26 Outrageous Truths About Children's Television - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.50)

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@malsell
@malsell 10 жыл бұрын
The picture you show for Steve Burns aka Steve is actually Donovan Patton aka Joe on Blue's Clues.
@Beeeeeeeish
@Beeeeeeeish 10 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU. So glad I'm not the only one who caught it! Okay, phew, now I don't have to post my own comment about it. :P
@malsell
@malsell 10 жыл бұрын
Brittani Larkin no problem. My nephews grew up watching blue's Clues and now my daughters are.
@camb06
@camb06 10 жыл бұрын
Okay, good. I thought that image was wrong. I have Steve's album Songs for Dust Mites, and on the sleeve pictures, he looked nothing like that.
@missoula2213
@missoula2213 5 жыл бұрын
You must be old af, I grew up on Blue's Clues and I'm going through a mid-life crisis.
@MorbinNecrim86
@MorbinNecrim86 4 жыл бұрын
Didn't blues guy top himself? So sad, here's a drink no matter yo
@Photife
@Photife 9 жыл бұрын
I flipped out when I didn't see Steve when I heard the words"Steve from Blues Clues"
@setofreakinkaiba8255
@setofreakinkaiba8255 9 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I know. That was Joe. Not Steve
@legounicorn19two
@legounicorn19two 4 жыл бұрын
ah snap !lol
@shirleymorrison715
@shirleymorrison715 4 жыл бұрын
That is Donovan Patten.
@augustwhorff3314
@augustwhorff3314 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! I was wondering where was STEVE 😁
@OwlCityMerlinZelda
@OwlCityMerlinZelda 10 жыл бұрын
Well this was like a flash back to my childhood. I'd forgotten about a lot of these T.V. shows
@generalzeta7000
@generalzeta7000 10 жыл бұрын
Pikachu's eyes did not flash in that Pokemon episode, it was the background flashing vary fast between pink and blue when Pikachu hid the missiles with a Thunderbolt. I have seen the episode.
@14ricki
@14ricki 10 жыл бұрын
You mean you survived the episode.
@generalzeta7000
@generalzeta7000 10 жыл бұрын
As far as I know no one died, but way too many were hospitalizes because of the episode. I also saw the seizures casing scene long before I saw the episode. The episode also has two names in English depending on how it was translated. It can be "Computer Warrior Porygon" or "Electric Soldier Porygon" (the 2ed was the name used in the episode I watch)
@generalzeta7000
@generalzeta7000 10 жыл бұрын
Eevee is not the most well know Pokemon. But it is cute (most likely how it got to the shelf)
@bobisfive7
@bobisfive7 10 жыл бұрын
He is right no one died but hundreds were hospitalized.
@LunaBari
@LunaBari 4 жыл бұрын
@@generalzeta7000 hospitalized not hospitalizes
@mariomguy
@mariomguy 10 жыл бұрын
The man who sang Arthur's theme song is Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley's oldest son.
@vlogsnstufflikethat
@vlogsnstufflikethat 6 жыл бұрын
no way! now that you mention it i can hear it
@billysmith5409
@billysmith5409 4 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome!
@Liggliluff
@Liggliluff 4 жыл бұрын
The Swedish voice for Arthur's theme song is Linus Wahlgren, who I guess isn't internationally known. But you can take a listen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npayipWJn518pdk
@sauronthegr8
@sauronthegr8 10 жыл бұрын
I remember EVERY kid ever having those Food Transformers from McDonald's back in the day. When did restaurants start offering toys as prizes in kids' meals?
@EmpressKaga
@EmpressKaga 10 жыл бұрын
I've seen the Pokemon seizure episode. It wasn't Pikachu's eyes flashing (especially considering the fact that there isn't much color in his eyes to flash...). Pikachu blew up a computer 'vaccine' which caused a series of really bright red-and-blue lights to flash for a good 2-5 seconds. It was considerably less demonic than the scene you described, lol. ^^"
@Hoshimaru57
@Hoshimaru57 10 жыл бұрын
I can second this. The irony from that is that Porygon, the pokemon of the day, was banned from ever appearing in the anime again, in any of his evolutionary forms, despite Pikachu being the cause of the problem.
