Video Killed the Radio Star

Noah watches the television when he first wakes up...gives mommy a chance to pull herself together, brush teeth, caffeinate. I hear lots of kids get hung up on their favorite show or film, and have to watch it constantly. Well, lil' Noahy is totally obsessive. For a while, it was Milo and Otis every single day. And Milo and Otis sort of became members of our family...and I love that mischevious kitten and pug-nosed dog...and Otis' song, "Here Comes the Dog...Strong and Brave" is still sung by all members of the LeBlanc household. But the inebriated Dudley Moore narrating began to wear on my nerves. And I began to wonder how on earth the film makers got away with putting those animals in so many ridiculously dangerous situations- like throwing the cat off a cliff!
Now Noah is obsessed with Hamataro. Which, if you have deprived yourself, and you've never seen this animated gem of a show...well, let me fill you in (this is sarcasm). It's a Japanese Anime series about a group of hampsters who build their own clubhouse! Ooh! And they fool their humans by pretending that they hang out in their cages all day. The music is why Noah loves it..."It's Hamtaro time...Hamtaro time...little hampsters, big adventures, Hamtaro!" Imagine those lyrics set to a blaring techno tune. Oh Joy. Today, Noah is taking his toy hampster to show and tell...his toy hampster is named Hamtaro too, of course.
Here's hope: Noah loves finding out how things work. He loves The Magic School Bus books because they often go inside things (bodies, cars, sewage systems)...and I found a Magic School Bus dvd at the library in which Ms. Frizzle and the class go to Space...Noah is watching it now and letting me know that they are on another planet now...Pluto...and it's cold and dark there! Yep, he's only 3, but thanks to tv, he knows about Pluto...unfortunately, this episode of the MSB was made before Pluto was demoted to the status of non-planet! Ughh! How to explain that controversy to Noah? ; )