I’m being currently subjected to a Peppa Pig marathon as I watch my nephew. They are visiting the zoo.
Some kinds of animals are clearly “people” - like Peppa and the zookeepers. But other animals are non speaking - animals. They showed non talking penguins eating fish - are fish not “people” either?
The zookeeper is a lion who confuses the teacher - some sort of gazelle - with a wildebeest as a running joke, which seems to suggest that he thinks of her as food.
Some of the jokes in this show seem targeted to adults, which makes no sense, as absolutely nothing in this show is watchable to anyone above the age of 4.
It is called double-coding and it is targeted to you as the bored grown up.
Put on Bluey.
Others to try:
- Frog & Toad
- Wild Kratts
- Tumble Leaf
- Interrupting Chicken
- Shape Island
- Jake & The Neverland Pirates
- Not Quite Narwhal
- Sago Mini Friends
- Doc McStuffins
- Duck & Goose
And dont put peppa back on.
Be glad you didn’t have to suffer through pingu or caillou. I often thought about starting the car in the garage with the door closed.
I will not stand Pingu slander.
Completely agree about Caillou though.
Noot noot mother fucker
Caillou is what North Korea uses to torture spies
Some of the jokes ARE targeted at adults. For the writers are perfectly aware that people like you will be watching it with little kids, at least on occasion. Throwing an occasional bone to an adult may be the difference between the child getting to watch the show and the adult ushering them off to something else.
As far as the who gets to be sentient and who doesn’t question: there’s probably not that much thought put into it. The writers sit around and spitball ideas at each other. They make a list of things that would be engaging for kids yet not too expensive to animate and not too long or complicated too make them lose interest. Someone probably said what about a trip to the zoo. When it came time to do the one for the zoo they said what animal should be in the zoo. What things interest children? Penguins, what do kids see them do with the penguins well they feed them. So now you need non-sentient penguins and non-sentient fish. I’m fairly certain they’re just trying to make it up as they go along and make sure they don’t alienate kids or parents too badly.
How do gorillas, chimpanzees and humans all exist at the same time?
Never thought about it this way, but I really like this. I’ve tried to explain the difference between Goofy and Pluto to my kids on multiple occasions. This seems like a really easy way to put it.
Jokes for adults that are in kids’ shows are an old trend. The logic behind it is that it’s there so the parents have something to laugh at too, since they’re forced to put up with it asking with their kids (usually).
Seriously, go back and watch the shows you used to like as a kid and you’ll see it. Animaniacs is a good example.
“Fingerprints.”
camera cuts to Dot and Prince
“No thanks.”
Speak for yourself, I enjoy watching Pepa and little kingdom more than my son ever did.
