WHICH IS THE MOST ANNOYING KID’S TV CHARACTER?

On April 6, 1992 the hopelessly saccharine kid’s television show “Barney and Friends” premiered on PBS and it has been amusing preschoolers and annoying parents ever since. This raises the question, “Is Barney The Most Annoying Childrens Character of All-Time?” Not according to babble.com.au. Here is their list of the top 5 Most Annoying Kid’s TV Characters:

1. Dora the Explorer – Look – we can see where Dora can be a positive role model for girls. She’s a girl. She’s Hispanic. She doesn’t dress like a Bratz doll. But her shouty, repetitive voice is as annoying as hell.

“Where are we going? Strawberry mountain! Where are we going? Strawberry mountain! Where are we going? Strawberry mountain! Where are we going? Strawberry mountain! Where are we going? Strawberry mountain! As one frustrated mother opined, by the time she’s halfway through the song, the dog and the houseplants have figured out where we’re going. Give it a rest.

2. Elmo – Sure he’s small and red and fluffy, but don’t be fooled. Elmo is an annoying tool. John Lee, co-creator of the dark “Sesame Street” parody “Wonder Showzen,” complains that Elmo doesn’t really do anything (except shake and laugh hysterically): “Elmo doesn’t grow. People show him something and he laughs. He doesn’t learn a lesson.” In fact, Elmo is not unlike a typical jabbering, self-obsessed toddler. Maybe that’s why they like him so much. “Elmo is just a baby-voiced, self-obsessed character who is only concerned with Elmo,” says Lee. “He just passively observes things: “Elmo is looking at a sandwich. Elmo is eating a sandwich. Elmo is crapping out the sandwich and writing his name on the wall with it.”

3. The Teletubbies – Otherwise know as toddler crack, Teletubbies is the granddaddy of weird ass suited character shows. Four lumpy alien creatures live on a golf course but spend their spare time watching televisions in their bellies. Every once in a while a talking shower head rises out of the turf and gives them instructions to please the creepy, disembodied baby deity who lives in the sun. The Teletubbies like to dance around with handbags while singing nonsensical songs. And no, they don’t have alcohol or pills to blame.

4. Barney the Dinosaur – The concept of Stranger Danger goes out the window when Barney the Overly Familiar Dinosaur comes on TV. “When I hear Barney say, ‘You’re my special friend’ – that’s a disingenuous statement,” said Allen Cypher, a founder of Stagecast Software, which designs children’s programs. “It’s a fraudulent claim. It deceives kids into believing that Barney has some emotional attachment to them, and that’s not true.” And when he sings “I love you/You love me/We’re best friends like friends should be” face it kid – he’s just not that into you.

5. Thomas the Tank Engine – Just what is going down on the little island of Sodor? From racial tension (steamies vs. diesels, especially the diesels), to the pervy Trevor the tractor engine (“I love giving rides. Especially to children!”), and Sir Topham Hatt who runs the entire island like a communist paradise. (“I only have room for useful engines on my island.”). Then there’s poor Annie and Clarabel, the lowly coaches, who despite being much cleverer than dim-witted Thomas, are consigned to the second-tier status of Rolling Stock. In fact, Sodor only has one female engine, Emily. Just what message does that send out to our girls?

WHICH IS THE MOST ANNOYING KID’S TV CHARACTER?

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