A friend gave us a DVD containing three of the episodes: "Big Windows", "Big TV" and "Long Drink". After a few minutes my six-year- old threatened to cut off her head if I didn't turn it off.
SPOILER ALERT - Oh, never mind. You cannot spoil a show that has no conceivable plot. Every episode is the same. A glowing ball flies around the Earth. Inside are five aliens that look exactly the same except for their color. They wake up, exercise, open a present (the most interesting part of the show), tell a story (sort-of), dance, then go back to bed.
I'm not sure how the show was created but I imagine it took more than a few meetings at the local pub -in fact, I suspect hallucinogenic drugs may have been involved. I kept thinking "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" but that song has more dramatic tension than this show.
The show has some redeeming qualities:
1. The exercises are actually a pretty good workout. Those fat little aliens are pretty fit.
2. If you imagine the aliens as being uncircumcised male members... Well it will be hard not to laugh during most of the show.
3. The aliens fly around by farting... I kid you not. If you turn on the subtitles the word "Pfft" appears every time they fly.
4. It's fun to say "Zing Zing Zingbah" - the name of the orange Boohbah.
I understand that the colors, sounds and patterns are intended to stimulate a young child's brain. I contend, however, that you are better off spending the time reading, singing and playing with your children rather than letting them watch this show.
SPOILER ALERT - Oh, never mind. You cannot spoil a show that has no conceivable plot. Every episode is the same. A glowing ball flies around the Earth. Inside are five aliens that look exactly the same except for their color. They wake up, exercise, open a present (the most interesting part of the show), tell a story (sort-of), dance, then go back to bed.
I'm not sure how the show was created but I imagine it took more than a few meetings at the local pub -in fact, I suspect hallucinogenic drugs may have been involved. I kept thinking "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" but that song has more dramatic tension than this show.
The show has some redeeming qualities:
1. The exercises are actually a pretty good workout. Those fat little aliens are pretty fit.
2. If you imagine the aliens as being uncircumcised male members... Well it will be hard not to laugh during most of the show.
3. The aliens fly around by farting... I kid you not. If you turn on the subtitles the word "Pfft" appears every time they fly.
4. It's fun to say "Zing Zing Zingbah" - the name of the orange Boohbah.
I understand that the colors, sounds and patterns are intended to stimulate a young child's brain. I contend, however, that you are better off spending the time reading, singing and playing with your children rather than letting them watch this show.