Sing Along With Gina D (Or Gina D's Kids Club)
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Once upon a time, a little girl named Gina D went to her grandmother's house. While she was asleep, she had a dream that the house was a kid's club. Disregarding the possibilities of remembering said dream (assuming it occurred during REM sleep), and the shady implications of a grown woman and her friends hanging around small children, she remembered it fondly, and when she grew up, decided to make her dream a reality, presumably after sending her grandmother to a retirement home and taking over the house.
I'm really not sure how to describe this show. Ever seen one of those kid's shows that features a few live-action characters interacting with cartoon characters, puppets, and otherwise nonliving characters (The Wiggles)? Think of that, but instead of four people, it's two- and instead of several different songs, repeated ones carrying on from episode to episode.
This show is, quite obviously, a musical show for small children. Our hosts are Gina D herself, the rejected brother of Crocodile Dundee (Simon Wallaby), Pierre the Frenchman (who is definitely not stereotypical at ALL, guys), and Mr. Pockets, who you may recognize as that creepy clown you always see during your nightmares. They are joined by TV Ted (a TV), Doggie Brown (A dog) and several puppets, all of which appear to simply ask Gina to sing a certain song or to learn lessons about friendship and such, all through the same songs.
I have no issues with repeated songs- it's just interesting to see that Gina herself (an actually alright singer) uses these as segues into other bits and newer songs. The only other thing worth mentioning here is the tour footage that plays at the end of a few episodes. This shows Gina and some of her friends touring and appealing to children, while a gospel hymm is sung in the background (you didnt think we wouldn't throw in the Bible SOMEWHERE, did you?).
As far as kid's shows go, even Bible shows, this isn't bad. I wouldn't go as far as to compare it to some of the other things aired on the channel, At the most, it's harmless singing with morals and religion thrown in. Harmless, that's the best way to describe this. Except maybe Mr. Pockets- I don't trust that clown.
3/5
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Little Buds
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I'm just going to say it flat-out: BURN THIS. Burn the puppets, dismantle the set, and tell the children to get a news parody from something else (the Jelly News, perhaps, if you stick with the channel?). This is not the kind of thing a network should want to be affiliated with.
The show's plot? Heck if I know. Apparently this is a news network run by flowers, who maintain a standard television station until letters begin to attack. The rest of this 22-minute program is the alphabet. Literally. It just takes the single letter and displays examples for roughly 16 minutes. It's dull, tiring and overall unpleasant.
You know what this is? This is a Creepypasta waiting to happen. One of those little kid's shows that seems innocent until freaky stuff begins to happen and the kids begin to act crazy . I half expect to see a still frame of these hideous flower puppets bleeding from their hyper-realistic eyes.
0/5
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Aardvark to Zucchini
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HELLO, HUMANS. AM NORMAL AARDVARK. AM NOT DEMON. ME HAVE FRIEND ZUCCHINI. IT NORMAL ZUCCHINI, NOT DEMON, LIKE ME, AARDVARK. YOU WATCH SHOW AND LEARN ALPHABETS. WE TEACH YOU LETTERS NOW. YOU SAY GOODNIGHT PRAYER WITH US AT NOON. IS GOOD IDEA. AM NOT DEMON, TO MAKE SURE. HELLO, SMALL CHILDREN! MAY I LOOK AT YOUR SPINAL FLUIDS, JUST FOR A MOMENT?
Hail The Dark One/5
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This show is, quite obviously, a musical show for small children. Our hosts are Gina D herself, the rejected brother of Crocodile Dundee (Simon Wallaby), Pierre the Frenchman (who is definitely not stereotypical at ALL, guys), and Mr. Pockets, who you may recognize as that creepy clown you always see during your nightmares. They are joined by TV Ted (a TV), Doggie Brown (A dog) and several puppets, all of which appear to simply ask Gina to sing a certain song or to learn lessons about friendship and such, all through the same songs.
I have no issues with repeated songs- it's just interesting to see that Gina herself (an actually alright singer) uses these as segues into other bits and newer songs. The only other thing worth mentioning here is the tour footage that plays at the end of a few episodes. This shows Gina and some of her friends touring and appealing to children, while a gospel hymm is sung in the background (you didnt think we wouldn't throw in the Bible SOMEWHERE, did you?).
As far as kid's shows go, even Bible shows, this isn't bad. I wouldn't go as far as to compare it to some of the other things aired on the channel, At the most, it's harmless singing with morals and religion thrown in. Harmless, that's the best way to describe this. Except maybe Mr. Pockets- I don't trust that clown.
3/5
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Little Buds
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I'm just going to say it flat-out: BURN THIS. Burn the puppets, dismantle the set, and tell the children to get a news parody from something else (the Jelly News, perhaps, if you stick with the channel?). This is not the kind of thing a network should want to be affiliated with.
The show's plot? Heck if I know. Apparently this is a news network run by flowers, who maintain a standard television station until letters begin to attack. The rest of this 22-minute program is the alphabet. Literally. It just takes the single letter and displays examples for roughly 16 minutes. It's dull, tiring and overall unpleasant.
You know what this is? This is a Creepypasta waiting to happen. One of those little kid's shows that seems innocent until freaky stuff begins to happen and the kids begin to act crazy . I half expect to see a still frame of these hideous flower puppets bleeding from their hyper-realistic eyes.
0/5
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Aardvark to Zucchini
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HELLO, HUMANS. AM NORMAL AARDVARK. AM NOT DEMON. ME HAVE FRIEND ZUCCHINI. IT NORMAL ZUCCHINI, NOT DEMON, LIKE ME, AARDVARK. YOU WATCH SHOW AND LEARN ALPHABETS. WE TEACH YOU LETTERS NOW. YOU SAY GOODNIGHT PRAYER WITH US AT NOON. IS GOOD IDEA. AM NOT DEMON, TO MAKE SURE. HELLO, SMALL CHILDREN! MAY I LOOK AT YOUR SPINAL FLUIDS, JUST FOR A MOMENT?
Hail The Dark One/5
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