@OmniscientWarrior
@OmniscientWarrior 10 жыл бұрын
Hoshimaru57 Just goes to show that people are stupid and attack anything but not what they like even if what they like is the provoking element - like how on the show "Cheaters" the significant other will go after the cheated with and not the cheater when the cheated with may not even know about the cheated on's existence.
@starwarsguy4427
@starwarsguy4427 10 жыл бұрын
I thought that, in the Pokémon episode, Pikachu uses thunderbolt on Porygon or someone else, I'm not sure, and so the colors of red and blue flash rapidly on the screen.
@zachgilbert3815
@zachgilbert3815 10 жыл бұрын
I've seen the episode and YES that is what happened, I have no idea where John got what he said from...
@MatthewCampbell765
@MatthewCampbell765 10 жыл бұрын
Well, as Mr. Green said "It's not my area of expertise".
@jamesmcinnes5418
@jamesmcinnes5418 10 жыл бұрын
I actually read otherwise, and read that Pikachu used thunderbolt to blow up missiles that would have otherwise wreaked havoc, however the explosion of the missiles flashed red and blue.
@SylviaMoonbeam1127
@SylviaMoonbeam1127 10 жыл бұрын
Pokemon's "Electric Soldier Porygon" incident was also greatly dramatized. After only a handful of epileptic children reacted, news stations sent out warnings and a bunch of parents freaked out. An effect similar to the Placebo Effect caused parents to assume that children with mild headaches etc were also affected. Amazing what mob mentality can do can't it?
@YujiUedaFan
@YujiUedaFan 10 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Why does this guy think Pikachu's EYES flashed?!
@lesliefoundhergrail
@lesliefoundhergrail 10 жыл бұрын
That photo of Steve from Blues Clues is actually Joe from Blues Clues. Steve Burns also left the show because he started balding. He also released a couple of Indie albums, and they're not bad!
@ZeroApostle4Ever
@ZeroApostle4Ever 10 жыл бұрын
0:35 Uhhh.... pretty sure that's Joe from Blue's Clues.... not Steve...
@zaidzunaidi2044
@zaidzunaidi2044 10 жыл бұрын
really, there is an annotation saying they are wrong
@bentheredonethat1350
@bentheredonethat1350 6 жыл бұрын
Came down here to say that.
@Zoopnigh
@Zoopnigh 10 жыл бұрын
the pokemon episode wasn't pikachu's eyes flashing, but it was the background flashing red and blue very quickly.
@crazyprsn2006
@crazyprsn2006 8 жыл бұрын
"Steve, from Blue's Clues!" *shows Joe* BOOO!!
@kaylapalmer5862
@kaylapalmer5862 8 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@pat834
@pat834 7 жыл бұрын
Crazyprsn my highschool teacher told us she dated him in college and that they were still friends
@ReiAyanami8
@ReiAyanami8 10 жыл бұрын
That ending question made me think, "Why hasn't mental_floss done an episode about ice cream? There's got to be all kinds of interesting facts about that."
@osobean8628
@osobean8628 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching menopause.
@araeside6979
@araeside6979 8 жыл бұрын
I'm not the only one!
@dallasmartinfark
@dallasmartinfark 8 жыл бұрын
I JUST made that comment on another video!!!!8D
@mediumxanax
@mediumxanax 10 жыл бұрын
The Pokemon one was wrong. It was not Pikachu's eye's flashing red. In fact Pikachu's eye's never flashed at all. It was instead just a colorful flashing of lights that was so bright and intense that caused seizures.
@supahnarwhal1499
@supahnarwhal1499 10 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a porygon. Am I wrong?
@wyv3rn1
@wyv3rn1 10 жыл бұрын
***** Nah, porygon were in the episode, but they weren't the cause of the flashing. The cause of the flashing was pikachu using his electricity to make two missiles I believe i was? To explode.
@MrGodotIsHere
@MrGodotIsHere 10 жыл бұрын
***** Totodilefrog is correct. They used an animation technique called Paka Paka to create a bright flash that took up most of the frame for several seconds. everything2.com/title/Paka+paka
@davislyth9111
@davislyth9111 10 жыл бұрын
When you talked about Steve from Blue's Clues you used a picture of Joe.
