This show used to be a clear 7 or 8 until the newest season but has been ruined by the new voice casting.Voices are everything when it comes to animation but clearly the show has now cast a female/woman's voice as the new voice for Daniel Tiger.The voice is certainly no longer Devan Cohen but seems like PBS is keeping quiet about it.(clear difference from the two)There is nothing wrong with female voices as male characters, many have been successful in the past, but this voice is clearly feminine and does not fit the character of Daniel Tiger, especially after the first few seasons.I understand that casting a female voice keeps you from having to constantly rehire a new boy actor every couple of years but this voice clearly doesn't fit and you might as well call the show "Danielle Tiger." The show needs to rehire a new voice for the next season.
... View MoreOK, first off, I have a sister that watched all of these putrid mislead educational shows. I am not a very big fan of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. But this is just annoying sound repeating, model recycling, and stupid characters with no point whatsoever. Especially prince Wednesday going around with his freaking eardrum blowing a boop shi boop shi boo! And these song just create tantrums and think the bad parts are the moral of the story. Don't even try. And they animators are so lazy that they just take google jpegs off of the internet, an episode on the show was called dusty the dinosaur, but there was an annoying song Daniel was singing with the same character, BUT WITH WINGS!!! And the make-believe parts. It's just songs that take kids on a drug trip not even knowing what happened. And the baby doll in their school, going WAAHH, WAHHH. I'm sick of it, 1/10.
... View MoreMy 2-year old grandson LOVES this show! He is rarely still but will sit through entire episodes of Daniel Tiger, responding to questions, singing along, and giving me "Ugga- mugga" kisses. He even has a "Tigey" he sleeps with. This morning we watched the crayon factory episode and when the characters received their yellow crayons from Lady Elaine, he jumped up to get his. My daughter didn't understand why there are such short random songs thrown in, so I had her watch Mr. Rogers on YouTube to show her that he did the same thing. The brevity and repetition of two-line songs of encouragement or learning are wonderful mechanisms by which children can remember. They aren't always very tuneful, but they are perfect for our 2-yr. old. And after all, he is the target audience, not those of us who watched and loved Mr. Rogers on his original show. I find this pseudo- reincarnation delightful and filled with learning opportunities for young children.
... View MoreWhen I first heard of this show i was skeptical at first, but trying to sit through one episode was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Even going through the opening theme, I could tell that I was heading for torture. It's mind numbing and made my eyes sting. Back when the show was new, I could tell it wasn't going to be great, but THIS, this is one of the worst children's shows ever. A lot of the puppet citizens of Make believe were only kids in Mister Roger's Neighborhood. Ten years after the show ended, everyone who we knew are now adults! How does that work?! Also, the way these characters look, which is supposed to be charming and cute, they creep me out. Along with that, a lot of the writing is also dumb, "grr-ific!" apparently that's what the writers think is clever, so they're obnoxiously putting it in episodes just to see hardly anyone laugh at it. This MIGHT be okay for kids at around 5, but for those who grew up with Mister Rogers, can feel their childhood being brutally crushed! That's how i feel about this show, If Mister Rogers was still alive today to see this show, THIS would probably end up killing him anyway. I'm surprised to see this got over 5 in rating. Plain and simple, this is awful. And I hope it ends soon. If I ever have children, I'll make sure to keep them away from this show by any means necessary and instead give them The Original "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood," It's classic and MUCH more quality filled
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