It's My Screen Time Too

It’s time for another lightning round! We review four shows that have been lingering on our watch list and let you know whether they’re worth your time: Making Fun, Ridley Jones, The Snoopy Show, and Head of the Class. We’ve got some scathing criticism, some overly deep thoughts on the origins of children’s museums, and a spirited defense of grumpy women. In Screen Time in the News, we reflect on what was undoubtedly the most talked about moment from this year’s Oscar telecast: the assertion that animation for adults exists and should be called cinema.

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In our first in-person recording in far too long, we excitedly welcome back our friend Leah to discuss the ABC remake of a childhood classic: The Wonder Years. The new version takes place in 1968 like the original but follows a black family in Montgomery, Alabama instead of a white family in the nameless suburbs. How does it stack up against our childhood memories of Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper? In Screen Time in the News, we discuss Nickelodeon’s upcoming projects.

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Pixar may have burned us in the past, but we are still excited for our review of their latest - Turning Red. We get into the controversy over critiques of the film and have some truly great comparisons to movies made for grown ups (has anyone seen Nice Girls Don’t Explode?) and gritty re-castings (spoiler: we cast one of our favorites not once, but twice!). We have a brief aside about Netflix’s new show Making Fun and the potential appeal of extreme building shows for kids.

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We jump in late to another long-running franchise and review Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Are the classic sight gags enough to keep us interested in the antics of Drac, Mavis, and Johnny? Spoiler alert: we love Drac’s dad bod and are always on board with jello-related humor. In Screen Time in the News, we cover a variety of topics including William and Kate’s screen time policies and the fact that you don’t need to wait for black history month to enjoy Hidden Figures.

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We cover a lot of ground in our latest episode: a Slate article about the mental gymnastics parents go through to make preschool TV interesting; Pixar’s Turning Red and whether or not there is still an artistic judgment made against movies that are released on streaming instead of in theaters; our enduring hatred of Blippi; and - in our main segment - a review of the Apple TV+ reboot of the fraggles in Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. Deborah, our longtime fraggle fan, explores how the new version stacks up against the original, and Katie tells you what all this has in common with Grey’s Anatomy.

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We finally review something from the How To Train Your Dragons universe! Dragons: The Nine Realms tries to live up to the franchise’s legacy, but we’re not so sure about the reckless teen protagonist and the 1300 year time jump. We speculate once again about why famous actors choose the children’s projects they do and wonder briefly what Netflix will look like without new contributions to their kids catalog from Dreamworks Animation. In Screen Time in the News, we tackle the recent New York Times Magazine profile of Ryan Kaji of Ryan’s World fame (with commentary from two of our kids).

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Sometimes we unearth hidden gems, and sometimes we simply must review the latest splashy Disney musical. In this week’s episode, we consider Disney’s Encanto. In Screen Time in the News, we discuss the troubling idea that for animation to be deemed “good,” it has to leave the realm of kids’ entertainment and be made for grown ups.

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We are joined once again by Julia of the Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous for a super-sized holiday episode reviewing A Christmas Story for the Nintendo generation: 8-Bit Christmas. How does this tale of 11-year-old Jake’s quest for a Nintendo Entertainment System in the 1980s measure up to Ralphie’s pursuit of the Red Ryder BB gun in 1940? Will we be trading in our leg lamps for power gloves? In Screen Time In the News, we chat about Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses and whether we really need more of the boy wizard in our lives.

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We tackle real prestige TV for kids in our review of Maya and the Three on Netflix. In Screen Time in the News, we discuss an Axios round- up of the latest trend of big streaming platforms making deals with YouTube kidfluencers and ponder whether it is our duty to once again dip our toes into those turbulent YouTube waters.

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