@darklightangles
@darklightangles 9 жыл бұрын
Never liked Joe
@majormana1
@majormana1 9 жыл бұрын
No one did I do give them credit for handling switch right but theu cast the wrong guy.
@davislyth9111
@davislyth9111 9 жыл бұрын
Miss Amanda's world Your grammar sucks major wee wee.
@TheLunasticks
@TheLunasticks 9 жыл бұрын
They added an annotation. :)
@bluephoniex6356
@bluephoniex6356 9 жыл бұрын
Tobi3440 (Blue Phoenix) Imposter!!
@ShaunJon
@ShaunJon 10 жыл бұрын
I used to DJ at kids parties and Bob The Builder's version of Mambo No.5 was on the playlist at most of them.
@KrystalLake
@KrystalLake 10 жыл бұрын
03: _"It's Schoolhouse Rocky! A chip of the block of your favorite school house: Schoolhouse Rock!"_ ...And I haven't heard that in at least 20 years. (Some beautiful station used to play reruns in the 90's, but I first got to watch it as a kid in the 80's... Ahh, I hope kids today are getting to see it, too.. )
@chansondelapluie
@chansondelapluie 10 жыл бұрын
I remember that episode of Arthur! God, that was my favourite show.
@steevekruger2417
@steevekruger2417 10 жыл бұрын
I loved that episode so much.
@scrapetv3826
@scrapetv3826 10 жыл бұрын
So obviously the first thing to do after watching this video is look up the Bob the Builder song.
@hikaruultma
@hikaruultma 10 жыл бұрын
I wanna see that Arthur skit now...
@Obesepelican
@Obesepelican 10 жыл бұрын
Click the link!
@hikaruultma
@hikaruultma 10 жыл бұрын
Callum Hening What link...?
@happyfacefries
@happyfacefries 4 жыл бұрын
I recognized that it was on the style of South Park as a kid. Arthur's segment is in the drawing in the style of Dr. Katz, and Muffy's had a reference to Beavis and Butthead
@AshliAaron
@AshliAaron 10 жыл бұрын
This may be my favorite episode to date. You mentioned so many great kids' shows!
@Froz3nWaffl3s
@Froz3nWaffl3s 10 жыл бұрын
In the Pokemon episode it was not Pikachu's eyes that flash, it was his thunderbolt that hit a missle and flashed blue and red extremely fast
@MythrilZenith
@MythrilZenith 10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, sometimes they get their "facts" wrong. I mean, in this case it's moderately understandable because the episode was banned after airing and has basically almost never seen the light of day, but.. yeah. And it was the whole screen flashing red, blue and purple, so fast as to make it impossible to really see without slowing it down. If it was just pika's eyes I doubt it would've been as much of an issue.
@H8bringer
@H8bringer 10 жыл бұрын
MythrilZenith I'm sure someone just plucked it from whatever source they had and rolled with it because you can find it pretty easily by looking up "Pokemon banned episodes", but I think they should at least put an annotation correcting themselves.
@frosty_kamoshika
@frosty_kamoshika 10 жыл бұрын
I think it was a mistake because The Simpsons had a parody in which a TV show had a robot whose eyes flashed, giving Bart a seizure. But yes, it was the background, not Pikachu.
@springsnow3051
@springsnow3051 Жыл бұрын
I love how that's a picture of Joe and not Steve. Did I watch this 8 years ago? Yes. Am I re-watching all the John Green episodes? Yes.
@catstate
@catstate 10 жыл бұрын
It's an Eevee! Eevee's one of the most popular pokemon :3
@samanthagoldstein7497
@samanthagoldstein7497 10 жыл бұрын
My entire childhood just flashed before my eyes...... Thanks John!!!!
@Nekotamer
@Nekotamer 10 жыл бұрын
the whole pokemon "electric soldier porygon" episode flashed white red and blue very rapidly, that is enough to cause certain light produced epilepsy attacks, and the cherry on top of the pie is the explosion, which made that same effect full screen.
