Comments on: ‘In The Night Garden’ as a communist utopia

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:48:00 +0000

LOL maybe communism is making a secret comeback through our children.

By: Jo Rhys-Jones

Jo Rhys-Jones — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:08:06 +0000

Then there's the somewhat dubious attitude to hygiene – the Pontipines are never reprimanded for playing INSIDE someone else's clean washing as it hangs on the line!
Have you been on the site? (again via cbeebies) it's just brilliant. My kids have to drag me away from it…

By: mrplatts

mrplatts — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:21:32 +0000

yeah, but I'm pretty sure the Smurfs were supposed to be communist too! http://www.iamlost.com/features/smurfs/commies…… As a child of six or so, I often wondered about a world without money, and equal distribution of resources. No rich people, no poor. . . Maybe it is a natural way for children to understand the world — It wouldn't do for Iggle Piggle to have lost his blanket because he was panhandling for loose change to buy liquor, would it? In the states we have not gotten this yet (I don't think) — but we do get most British Children's programming (Teletubbies, and now Boobahs) All of it is kind of simultaneously outrageous to my more developed mind, and strangely satisfying to my inner child.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:21:00 +0000

yeah, but I’m pretty sure the Smurfs were supposed to be communist too!
http://www.iamlost.com/features/smurfs/commies.shtml

As a child of six or so, I often wondered about a world without money, and equal distribution of resources. No rich people, no poor. . . Maybe it is a natural way for children to understand the world — It wouldn’t do for Iggle Piggle to have lost his blanket because he was panhandling for loose change to buy liquor, would it?

In the states we have not gotten this yet (I don’t think) — but we do get most British Children’s programming (Teletubbies, and now Boobahs) All of it is kind of simultaneously outrageous to my more developed mind, and strangely satisfying to my inner child.

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:15:07 +0000

Good point r.e. the Pontipines!It's a great programme and Ben's transfixed by it – at least until theTombliboos come on! He doesn't seem to like them so much. Yes, we'vehad him on the website and have printed out the pics for him to colourin. :-)

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Good point r.e. the Pontipines!

It’s a great programme and Ben’s transfixed by it – at least until the
Tombliboos come on! He doesn’t seem to like them so much. Yes, we’ve
had him on the website and have printed out the pics for him to colour
in. :-)

By: Jo Rhys-Jones

Jo Rhys-Jones — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:08:00 +0000

Then there’s the somewhat dubious attitude to hygiene – the Pontipines are never reprimanded for playing INSIDE someone else’s clean washing as it hangs on the line!
Have you been on the site? (again via cbeebies) it’s just brilliant. My kids have to drag me away from it…