At first, this show seemed really good. My son seemed to enjoy it. It was semi-educational and benign. As with many kids shows, after repeated chain-watching of 30+ episodes you get sick of seeing these things (minus Curious George). But I noticed something different; this show's problem is that it uses cultural stereotypes. There is at least one in every episode. It gets old really quick. They go to a bayou and meet a guy who makes gumbo and yells "AIIEEEE", they go to Germany and meet two twins in lederhosen on a tandem bike with ridiculously exaggerated accents, they go to Asia and act like ninjas...it's a bit ridiculous. I get the feeling these Canadians got a little bit tired of people ragging on their accents so they decided to give it back to the world with lame hundred year old cultural views which are misleading to children. Note that I did not say offensive. They didn't try hard enough to get to that level, luckily. They're number 2 after all.
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Gorgeous educational show
thandi-lamprecht29 June 2020
Great show. Children 3 through 7
jcallan-8631721 November 2022
This show is flawless. Highly recommend. Perfect for cultivating happy well mannered children interested in a wide range of subjects. It's funny to me that one of the negative reviews here is that the show is too positive. This is precisely what I like about it. But more importantly the show doesn't rely on a lot of fast cuts to keep kids attention but instead uses pacing and proper plot to maintain sustained attention of children. My kids love it and have become interested in things like trains, planes, Dino digs and detective work by watching this show. Not a big fan of tv for kids but this show is the best I've seen after seven years of curating content. Pretty cool if you ask me.
As another reviewer said, too many stereotypes, and pretty over-the-top
niburu118 March 2017
It's nicely animated but it's packed full of cheesy clichés, idioms, stereotypes, and exaggerated emotions. The over-the-top positiveness is lame, and I'd rather they didn't try to make the show educational in the way they do. The accents of people from other countries is embarrassing and was reason alone for not letting my son watch it anymore. All in all, pretty awful garbage for your little ones to watch.
Love this show!
cbwhinery15 October 2013
Both my boys I nanny for love this show. We have seen all of the first season at least 3 or 4 times! Can't wait for season 2 to appear on Netflix! Every morning my 3 y.o. asks for this show and we watch a little bit in the morning and a little bit after afternoon nap. It is definitely one way to calm him down and get him to concentrate on one thing. One thing I swore was that I wouldn't let kids watch TV but this show is pretty good. Plus some times you really just need a break. Love all the imaginary play too. And of course we have our favorite episodes. The theme song is nice and not annoying. The show is also not annoying, like many other "learning" shows.
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