@catirileonard3826
@catirileonard3826 10 жыл бұрын
Wishbone, Reading Rainbow, and Magic School Bus were my JAM growing up! I wish there were more shows like them
@ArielBissett
@ArielBissett 10 жыл бұрын
This was nice :)
@netaniarivera5952
@netaniarivera5952 7 жыл бұрын
Steve Burns actually did a story with this story-slam organization called The Moth. It's available in their archives - y'all should check it.
@ib3998
@ib3998 10 жыл бұрын
Did you know that the dude who played Moseby from Suite Life of Zack and Cody was tried for manslaughter?
@3Guys1Video
@3Guys1Video 10 жыл бұрын
That really happened?
@ib3998
@ib3998 10 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure.
@3Guys1Video
@3Guys1Video 10 жыл бұрын
Ib my god....o-o
@ObjectsInMotion
@ObjectsInMotion 10 жыл бұрын
Ib That was 14 years before the first episode of Suite Life.
@ib3998
@ib3998 10 жыл бұрын
Still! XD Don't run in my halls!!
@wolverinefangowings
@wolverinefangowings 7 жыл бұрын
3:41 "I never said I wanted to meet Lavar in person! I just wanted a picture! You can't disappoint a picture!"
@GeorgiaBoi70
@GeorgiaBoi70 9 жыл бұрын
John also pronounced it "BernSTEIN" bears, which is how everyone remembers. Stupid matrix glitches! Google it...
@ktcnuttymoo
@ktcnuttymoo 10 жыл бұрын
Bob the Builder being number 1 was one of the greatest moments of my childhood! The Teletubbies song "Teletubbies say Eh-Oh!" also became number 1 in the UK :)
@laurabarnes9087
@laurabarnes9087 10 жыл бұрын
I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT BOB THE BUILDER. I AM WATCHING IT RIGHT THIS SECOND.
@WhereWhoMe
@WhereWhoMe 10 жыл бұрын
So many things about the shows I used to watch. Between Arthur and Rugrats, it was a really nice trip down memory lane.
@firebason
@firebason 10 жыл бұрын
#4 is wrong. Pikachu used thunderbolt on a couple of rockets and the explosion caused the whole screen to flash red and blue.
@tylergaudet8035
@tylergaudet8035 10 жыл бұрын
actually, he shot a thunderbolt at porygon and he blew up flashing red and blue really fast
@murdoc53
@murdoc53 10 жыл бұрын
tyler gaudet what pisses me off is they didn't even bother to edit the scene to have an actual explosion which would have saved the episode
@tylergaudet8035
@tylergaudet8035 10 жыл бұрын
ikr
@ThisIsMonkeyy
@ThisIsMonkeyy 10 жыл бұрын
You're damn straight it hit number 1 in the UK charts, what a god damn masterpiece.
@hsmoscout
@hsmoscout 10 жыл бұрын
1:50 EEVEE!!! It's one of the only Pokemon I can recognize and name, since it's one of the cutest :P
@nikkitronic80
@nikkitronic80 3 жыл бұрын
I did know that Bill Nye the Science Guy got his start on Almost Live here in Seattle. I grew up watching it with my dad, when it was airing, in the 80s & 90s. Love that show!
@BBVictini1
@BBVictini1 10 жыл бұрын
The pokemon is wrong. It wasn't the eyes of pikachu. It was his thunderbolt to the porygon's missile that made the screen rapidly flash red, blue and purple.
@DaedricFaZe
@DaedricFaZe 8 жыл бұрын
5:38 Alternate universe confirmed. Berenstain not Bernstein Mr. Green.
@emilycaballero6052
@emilycaballero6052 8 жыл бұрын
The Berenstain Bears are a fantastic lens by which to contemplate the inevitable demise of all humanity XD
@woori2392
@woori2392 10 жыл бұрын
Mental Floss What was the first serialized television show? And when did it air?
@thymeandspace110
@thymeandspace110 10 жыл бұрын
1:46 "Mark says that this is a Pokémon. Not my area of expertise." Eevee! Yay!
@elu5ive
@elu5ive 10 жыл бұрын
next you should make a video about hoaxes people STILL believe
@vampirebatjosieposie
@vampirebatjosieposie 10 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to learn about the RR app! I've always said that when I have babies I'm just going to find all the awesome kids shows from when I was little and PBS was one of 5 channels we got instead of being annoyed by whatever is on disney channel these days.
