Ice Age

The one great thing about the cable provider that we have is that it gives us 4-5 public television stations that show cartoons during the day. So if Eva and me wanted to, we could watch Sesame Street, Barney, Big Big World, Curious George, Clifford, Dragon Tales and other quality programming all day long (which sometimes it feels like we do). But instead, we switch the TV straight to the DVD feed and watch Ice Age on the loop. Since I was getting sick and tired of the first 25 episodes of the Muppet Show, and the second season of that program is nowhere in sight, I guess I should be grateful to not be stuck in the public TV-land. And for the most part I am, because you can say what you want about Walt Disney - he does make one fine and funny children's cartoon that can be enjoyed by adults. But did you notice how many sad and scary scenes those cartoons have? Like when the baby's mother drowns? Or when the tiger pack is attaching the mammoth? Eva always says 'owwww' when she watches that scene, and mercifully she is too young to ask me what happens to the mommy (she swims away to rest is the asnwer I am preparing to give). So many things in this world are so hard to explain to your kids... I almost feel like cartoons should not have anything that requires you to give an explanation - but then they will be boring and bland and I would not be able to watch them 50 times in a row.