Cute-Tube

Most kids enjoy Saturday morning cartoons. My daughter used to...until she got hooked on YouTube.

A little backstory: A few years ago I bought my wife a 3-DVD set of The World of Sid & Marty Krofft as a Christmas present. She remembered watching Lidsville and H.R. Pufnstuf while I, seven years younger, felt more nostalgia for Sigmund the Sea Monster and Land of the Lost. We thought we'd try Rhiannon out on a couple of these older kids' shows to see if she liked them, and now she can't get enough -- especially of the Fab Fairy Four, the Bugaloos.

Enter YouTube. Almost every song and episode from every Krofft production. Puppetheads unite! To the "mature" adult, the camp is classic. To our child, a fairy world awaits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvUvC2dDKWA

So now, on Saturdays, we're watching 30-year-old children's programming with a distinct psychedelic bent. And when Rhiannon suggests to the neighborhood kids that they all venture into Puppetland like Jimmy with his magic flute, they stare at her blankly and then proceed to play with their Bratz dolls.

Our Rhiannon -- CuTubeness.

Andrew (Papa)