@Chocl8215
@Chocl8215 10 жыл бұрын
That is not steve at 0:40 that's joe, his sub-par replacement.
@randomtinypotatocried
@randomtinypotatocried 10 жыл бұрын
School House Rock was so awesome. Now I'll have the adverb song stuck in my head for rest of the day.
@Edud62Alugetha
@Edud62Alugetha 10 жыл бұрын
I REMEMBER THE BOB THE BUILDER THING, IT WAS MY FAVOURITE SONG
@WITFLITAAD
@WITFLITAAD 10 жыл бұрын
Bob singing Mambo No 5 was my whole childhood. My older brother hated it, which of course made me want to listen to it more.
@scifikoala
@scifikoala 10 жыл бұрын
I REMEMBER THAT ARTHUR EPISODE
@finthegeek
@finthegeek 9 жыл бұрын
I really wish you guys would cater better to an international audience. Still a good series :)
@truboo4268
@truboo4268 9 жыл бұрын
Fin H The facts are generally American because those are the facts that they have access to. They don't know about UK-only shows or shows that only air in South Korea because they don't live there.
@MrHaseo14
@MrHaseo14 10 жыл бұрын
In reference to #13, Rocko also worked at a phone sex hotline in an episode Boom Childhood destroyed
@chrismcdonald2947
@chrismcdonald2947 10 жыл бұрын
That whole show was thankfully during my teens...so that just made it and Ren and Stimpy so much better
@VWDrewser
@VWDrewser 10 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most well produced and entertaining channels on the Tube. Love it.
@SamanthaPortUkulele
@SamanthaPortUkulele 10 жыл бұрын
That picture wasn't of Steve Burns... that was Joe! BLASPHEMY! Steve is full of win, Joe is just... no. No. Yes, I have very strong feels about this. I was a 90s kid, okay? And then after I grew up Steve started making for-reals music for adults and he got even more awesome. Donovan/"Joe" will never be as great.
@SamanthaPortUkulele
@SamanthaPortUkulele 10 жыл бұрын
And man, I remember how damaging to the brand it was when the Electric Soldier Porygon episode of Pokémon aired in Japan and had all those horrible effects on kids. From what I understand the situation was blown WAY out of proportion, and it wasn't a full-on epidemic, but there were enough incidents that, obviously, it became a major problem and news story. Porygon actually never got to appear in the show after that because it had caused THAT much of a stigma in the eyes of Japanese society... even though it was actually Pikachu that caused the flashing. /facepalm/ But, y'know, they couldn't ban Pikachu from the rest of the series, it's sort of one of the main characters and the most well-known mascot for the entire franchise. Oh hey, I just made the 1,337th comment on this video! I feel like such an u83r 1337 h4x0r right now. :P
@chemistryguy
@chemistryguy 10 жыл бұрын
Word. Steve is, was, and always shall be the man.
@SamanthaPortUkulele
@SamanthaPortUkulele 10 жыл бұрын
Damn straight! Steve also gets extra points for becoming an awesome musician after leaving the show. :P AND points for his last episode... his little monologue at the end saying so long and thanks for all the -fish- help makes me tear up, no joke.
@MagikosEksMaikhina
@MagikosEksMaikhina 10 жыл бұрын
With regurads to two, how exactly is that editorial misogynistic? I mean they're saying that women found Steve attractive, what's wrong with that?
@laurahoiles7003
@laurahoiles7003 10 жыл бұрын
You again? first you give an english lesson onm danger dolans show and now here? can you like stop being boring and annoying?
@isabellaangeline2175
@isabellaangeline2175 2 жыл бұрын
I refused to leave for kindergarten before watching my morning episodes of Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow. LeVar Burton and Big Bird will always have a part of my heart.
@ve2vfd
@ve2vfd 10 жыл бұрын
You also could have mentioned that from 1991 to 1995 George Carlin (stand up comic known for his adult humor and crude language) was one of the narrators of the US version of the kids show "Thomas the tank engine".
