"Wild party? There was no wild party. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go catch my naked friend."

[sistermagpie]

Okay, I don't know how many people on my flist watch Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, but if you don't, you should. Or anyway, I love it. In a nutshell: Bloo throws a big party when the grown ups are gone. Bloo's friend Mac, who is always more sensible, tries to get him to stop. So Bloo slips Mac some sugar, even after Mac has warned, "You wouldn't like me when I've had sugar."

I can't believe this kids' show just did a really funny riff on what it's like to go to a party when somebody gets high and freaks out and goes crazy. Mac's diilated eyes rivalled anything in Requiem for a Dream. Especially after he does what must be the speedball of sugar high: pop rocks and soda pop. Naturally it all ends in a dark alley with Mac pale, naked, shivering, doing Gollum impressions, buck naked.

I wonder if I saw this first as a kid and then saw it as an adult it would play totally differently.

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[mahoni.livejournal.com]

Well, of my son's (male) 6, 7 and 8 year old friends, only one of them likes Foster's. He's the one who, when he's at his mom's house, pretty much just sits in front of the tv watching Cartoon Network all the time, so he loves *everything* on Cartoon Network. The objection to Foster's is that it's "boring." I think what they like right now is easy-access stuff. The way it seems to me, Ed, Edd & Eddy they like because the stories are very simple and the humor is very blatant and Three Stooges-ish. They like Teen Titans because, while the stories and characters can be fairly complex, it's very fast-paced with a lot of kicko-fighto, and also the stylized animation is very good at spelling out what's going on (the characters are very expressive in both realistic as well as hyper-anime ways). From what I've seen of Foster's, it's a little less fast-paced, and the humor and action is more subtle.

But, that's just the kids I know. I'm not sure how the larger viewing population feels. :P

Oh no, he wants to be called Eddy?? Eek! :)) Too funny.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I can totally see kids feeling that way--I mean, when *I* look forward to the show there's always a possibility that it's aimed more at me than a 6-year-old boy. A lot of the jokes are over kids heads, with references to movies and things like that, though I think there's enough there that kids can grasp. It actually might have more appeal for girls because it's a gentler show that sometimes deals with feelings and things.

[samaranth.livejournal.com]

I’ve been eavesdropping, and thought I’d add:

My 8 year old son also adores Ed, Edd and Eddy, and I loathe it. Three Stooges is right – there is much slap and stick. And the characters are (to me) unattractive: loud-mouthed bully (Eddy); almost moronic but eternally happy (Ed); clever but whimpy (Edd). But what would I know! I can barely make out the dialogue (too fast, the vocal tone too strangled) and yet that seems to be what appeals to J. And he loves the kind of situations they get themselves into, and the really weird contortions their bodies do – the weirder they are the more he laughs. In fact, he absolutely cracks up laughing at it, but I’m at a loss to get the humour. (I’m so old :( )

Teen Titans is much better – I really love the Raven character :-) – she’s cool. It’s much darker story, and I think the animation quality is much better (clearer lines stronger colours) and the plot line is more discernible. Plus, being the grown-up that I am, I like it better if the characters have some likeable traits, and they’re not always being taken advantage of or being set up to be laughed at (in the mocking sense.) J watches it, but doesn’t laugh out loud or engage with it in nearly the same way as with Ed, Edd and Eddy.

Magpie, I’ll let you know about Fosters…and Bloo (“condom” *snort*)

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Bet you haven't met too many condoms named Blooregard Q. Kazoo.

[samaranth.livejournal.com]

Magpie, you know there are a couple of responses I could make to that. :-P