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Inappropriate moments in kids TV

Started by The Lurker, May 18, 2018, 03:58:31 PM

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Panbaams



Glebe


idunnosomename

Arguably The Flintstones was not originally "kids TV"

NurseNugent

I don't know if this was a real headline or not, but either way that's really fucking dark to include in a kids' tv programme.

It's at 12.10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewbzvivKks

Bhazor

A bit of a weird one this in that its incredibly mature topic handled well in a children's show.

Muppets on death of Jim Henson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=SRSptCfn5WY

Sesame Street death of Mr Hooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxlj4Tk83xQ

I can't imagine how I would have handled this at that age. Probably given me my mid teens existential depression a decade early.

Replies From View

It would have been better if they'd handled the subject more crassly.

Quote from: NurseNugent on May 24, 2018, 06:56:26 PM
I don't know if this was a real headline or not, but either way that's really fucking dark to include in a kids' tv programme.

It's at 12.10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewbzvivKks

it's a horrible thought that it's a real headline....but if it isn't, then it follows that somebody specifically made it up, knowing that it would be featured it in a kid's TV show.  And that's even more twisted.

Twed

Quote from: Bhazor on May 24, 2018, 07:04:03 PM
A bit of a weird one this in that its incredibly mature topic handled well in a children's show.

Muppets on death of Jim Henson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=SRSptCfn5WY

Sesame Street death of Mr Hooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxlj4Tk83xQ

I can't imagine how I would have handled this at that age. Probably given me my mid teens existential depression a decade early.
I thought Newsround did a good job of handling Mark Speight's death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-VtJXDkgFQ

I like the way they explain that Speight was feeling sad, and why.

Like the muppet stuff above, not inappropriate at all.

Steven

Quote from: Twed on May 24, 2018, 11:01:36 PM
I like the way they explain that Speight was feeling sad, and why.

He could at least have picked a less child-relevant station than Paddington, though.

Shit Good Nose

Quote from: Bhazor on May 24, 2018, 07:04:03 PM
A bit of a weird one this in that its incredibly mature topic handled well in a children's show.

Muppets on death of Jim Henson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=SRSptCfn5WY

Sesame Street death of Mr Hooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxlj4Tk83xQ

I can't imagine how I would have handled this at that age. Probably given me my mid teens existential depression a decade early.

Enough to make a grown granite of a man cry both of those.  I clearly remember the Mr Hooper episode of Sesame Street, and it still stands as one of the best written and performed things dealing with death.  Also cf. the Henson memorial where Kermit's sat there with a sign saying something like "I've lost my voice", and Caroll Spinney (as Big Bird) breaking whilst singing It's Not Easy Being Green.


Back to inappropriate, lots of Gilbert the Alien stuff in Get Fresh (mainly due to Phil Cornwell being allowed to make it up as he went along), but particularly the now legendary "yeeeeaaaaahhhhh, skin up drummie!" when Aswad were on the show.  Staying with Get Fresh, but only inappropriate cos it was such an odd guest for a kids show, an interview with Alan Moore - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLoIqI0PlhY

Ghughesarch

Quote from: Bhazor on May 24, 2018, 07:04:03 PM
A bit of a weird one this in that its incredibly mature topic handled well in a children's show.

Muppets on death of Jim Henson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=SRSptCfn5WY

Sesame Street death of Mr Hooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxlj4Tk83xQ

I can't imagine how I would have handled this at that age. Probably given me my mid teens existential depression a decade early.

Pipkins did it first, but I'm not sure if that particular episode survives. Though one about a dead pet fish does. Which may or may not be ironic.


Steven

Quote from: non capisco on May 26, 2018, 12:06:15 AM
Roy Hodgson is.....THE REVENANT!

Giving new meaning to the phrase 'A Bear Behind'!

idunnosomename

Quote from: Twed on May 24, 2018, 11:01:36 PM
I thought Newsround did a good job of handling Mark Speight's death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-VtJXDkgFQ

I like the way they explain that Speight was feeling sad, and why.

