This weeks’ Writers Workshop is easy. Too easy. Check out this prompt:
1.) Describe a popular kids toy or show that you just don’t understand.
Pssh. Instantly, one show comes to mind.
Honestly, who thought this was a good idea? And why are kids obsessed with it!? Let me break it down now (if your kids watch the show you know I stole that).
DJ Lance Rock: 20-something dude, rail skinny with a ‘fro and is willing to wear a spandex leotard thing with a fuzzy orange hat and carry an old school boombox around. This guy better be getting paid real good otherwise, he’s just sad.
Muno: An orange bumpy phallic monster. Dumb as rocks and yet still the second brightest of the bunch. He has a HUGE zipper going down his back and nobody seems to notice or care.
Foofa: Pink, overweight and bulbous. Easily the dumbest of the group. Has a strange obsession with flowers and loves everyone. Not a fan of yogurt.
Brobee: For some reason, I kinda love this guy. Sure, his arms are longer than he is and they are clearly controlled by metal bars, but he still has this kind of boyish charm about him. He’s also fuzzy.
Toodee: Another one that’s not so bright. I can’t tell if this is a boy or a girl…a cat or a dragon-type thing. But, it has whiskers and is quite selfish when it comes to taking turns.
Plex: Ah, Plex. He’s the brains of the operation. And he’s magic. He can beam random celebrities in and out when it’s time for the dancey dance and he basically runs the show. I would like to point out that somehow, the creators and producers of this show have managed to talk several celebrities in appearing and doing ridiculous dances. Actually, they got Jack Black to do an entire {tripped out} episode in which he was clearly stoned having the time of his life.
A few of the celebrities that have been suckered into it include: Biz Markie (Biz’s Beat of the Day is actually shown quite a lot), Andy Samberg (Saw that coming), Sugarland, Tony Hawk, Elijah Wood (first episode, holla) and Mya (has been?).
There are also a lot of really spooky bands that show up during the show and some super trippy backgrounds that run like a seizure-inducing hypnosis reel at the end of each episode. Seriously, this show freaks me (and every parent I’ve ever forced to watch it) out. Hardcore. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to call for HELP from Super Martian Robot Girl.
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All photos in this post were stolen borrowed from Nick Jr or random Google images.
Visiting from Mama Kats …
Oh yeah .. this is ONE WEIRD SHOW! I found out it was created by one of the founders of DEVO, so that explains a lot of it.
“My names is Jenners … and I love to dance!”
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YOU ARE HILARIOUS! My post is a similar one for slightly older kids. I’m pleased to say that my Teletubbie Generation boys never made me sit through this one!
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LOVE IT! Almost fell off my chair laughing. You’re right, I hope they pay that dude a mint.
I ended up doing prompt #2, but if I’d done the first one, it would have been about this show. Except that I’ve never been able to stomach more than five minutes of it to know what it’s about. Every time it starts to play I dive for the remote. I don’t care what reaction it brings from my kids, there will be NO Yo Gabba Gabba in this house.
Thanks for explaining the characters. I always wondered who the giant penis was. The Jack Black episode might be the one I would actually watch. I had no idea they had stoned celebs on!
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I can’t tell you how thankful I am that my kids hate this show! It started airing right as they were getting too old for it, and neither of them cared for it at all! Yay! I did have to sit through every episode of Dora the Explorer, though. After a while even that gets annoying!
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I couldn’t agree more!!! That show is crazy!!!! I was glad my daughter didn’t like that one!
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WOW! I’m so glad my kids are older and I only had to endure Sesame Street and Barney! Scary Stuff!
Stopping by from Mama Kat’s.
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WOW! I’m so glad my kids are older and I only had to endure Sesame Street and Barney! Scary Stuff!
Stopping by from Mama Kat’s.
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Go to youtube and find H. R. Pufnstuf – that was MY generation’s Yo Gabba Gabba.
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This show is seriously creepy. I am SO SO glad we don’t have cable simply so there is no chance I will have to watch it!
I have seen clips (on the soup) and I am sure it was created by someone on drugs, in another country, saying hahahahah look what I made those Americans buy into!
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I’ve seen this once and it scares me a lot. A LOT.
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