Subject: Children's Programming

• Avenue Q

  Orange County Performing Arts Center

  March 26, 2009

• Mickey Mouse: Member of Hamas?

  Disney is a notoriously litigious corporation that defends what it feels belongs to them, whether intellectual property rights or the city of Anaheim. So it'll be interesting to see what, if any, reaction, they'll do after this children's television show aired on Hamas' Palestinian television network that featured a Mickey Mouse rip-off railing against the Zionists and dancing to a song about an AK-47. So Disney: will you give the terrorists the same treatment you give Florida day care centers?

  May 8, 2007

• Yo Gabba Gabba contract -officially- renewed

  Feature writer Shawn Smith has the latest on the psychedelic kiddie show scene: The gamble paid off. Yo Gabba Gabba creators Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz (our cover boys a few weeks back) got the news they’ve been waiting for. Yo Gabba Gabba, the frenetically fun kids show with the dancing Cyclops and infectious beats that airs during the pee-wee hours on Nickelodeon, just got its 20-episode renewal. After years of struggling to see their vision of a Utopian dancey-dance world come to

  December 18, 2007

• Bert & Ernie: Masters of Blastbeats

  What were the producers of Sesame Street thinking when they allowed this utterly mad, apocalyptic drumming exhibition by Bert and Ernie to get transmitted to the fragile, eggshell minds of American youth? How many delicate child constitutions were traumatized by this percussion inferno? I dunno, but I'm grateful I can relive it now. Bert and Ernie's drum-kit thunder storm sounds like something Napalm Death/Painkiller drummer Mick Harris might conjure. Was it good for you, too? Tip: Alternati

  January 3, 2008

• Panic! DJ Night At The Continental Room

  Not panic-inducing at all but rather jovial (and free!), The Continental Room in Fullerton has dubbed Monday nights the place to be for incredibly eclectic DJ showmanship. How eclectic you might ask? A veritable shmorgasborg of music genres that spanned the decades. Like this: - Primus - Data Rock - The Star Wars Theme - Pixies - Kanye West - Cookie Monster (yes, the Sesame Street muppet) - 20 Fingers - Justice - Andrew WK - Murder City Devils - Nancy Sinatra And a whole hell of a lot more. C

  February 19, 2008

• On-Sale Saturday: Coldplay, Los Lobos and More

  Sure, you're probably still reeling from yesterday's news that Chinese Democracy actually has a - gasp! - release date (insert joke about unlikelihood of that date being met, Best Buy exclusivity or free Dr. Pepper here), but there's plenty of shows with on-sale dates tomorrow if you manage to compose yourself in time. Coldplay, Nov. 25 at Honda Center On sale: 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 ($49.50-$97.50) You've probably heard of these dudes before. Blues Traveler, Nov. 13 at the House of Blues,

  October 10, 2008

• Before it Gets Old: Lazytown/Lil Jon Mashup

  UPDATE: The original video has disappeared, thanks to "a copyright claim by Lazy Town Entertainment." What, they don't like lines like "grab a dick, it's yours bitch" associated with their kids' show? Bizarre! I put up another (still-extant as of 4:26 p.m. PST on Dec. 4) upload of it, but I doubt this one is long for the world either, sadly.Sure, the mashup has been passé since around 2004--though Party Ben's "Single Ladies (In Mayberry)" makes a strong case for its revival--but this mix of "Co

  December 3, 2008

• Celebrity Fave-Raves Edition

  The year in music

  December 27, 2007

• Backyardigans

  October 30, 2008

• No Strings Attached

  July 24, 2008

• [Game On] Undead On Arrival: 'House of the Dead' Returns for the Wii, Stiff As Ever

  April 17, 2008

• [Game On] Fuzzy Fights: The Combat's Cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

  March 20, 2008

• Faux York

  January 10, 2008

• Fuzzy Wuzzy

  December 6, 2007

• DVDish

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! The Kids Were Alright

  November 8, 2007

• Alices Got a Brand New Bag

  August 21, 2003

• Excuse Me, but Is That Your Fist Up My Ass?

  It’s worth a trip down the I-5 to watch the fur fly on Avenue Q

  July 26, 2007

• Mixed Breed

  The Number 12 Looks Like You

  April 26, 2007

• Discovering Yourself

  Sesame Street Presents the Body

  February 15, 2007

• Orange Countys Radical Culture Czars

  August 26, 1999

• Talk to the Hand

  April 13, 2006

• Timothy Leary Meets the Muppets

  March 30, 2006

• This Week in 'Hey, You Guuuuyyyyyys!'

  February 2, 2006

• For a Good Time . . .

  February 2, 2006

• Yeah, Songs!

  July 29, 2004

• Corrupted Youth

  June 17, 2004

• Rhino, Interrupted

  April 18, 2002

• Incoming: Selena Gomez at the House of Blues, Rooney at the Glass House

  ​Miley Cyrus is so 2008. (And 2006, and 2007. And OK, 2009, too, but still.)

  October 8, 2009

• Sesame Street Going on 40: Top Five Lessons We've Learned

  ​ If you were born a baby boomer or younger, chances are that, as a result of being raised by television, you grew up along side Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie. Come November 10th, the Sesame Street gang will have been coaching generations of Americans through their ABCs and 123s for nearly 40 years.The only thing more impressive than its title as the longest running US children's program, is the way Sesame Street continues to remain relevant throughout the decades. So celebrate early by watching o

  November 5, 2009