Category Archives: Diversions

The stuff that didn’t fit elsewhere.

Kids' shows are a little trippy

Me: Did you like “My Magical World”?
Pi: Yeah. Sammy made me laugh, and I have five fingers!

Me: What was your favorite part?
Pi: Sammy!

Me: What did you like about Sammy?
Pi He was a puppy dog and a cow and a monkey.

Lest you think my little girl’s lost her marbles, “My Magical World” does feature a segment on counting your fingers, and one of its characters does in fact look like a puppy dog. Or maybe a cow. Or a monkey. Whatever he looks like, Sammy lives on a cloud and he hops into books, taking his young viewers along for the ride. The books Sammy jumps into are the “My Magical World” stories, where a wizard named Abra and a young lady named Georgia live with a host of furry little puppet critters. The puppet critters don’t always get along — neither do Abra and Georgia, for that matter — and thus, lessons for the kiddos are delivered.

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We have officially boogied till we just can't boogie no more

“This makes me feel old,” Rockford said. “I only know two songs on here.”

“Two?” I asked, surprised. I’d only recognized one of them.

“Yeah,” he said. ” ‘Toxic’ is that Britney Spears song, and then there’s ‘S.O.S.’ But maybe it’s not the one I know.”

“No,” I agree. “It’s probably not ABBA.”

Clearly, we are not the target audience for “Boogie Superstar,” which the Parent Bloggers Network recently sent us to try out on the Wii.

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