rating is not a "certificate of approval," nor does it signify a "children’s" motion picture. Some snippets of language may go beyond polite conversation but they are common everyday expressions. No stronger words are present in G-rated motion pictures. Depictions of violence are minimal. No nudity, sex scenes or drug use are present in the motion picture.

 

[Nibenon]

Yeah, Disney's record is pretty clean language-wise (though it's sometimes crude :unsure.) Phineas and Ferb though is it's BEST TRIUMPH EVER.

Down with Shrek, and up with Phineas and Ferb!

 

[MrSinistar]

I was watching Phineas and Ferb last night. I haven't laugh so hard since the early good seasons of Spongebob. That is a really awesome show for kids and adults will love it too.

Also, any live-action kid's sitcom (kidcom?) sucks today. They should all be canceled and have the master tapes burned due to their lack of humor. Kenan and Kel was cool, but some of the episodes were painfully bad.