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Is it me or does anyone else change the channel as soon as the Fresh Beat Band comes on Nick Jr.?

I try and be a positive guy and a positive...I try really hard. I tolerate all sorts of crappy TV from my wife and from my kids. I have survived through 3 years of the same episodes of the WonderPets and I'm not complaining. My kids love the Upside Down show and I don't say a word.

But there's something about Nick Jr.'s show the Fresh Beat Band that I despise.

Maybe it's the actors and actresses and their annoying voices, or maybe it's that they're dressed like 4 year old kids, or maybe it's that the songs they sing are terribly written even by kiddie TV standards... "I got, I got, I got, You got, You got, You got, We got, We got, We got Loco Legs". These songs get stuck in your head worse than the "five dollar footlong song"! They're songs are awful and they look ridiculous.

I guess the most annoying one is Twist--the white dude, that tries to rap. Right there is a prime example why Black people laugh at white people. He's a fool or what tool or a chode. You could think of so many names for this poor guy. Then there's Shout, his male counterpart who is probably the least annoying of them all and then the two girls Kiki and Marina. The girls are really annoying. Whoever is directing them, makes them make these awful, exaggerated faces at the camera.

But it's all to be blamed on Nick Jr. I bet they wouldn't be so annoying if they didn't play a song from them at the end of every single TV show. And if they had more than 4-5 songs that would be better too...Well, maybe not. It just seems like every time I turn on Nick Jr. they're on.

AHHHH Their music makes me want to take a pencil to my eardrums...breathe deeply, okay much better. Thanks for letting a dad vent.

Hal
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Permalink Reply by Floor Pie on March 10, 2010 at 12:48pm

Ha! Diggy, I saw you replied to this thread and said to myself "I bet Diggy's got a crush on one of them." Of course, I'm in no position to judge, considering my Steve-from-Blues-Clues crush and all...

Diggy said:

Holy Shit. She was born in 1983. That's messed up. That, and the fact that people born in the 80's are almost 30. OK, so I now officially have a crush on her. I don't feel so creepy anymore. Thanks.

WWDD: What Would Dad Do? said:
The red head is like 28 years old!!!! That's what I'm talking about, how F'd up that show is. They take mid twenties kids and make them look like creepy teenagers!

Diggy said:
I have a crush on who the red head will be in a few years. I'm pretty sure she's too young to have a crush on now. But I've never seen a whole show, just the songs between shows. And yes, they do suck and annoy the hell out of me. Luckily, I've now got the 5 dollar foot long song in my head now. Thanks for that.

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Permalink Reply by hotmama on March 10, 2010 at 4:39pm

I really like that show. They have a positive message, characters with normal healthy bodies, cute songs, fun characters (if you are 4). I know kids tv is annoying, but this one, IMHO is not worthy of the kind of disgust reserved for purple dinosaurs.
Also, I like that Twist does "raps" instead of the black character, Shout. If Shout was the rapper it would seem like stereotyping.
Maybe I should start a FB group, "I liked the Fresh Beats when they were called The Jumparounds"

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Permalink Reply by Andromeda on March 10, 2010 at 9:20pm

screw you all for the damn 5 dollar song. i had finally gotten it out of my head then i come here and... sheeesh. you all suck. lol!

yes, the band is obnoxious, but i'd rather him watch that than bakugan which he has found on On Demand. in fact, i think D is learning to read from the on demand menu. he gets up early (before me) and navigates his way to tom and jerry, bakugan, scooby doo, and caillou. (oddly enough, caillou doesn't really bother me that much. much less than the 5 dollar footlong song) the really odd thing is that he actually requested to watch zaboomafoo tonight. he has never really liked that show.

and yeah, the white guy that tries to rap is a disaster. not that white people shouldn't rap. just THAT guy shouldn't.

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Permalink Reply by Ellie on March 19, 2010 at 10:54am

Damn you all for the 5 dollar footlong song. I see it and raise you a Lelli Kelly. OMG I HATE THIS COMMERCIAL SO MUCH.

Unfortunately, the only version I could find was the british one, so just switch the accent, but the fucking jingle is the same, in the same eardrum-piercing voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCXqyg7p_ow

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Permalink Reply by Meghan on March 21, 2010 at 2:37pm

Yikes!!!

Ellie said:

Damn you all for the 5 dollar footlong song. I see it and raise you a Lelli Kelly. OMG I HATE THIS COMMERCIAL SO MUCH.

Unfortunately, the only version I could find was the british one, so just switch the accent, but the fucking jingle is the same, in the same eardrum-piercing voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCXqyg7p_ow

We hear Fresh Beat Band music between the shows on Nick Jr. along with Oomi Zoomi (sp?). I am a little annoyed that while NickJr does not have "commercials" they do have promos for shows that are not on Nick Jr., but on Nick.

Laurie Berker is still on sometimes too. I like the signing lady too, the Farmhouse song is fun. And I want to be a Polar Bear!