@jonnysixx
@jonnysixx 10 жыл бұрын
John Greene thank you for making this book the fault within our stars it's amazing x)
@vanvorst1999
@vanvorst1999 4 жыл бұрын
Bill Nye is still telling bad jokes posing as a respectable scientist 🤣
@Intothesunset89
@Intothesunset89 10 жыл бұрын
Ahhh I love children's shows. I could watch an Arthur marathon right now! I so clearly remember loving the bob the builder cover!
@frankydman
@frankydman 10 жыл бұрын
Hi Mental Floss My "mind blowing question" this week is: If the 1812 overture is about Napoleon's invasion of Russia, why do we play it in Fourth of July fireworks displays?
@Czathero
@Czathero 10 жыл бұрын
I feel like my entire childhood just flashed before my eyes. I'm getting the most intense glee from nostalgia I've ever had.
@bathedinridicule
@bathedinridicule 10 жыл бұрын
LITTLE RICHARD?? SERIOUSLY?? whoa.
@Toastwig
@Toastwig 10 жыл бұрын
I remember that bob the builder cover! It was really popular in Australia too.
@TheThreatenedSwan
@TheThreatenedSwan 10 жыл бұрын
No, it's from alternating flashes of red and blue from pikachu's thunderbolt making an explosion. It made my eyes throw-up.
@XxCoolWayKilla
@XxCoolWayKilla 10 жыл бұрын
However, it did make it look yellow, right?
@SmilyLily1996
@SmilyLily1996 10 жыл бұрын
Coolway99 why yellow? Blue and red make purple. And in lights, green and red make yellow(mixing colours is different with lights than with paints, the primary colours are a little different)
@michelleh2723
@michelleh2723 10 жыл бұрын
How am I just now finding this channel?! Amazing♡
@VaellinTheBard
@VaellinTheBard 10 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a Porygon attack that does flashes that causes seizures, not Pikachu. I've seen the episode so I thought it'd be the full screen flashing.... could be wrong though
@DuckofaPato
@DuckofaPato 10 жыл бұрын
Yes. Pikachu does the electric attack that causes Porygon to flip
@albertosaur2183
@albertosaur2183 10 жыл бұрын
it was also the flashing red/blue of the explosions that caused seizures.
@o0TreeGirl0o
@o0TreeGirl0o 10 жыл бұрын
I love the mind-blowing question bit, your fans ask goofy yet some how fascinating questions.
@srhdynasty
@srhdynasty 10 жыл бұрын
That definitely isn't Steve from Blue's Clues.
@Magearod
@Magearod 10 жыл бұрын
I am intrigued by the dolls on top of the new salon fireplace!
@cutelilscrafty
@cutelilscrafty 10 жыл бұрын
In Electric Soldier Porygon, Pikachu uses a move (Thunderbolt). After using said move, the screen began flashing lights and colors, which caused kids to have seizures. All of this was blamed on poor Porygon, and it didn't have a major anime appearance ever again. And that plush is an Eevee, which is indeed a Pokemon.
@kyliecrownover6560
@kyliecrownover6560 8 жыл бұрын
Marathoning Mental Floss videos at midnight!
@Un_Popular_Opinions
@Un_Popular_Opinions 10 жыл бұрын
Wrong! Twenty minutes into the episode, there is a scene in which Pikachu stops vaccine missiles with its Thunderbolt attack, resulting in a huge explosion that flashes red and blue lights.
@DrummerMan52
@DrummerMan52 10 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else hear "Thanks for watching menopause" at the end of all of John's Mental Floss videos? Cannot unhear...
@weirdaljedifan2
@weirdaljedifan2 10 жыл бұрын
One thing that confused me about Bob the Builder is that occasionally they would show an episode with different voices (as in the British voices instead of the Americans).
@Twitchi
@Twitchi 10 жыл бұрын
one thing that confuses me is that you need dubbing in your own accent to make a childs program more appealing to yourself
@weirdaljedifan2
@weirdaljedifan2 10 жыл бұрын
Are you implying that I, as an 8 year old, controlled the TV schedule for Nick Jr.?