Like the muppet stuff above, not inappropriate at all.
I remember seeing that  and I don't think I read up on what actually happened to him (God knows why I was watching CBBC 10 years ago). My God that is grim.

Again I want claim the Muppets isn't really a kids' show. I'm sure you can find truly inappropriate things in it. Didn't the new one have lots of dodgy implications about Kermit and Miss Piggy etc?

Dr Rock

The Muppet Show wasn't a kid's show. Wikipedia describes it as 'family orientated.' As I recall it was an attempt to take what worked in Sesame Street which was a kid's show and make it work to appeal more to adults too, though kids could watch also.

Shit Good Nose

Yeah, it was typically shown over here at 7 or 8pm wasn't it?  Plus all those celeb guests that most kids had probably never heard of - can't imagine 6 year old Billy getting too excited about Buddy Rich being on the show.  Definitely as much, if not more, for the grown ups as the children.

Bhazor

Well I honestly have never watched the Muppets TV show but I love the movies. So eh, no idea if its a family show or not.

I'm sure we could make whole thread about retroactively inapproriate moments from the Cosby show. But I think this is the worst.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBDRwiSZSBg

Yeah I know that was probably not a kids show either but in my defense fuck you.

Phil_A

Quote from: Bhazor on May 26, 2018, 11:40:59 PM
Well I honestly have never watched the Muppets TV show but I love the movies. So eh, no idea if its a family show or not.

I'm sure we could make whole thread about retroactively inapproriate moments from the Cosby show. But I think this is the worst.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBDRwiSZSBg

Yeah I know that was probably not a kids show either but in my defense fuck you.

Holy fuck. That is some Savile-esque "hiding in plain sight" shit right there. Legit horrifying.

bgmnts


Glebe


Bhazor

Quote from: Phil_A on May 27, 2018, 02:04:52 AM
Holy fuck. That is some Savile-esque "hiding in plain sight" shit right there. Legit horrifying.

Wasn't there a bit in CK comedy Louie where he tries to physically trap a woman in his house and she says to him "You can't even rape someone properly"

Replies From View

Quote from: Bhazor on May 28, 2018, 01:38:38 PM
Wasn't there a bit in CK comedy Louie where he tries to physically trap a woman in his house and she says to him "You can't even rape someone properly"

Yes but I can't remember whether it was CBBC or CITV.

(Most likely CBBC because there are no adverts so they have to pad all out episodes with crass jokes and sequences of full frontal nudity.)

Bhazor

Quote from: Replies From View on May 29, 2018, 12:02:07 PM
Yes but I can't remember whether it was CBBC or CITV.

(Most likely CBBC because there are no adverts so they have to pad all out episodes with crass jokes and sequences of full frontal nudity.)

Let me guess you're going to tell me A Handmaid's Tale isn't a children's show either.

Replies From View

Quote from: Bhazor on May 29, 2018, 12:08:37 PM
Let me guess you're going to tell me A Handmaid's Tale isn't a children's show either.

Never saw it.


Was it on CBBC or CITV?

mothman

Oh, it was way before that. BBC1 during kids' tv in the 80s, poorly dubbed from the original Armenian.

George White

Actually, it was Czech.
Directed by Jindrich Polak.
With effects by Jan Svankmajer. The stop-motion foetuses, especially.

a duncandisorderly

jools hooland's january 1987 live trail for that week's edition of 'the tube' went out nationally from tyne-tees, & had him telling the audience to watch the show or be 'ungroovy fuckers', resulting in a six week ban & the premature cancellation of the show. there's no yt of it, & at the time tyne-tees only made audio recordings of their live output, so it's doubtful it will emerge.

someone posted this, so there's hope yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXUWTQkmOos

pigamus

Does Melody in the Queen's Nose count? I mean she looked bloody good in that bikini, but well...

Dannyhood91

Has anyone mentioned when the Powerpuff Girls created themselves a sister with Down syndrome who exploded?