Awful !!

uhhh...I have to agree with eyewrite. What is clever about using the same tune for a bunch of different songs? And the songs all have one word! In one episode my son was watching the characters were singing "Jumpy jump jump jump" and in the next episode they were singing "Snacky snack snack snack". What is clever about that? This show looks like someone filmed a kids' show in 1983 and it never aired, and then 20 years later someone at Nick Jr. dug it out of the basement and said "Hey let's put this on! It'll be cheap!"

This show sucks. I can't believe someone at Nick thinks this crap is good.

You tell her, Darth Vader!

Spock would be proud. -_-

My 2.5 year old loves this show. I agree with you Lyght.


BTW, DARTH..... make sure George asks Lorraine to the "Fish Under the Stars" dance!!!

My 4-year-old daughter LOVES this show! I hated it at first, and I thought it was horrible and annoying like most kids shows, but I actually don't mind it now.

The songs are kind of catchy, and I just love how my daughter picks up on the songs and the lessons they teach. Also, it gets her off her butt and she dances or skips to the catchy techno-pop music, which I love. No other show has gotten her up & dancing along. Mostly, with Blue, Dora, or any other kids show, she just lays there like a bump on a log watching it.

I personally like the throwback look to it, the simple sets, the primitive animation, and the more modern kid-centered music. It looks like something I would have watched when I was little. It's great to see something as different as this on the air today, with all the cookie-cutter cartoons on every day.

YGG also had one of my favorite bands on there as a guest, The Shins!! I'm planning to DVR that episode so we can watch it again. :)

I don't know if I'd compare YGG to Sesame Street. That's a hefty comparison! I give YGG credit for being refreshing (from a parent's standpoint) but I don't see it as revolutionary or solid at SStreet was and is. SStreet was also not targeting preschool, necessarily.

YGG is absurdist, wholesome entertainment for preschoolers. My 4 and 2 year olds love it, in all it's craziness. My 8 year old nephew thinks it's "Kinda dumb". I think the target audience caps out at about 5 or 6 years old.

YGG is as valuable as the other good preschool shows out there (like Blues Clues), but YGG is a totally different take on that "genre". Like I said, it's absurd without losing a message, and that message is generally heard loud and clear by my preschoolers at home.

They enjoy many shows on Noggin, including YGG. While there are shows that I do NOT like for preschoolers out there, YGG is one of several that I think do it well. YGG happens to be 22 min. of insanity for my kids, which is a nice change of pace from the more "traditional" shows on Noggin (which they also enjoy immensely!)

YGG makes me laugh at the absurdness of it - sometimes I roll my eyes and laugh out loud as how insane it can be. But in the end, it's not controversial or offensive or inappropriate - it's just a little nuts. But hey, anyone who has toddlers knows what it's like to be a little crazy!

I'm used to no one liking what I like.

The cheesy elements are there "to give it a retro feel"? Hahaha. Come on! Are you serious, or are you just making an excuse for the show's lows, production-wise? A retro feel, eh? You must be kidding. If that was true, would the kids even care if the show they're watching has this "retro feel"? They're ages 1 and up for crying out loud, they don't even know what retro means yet. You're seriously using that as an excuse for this show's horrible quality?

I agree with the OP, this show is lame -- even for kids. It's too loud. It tries too hard to be cute, especially the host. Why was Steve (from Blue's Clues) able to do it, while this show's host is simply unable to? DJ Lance reminds me of parents who talk to young kids in a cutesy way, "Agoo-goo-goo.. Luk at dahdah, babeee.. Weeeee, luk at dee itty bitty pahyder clahyming up da woLL," even though they're already old enough to understand simple words (just not able to speak the words out yet), which results to the kids' delay of learning the language. The host in this show says things like, "It's sAAAahhmmerrrr!! YOOoww Gaahhbaaahh GAAAbaaaahhhh!!!!!" Lastly, if you want to talk high production values, then watch that Nick Jr show with the pink-haired girl and acrobatic guy in blue tights (can't remember the title).

I don't like it but my kid and my niece love it. At least they aren't just sitting on their bums and watching. Yo Gabba Gabba gets them moving. You wouldn't think watching tv would make for sweaty kids but this one does.

At least, Nick is trying.

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