@Twitchi
@Twitchi 10 жыл бұрын
If we're going down this line.. i'm implying that you, as a "complaining viewer", influence the decision process of the people involved cos it "confuses" you.. and why thats so important confuses me.. surly we should be exposing our younger generation to more and more diverse accents so that when they meet some one with a truly confusing accent (say deep darkest scott) they are better equipped to deal with the situation and not be to deeply ingrained to think that the "Local" accent is the only one they can understand
@Chpeler
@Chpeler 10 жыл бұрын
Twitchi For a child old enough to understand what he is watching, I believe hearing voices in you own language, or in this case accent, would be more appealing. An accent from London is not confusing for a child raised in the southern states, it's just easier to get local viewers if the language is local. Secondly, he was complaining that the show was switching between American and British accents - he was not complaining about it actually being in a different accent. And for your last argument, everyone can get confused by a very deep accent.
@1SteveAdams1
@1SteveAdams1 10 жыл бұрын
Twitchi I don't think he was saying that the accents themselves confused him, rather that he was confused by the fact that the characters' voices changed.
@bartholomeusbelisari1865
@bartholomeusbelisari1865 10 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. I did a lot of my growing up in the '90s and I did all of it in Europe, so most of whats mentioned I struggle to relate too. But that "ice-cream" cone John transformed into a human, now that struck a chord. Vivid memories coming back, for me by far the best 2 seconds of the 464 second clip
@pseudohippie55
@pseudohippie55 10 жыл бұрын
In "electric warrior, porygon", Pikachu shot a missle, which started to flash on the entire screen. It's eyes didn't flash.
@TheDeerstalkerHat
@TheDeerstalkerHat 10 жыл бұрын
That's true! Another fun fact: Porygon and its evolutions have never been seen in another episode of Pokemon since then except for cameo roles.
@coolguyhino92
@coolguyhino92 10 жыл бұрын
Not to be a prude, but the missile was shot AT them, when Pikachu jumped up and attacked it with electricity to try and destroy it before it got to them, resulting in the epileptic inducing flashes of red and blue.
@wendymarvell3206
@wendymarvell3206 9 жыл бұрын
Pikachu doesn't shoot missles..
@kathrynfisher9601
@kathrynfisher9601 10 жыл бұрын
I love Wishbone! I read all the books as a child and watched the TV show. My personal favorite was "Musketeer!" I also watched "Reading Rainbow" all the time, and "Between the Lions." Just now realizing how much of a literary nerd I was and am.
@JohnAjodah
@JohnAjodah 10 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but #4 isnt accurate. While there were large cases of headaches and such from that episode, only a handful of kids had seizures. Also it wasn't pikachu's eyes, it was the entire screen except pikachu, who struck missiles with his electricity to cause the bright and rapid flashing of red and blue
@PokemonMysteryX
@PokemonMysteryX 10 жыл бұрын
Actually it was over 800 Japanese kids that were hospitalized, apparently. Which is why that episode has never, ever been aired again. Anywhere. But the part about it being Pikachu's eyes is indeed wrong, it was due to Pikachu firing off a Thunderbolt at a missile shot at Ash and co. by Team Rocket. It also put the show on a 4 month hiatus and almost got it cancelled, with Nintendo at the center of it all.
@MrCC3000
@MrCC3000 10 жыл бұрын
Did anybody else notice that he had Wilson from castaway on the shelf at the end of the video?
@brandonchester2236
@brandonchester2236 10 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned Steve from blues clues you put up a picture of joe from blues clues who replaced Steve in the fourth season
@papaho9813
@papaho9813 10 жыл бұрын
This was uploaded on my BIRTHDAY!
@ArtsyChick24
@ArtsyChick24 10 жыл бұрын
i think that everyone knows about the Pokemon episode by now, and no Pikachu's eyes did not flash. Pikachu struck missiles with its lightning causing an explosion which flashed red, white, and blue lights very quickly in the background, causing seizures.
@FoxMan_FF
@FoxMan_FF 10 жыл бұрын
To add some more information about this episode, Electric Soldier Porygon almost reached the states, too (although it's unknown what the English name would have been)! According to Maddie Blaustein, the episode had gotten dubbed, and 4kids had made the effort to heavily edit the screen flashing, making it okay for TV viewing, but the episode was still scrapped to avoid controversy. One of those times where 4kids editing would have actually been beneficial, huh?
