tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post6408770639902001442..comments2023-10-15T05:51:49.134-07:00Comments on Life Just Keeps Getting Weirder.: In Defense of SpongebobAnna Leflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968276973881720329noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-87329659146901927572011-10-03T09:08:31.173-07:002011-10-03T09:08:31.173-07:00Although I really hate Spongebob, I really love yo...Although I really hate Spongebob, I really love your point here. I don't hate him because he is likely to decrease the focus and control of my children, but just because I find him unbearably annoying, so annoying that I feel stabby when I watch him. But the fact that TV is <i>supposed</i> to be an escape and way to rot a few brain cells does seem grossly overlooked by this study.MommyTimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860003098383600806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-16341446436334787852011-09-17T06:52:27.017-07:002011-09-17T06:52:27.017-07:00Totally agree with you on this. What would have ha...Totally agree with you on this. What would have happened to us if we hadn't had Bugs Bunny or the Road Runner? There were some important nuggets of humor that brought us to where we are today as infinitely funny bloggers. Laughter is highly underrated. Kids have the rest of their lives to be too serious.When Pigs Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930564541028569091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-57804809511855048332011-09-15T20:02:12.585-07:002011-09-15T20:02:12.585-07:00"The Three Stooges (starring the Three Stooge..."The Three Stooges (starring the Three Stooges, duh)"<br /><br />Was this the Stooges with or without Curly? Because without Curly, the power of the three are greatly diminished...HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-55362304787812890662011-09-15T08:44:51.755-07:002011-09-15T08:44:51.755-07:00Kids go to school ALL DAY.
Kids do homework, dinn...Kids go to school ALL DAY.<br /><br />Kids do homework, dinner, and bath.<br /><br />SPONGEBOB is the Treat of the Day!!<br /><br />I watch it clutching a glass of wine and thanking God for whoever invented this delicious cartoon/escape.DESTINMARLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037943692190661620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-60744713758780767422011-09-14T18:08:18.048-07:002011-09-14T18:08:18.048-07:00Thank you for sticking up for Spongebob! I person...Thank you for sticking up for Spongebob! I personally love the show, and it's become my 2 year old daughter's favorite. My kids won't watch Caillou because he sucks. They would rather have the TV off. And it's the old cartoons like Tom and Jerry you have to watch out for. I learned this the hard way after my son started copying everything Tom & Jerry did, and ended up knocking my father unconscious. Yeah, it was bad. So Spongebob it is in our house.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371233258950468974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-47881378215932182572011-09-14T17:57:34.235-07:002011-09-14T17:57:34.235-07:00My 14 yr old read this and loved it. He says, &quo...My 14 yr old read this and loved it. He says, "Can't kids just have fun anymore? Does it have to be a lesson in the end?"<br /><br />There you have it.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-86243779804947468182011-09-14T17:44:09.749-07:002011-09-14T17:44:09.749-07:00Now that that's off my chest, I lurrrrved this...Now that that's off my chest, I lurrrrved this part:<br /><br />So she made a rule: I could only watch "The Three Stooges" every other day. In that way, she effectively reduced by a solid 50% my chances of being suspended from school for clamping someone's nose with pliers in wood shop or excessive nyuk-nyuk-nyuking in social studies.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-68841242399851639832011-09-14T17:42:17.396-07:002011-09-14T17:42:17.396-07:00Oh, yes, the WONDERFULNESS of Caillou.
The nasty ...Oh, yes, the WONDERFULNESS of Caillou.<br /><br />The nasty little bald headed boy that the parents think is the fifteenth dalai lama so they dress him in the high priest outfit.<br /><br />Hated that show. Had my druthers about it to begin with and the day my then 5 year old child turned to me while watching an episode where Caillou was particularly venomous to his little sister, Rosie-- and said," I didn't know you could hate your sister," I flipped it off, never to return.<br /><br />SpongeBob hates no one. <br /><br />SpongeBob loves everybody: even turns the other cheek (see Squidward).<br /><br />SpongeBob isn't evil and demonic.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-64119515824964702462011-09-14T16:25:45.738-07:002011-09-14T16:25:45.738-07:00Oh! Wise guy, eh? Why I oughta...
:-POh! Wise guy, eh? Why I oughta...<br /><br />:-PFireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-79017855875258122932011-09-14T11:23:32.430-07:002011-09-14T11:23:32.430-07:00Spongebob is aways happy, he just never complains....Spongebob is aways happy, he just never complains. And he's smart too...as my son just explained, you actually have to pay to work at the Krusty Krab, so Spongebob just refuses his paycheck :) The books, though, horrible and creepy - I secretly give them away at night.Nicole Peltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791466101496995936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-25130097811077567822011-09-14T10:53:04.047-07:002011-09-14T10:53:04.047-07:00I can only handle the Sponge in small doses myself...I can only handle the Sponge in small doses myself, but I think it's good that you stepped up to his defense.Florindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789402061034734894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-87741328723495251232011-09-14T10:44:04.510-07:002011-09-14T10:44:04.510-07:00"Salem sponge trials" cracked me up! I&..."Salem sponge trials" cracked me up! I'd like someone to study people who do studies. Were they really shocked by these results or were they TRYING to get these results. Hatin' on Spongebob is just childish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-62099964788148532062011-09-14T08:47:02.703-07:002011-09-14T08:47:02.703-07:00I loathe Spongebob, but I think I loathe this stud...I loathe Spongebob, but I think I loathe this study even more. Thanks for pointing out that children's entertainment is just that: entertainment.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051174636017409935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-72109404308747265842011-09-14T07:38:42.959-07:002011-09-14T07:38:42.959-07:00I love this post Anna. And this made me cackle
[T...I love this post Anna. And this made me cackle<br /><br />[To this day, whenever I happen to see a Three Stooges clip, I immediately think, Wait - did I watch this yesterday? Am I allowed to see it today?]<br /><br />I wish you had taught my research class in social work school. THESE are the kinds of questions critical thinkers ask themselves while reading a study.<br /><br />Yunk Yunk Yunk,<br />AnnAnn Imighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383249597505013239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-11498848617010534122011-09-14T07:30:39.519-07:002011-09-14T07:30:39.519-07:00I'd love for researchers to check out the ment...I'd love for researchers to check out the mental damage watching Caillou does. I tried letting my kids watch that whiny French-Canadian brat when they were young and every episode was about him throwing a tantrum and getting his way.<br /><br />They (and I) watched about a week of it and I declared that he was <i>verboten</i> in our house from then on, because "I don't want you kids to learn that whining and fussing is acceptable."<br /><br />Pretty soon, whenever my kids saw a whiny kid in a store or restaurant, one of them would say, "that boy is whiny like Caillou."<br /><br />I guess he DID teach them something.Erik Deckershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800011978813218338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-11065715880517229972011-09-14T07:30:17.677-07:002011-09-14T07:30:17.677-07:00A to the men.
I like to sit and watch tv with my...A to the men. <br /><br />I like to sit and watch tv with my kids, when we do watch it. And I'd far rather watch SpongeBob than Caillou. Heck, even my kids don't want to watch Caillou.hokgardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971689914882302078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-69502686854032505192011-09-14T07:10:11.162-07:002011-09-14T07:10:11.162-07:00I wonder what the results would be if there was a ...I wonder what the results would be if there was a Group 5: 9 minutes of Barney. It takes me about 2 minutes to fall into a deep and restful sleep when I watch. Best sedative around.<br /><br />(Making cardboard sleds & zipping down the big-ass hill for 9 minutes was the best.)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843459906469325667noreply@blogger.com