Berri's Couch

An animated movie about the debated history of a book of prayers from the 9th century is certainly a description that could put off some viewers, but not us! Enter the forest of animation with us and see if there is an act of higher power or if all that lays there be wolves of mediocrity.

It is totally thematic for us to be all over this place for this *eyes move shiftily* totally thematic. We take a look back at the music video program that weirdly became a huge part of Oz kids lives because we needed something to watch before Saturday cartoons started. So what was Rage and why do we remember it?

Two children's entertainers both alike in possibilities, in fair Australian lounge rooms we lay our scene. In one corner a long running formerly 4 man troupe that became a global phenomenon and in the other 3 dags on an obvious soundstage. Who shall reign victorious The Wiggles or The Hooley Dooleys?

SOMEONE LET THIS BE SHOWN TO CHILDREN! AND THEY ENCOURAGED IT! So we go to the other end of Australian kid's programming spectrum this time with the mentally scarring Round the Twist. We try to explain this mess but I believe it would be easier to describe an intense trip to a sober friend then summarise this *gestures disgustedly* mess.

It finally happened we are now talking about the blue heeler who took over the world of kids media and made adults cry. In a quite abridged form (we are not joking this could have been hours longer) we discuss a selection of episodes that we feel explain why this show took the world by storm.

Finally a movie that's theme is so obvious we can are forced to discuss how something a small as a change in voice actor can dramatically change a character and their reception.

We are gong al the way back to the beginning. Wind, bugs, and war define this early Ghibli film but does it come in like a hurricane or should it be lost in the breeze? Let's get on the gliders and find out.

A little story about how saving a cat can backfire quickly while also being about finding yourself as a person, and it's the only made for TV Ghibli movie. Come lay in the grass in the bright sun with us as we rest pleasantly through this nice film.

If we had a nickel for every time a piece of childhood media involved people being turned into pigs we'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happened twice.

We end the month wrapping up with the emotion of love in media it was just too big to fit into one episode so here ya go, the vivisection of true love. The limitations of elevating only romantic love under the false belief that your romantic partner will just get you with no work.