@Owens777
@Owens777 10 жыл бұрын
Love this stuff! Makes me want to start a trivia night and watch minds be blown.
@Rubashow
@Rubashow 10 жыл бұрын
Levar Burton doesn't wear a visor in real life?
@ObjectsInMotion
@ObjectsInMotion 10 жыл бұрын
Of course not. He got implants remember?
@Rubashow
@Rubashow 10 жыл бұрын
Ahh ... fuck. How could I forget that.
@buddinghumanist6285
@buddinghumanist6285 10 жыл бұрын
I met Levar Burton at the Bronx Zoo in June 2012, and he was talking about the Reading Rainbow app. Both he and the app were epic.
@TheAmericanDragn
@TheAmericanDragn 10 жыл бұрын
Not only was that Arthur episode you mentioned parodying South Park, but they also parodied Dexter's Lab and Dr. Katz. And in all seriousness, there are very few things that they DIDN'T parody.
@bffs4lifeliz
@bffs4lifeliz 10 жыл бұрын
IKR. I'm 13 and *_LOVE_* that show. Don't judge me.
@TheAmericanDragn
@TheAmericanDragn 10 жыл бұрын
One does not simply judge someone for enjoying Arthur. Dude, I'm 19 and it's still one of my favorite shows. :)
@bffs4lifeliz
@bffs4lifeliz 10 жыл бұрын
James Justus Thank you. You are awesome. Have a beautiful day.
@joshporter5205
@joshporter5205 9 жыл бұрын
I'd rather see Arthur parody Dexter than Dexter's Lab.
@KingdomJackFantasy
@KingdomJackFantasy 10 жыл бұрын
Facinating. Also, I want the shelf in the background
@ColinLievens
@ColinLievens 8 жыл бұрын
That Bob the builder song is basically our national anthem tbh
@abirobins608
@abirobins608 8 жыл бұрын
He should've mentioned it was for charity haha
@zinja0830
@zinja0830 10 жыл бұрын
I still watch Arthur nearly every weekday and I still love the theme song. Ziggy Marley put some truth in those lyrics!
@Hypergraffiti
@Hypergraffiti 10 жыл бұрын
I'm so unashamed to admit I was one of those moms who got through the endlessness of Blue's Clues by admiring Steve. Joe was ... not the same ... but fortunately my kids had pretty much outgrown the show by then.
@Hypergraffiti
@Hypergraffiti 10 жыл бұрын
...and of course now my kids are teenagers and I started watching Vlogbrothers and Crash Course videos over their shoulders ... wait. Do I see a pattern here?
@kapkoW99
@kapkoW99 10 жыл бұрын
he showed a picture of Joe intead of Steve :/ Steve for life!!
@SirDupree
@SirDupree 9 жыл бұрын
I love Almost Live. I grew up watching it. Great show.
@overkillsnake
@overkillsnake 9 жыл бұрын
Joe not Steve. Childhood ruined. Thanks Mark.
@burny88th
@burny88th 10 жыл бұрын
so so soooo glad you've got a new series!! Its like cake but in education form!!
@hyphenkee
@hyphenkee 10 жыл бұрын
Fox News. What the hell.
@revelationepiphany
@revelationepiphany 10 жыл бұрын
One of the best ones yet.
@sapphirewyren02
@sapphirewyren02 10 жыл бұрын
STUFFED EEVEE!!!!
@LaDracul
@LaDracul 10 жыл бұрын
I used to watch "Almost Live!" when it aired nationwide... Also, I knew that the people who had the rights WANTED to edit the infamous seizure episode of P-Mon and air it, but it never happened. Too bad, because there's a "Star Wars" reference in it.
@MrNegaBlox
@MrNegaBlox 10 жыл бұрын
No the seizures in japan were cause by missles launched by T R and pikachu did thundebolt on it and caused the flashing
@alcoholic2412
@alcoholic2412 4 жыл бұрын
I remember "Almost live" Bill Nye was in it. It was out of Seattle and was hilariously funny!
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