I remember back when I was a kid, hanging around in the school holidays. TV was next to worthless back then. Now I know that I'm going to offend someone saying this (calculated risk because most people won't have a clue what I'm talking about: spoiler alert - I'm 50) but TV was seriously bad back in the day. Crap. Really bad crap.
The best the programmers could come up with were re-runs of Lost in space and Land of the giants. And to their credit, some people tried on those shows to make them interesting. They tried.
But really?
That's the best you could do, TV execs?
Great shows did exist at the time - but they were never on during the day over the holiday period. Not in Australia.
- Doctor Who. Awesome.
- Blake's 7. Wow.
- The Goodies. Yeah man.
- The Muppets. I'm in awe. Still. Literally.
- Star Trek. Well, I'm not a fan of the original shows, but probably because they weren't offered where I lived.
That's right kids. We were dependent on the local TV stations. If they didn't carry a show, we never saw it. And I mean never.
This was before VCRs remember.
And today?
It's not the effects that I'm talking about, although they're great these days. It's the writing. The character development. Has anyone here seen the Netflix show How to train your Dragon? Intelligent, funny, exciting and adventurous.
Talk about a great show. Awesome even. (How's Tough Nutt for a character. So good.)
And Marvel movies - I've written about them before.
There are other great shows, too many to list here.
I'm really grateful that people are putting effort into kids shows these days. And not just because as a dad I find myself watching more kids TV then I would otherwise choose. No, it's because my daughter is really learning from them. How to be funny. How to be a friend. How to do what's right.
And did I mention how to be funny?
Have a great day.
(Note: I don't let my daughter watch too much TV. This post is about quality - not quantity.)
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