The rant does sound like something of a "when I was a kid things were better grumble grumble grumble" style routine.
I don't know if "impressed" is the right word, but I am impressed that you have been able to sit through those Treehouse shows long enough to get offended.
Whenever I'm around the tykes I have to leave the room if they are watching that annoying channel. All I've ever seen o is that bizarre show with the oversized furniture and women who are dressed up like Raggedy Ann talking in little-kid voices to some strange blue creature. Oh yeah, and the one with the Thunderbird-esque puppets that are telling "Native" stories.
Sesame Street was a favourite of mine when I was a kid, but looking back I don't know how "wholesome" or beneficial most of the kid-geared programming was. I remember a lot of hippy-dippy nonsense. The Hilarious House of Frankenstein, HR Puff'n'stuff. Scooby Doo, Fat Albert, that stoned Bill of Rights.
Mr. Rogers talking to a giraffe, Kaptain Kangaroo and all that -- good shows, but did kids watching those learn any more than what kids learn watching TV today? I doubt it. It was bright colours (so long as you owned a colour TV) and a bunch of sing-songiness. Doesn't sound much different from what Treehouse programming is today.
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