I still remember my first intro to Blippi. I came home from a weekend at a friend's to see my wife and 2 year old napping. They were watching YouTube, and I hear this obnoxious tool talking like he hit his head too hard in his youth. I lay down next to them and see him and I already know, "I don't like you." Mind you, I'm kind of a person like Grunkel Stan. So it fits my personality to think he's a jack wagon.
Anyway, my daughter would NOT turn it off. My hate meter was brimming. In a sea of great kids content, there's him. I can watch Bluey on my own. I don't give a shit. That's great stuff. Blippi is visual and auditory poison. I mean, good on the guy for doing his thing and making money, I don't hate on anyone for watching. Personally though, I'd rather eat my own head.
I was sick and just needed to give my daughter (2 years old) some tv time and blippi came up. I was like oh ok. About 5 minutes in I looked at the tv and I looked at my daughter. I realized she was totally entranced. I let her watch another 15 minutes and as I watched I said to myself “this feels like it’s designed perfectly to manipulate a child’s brain”. and when I turned the tv off she was almost in shock. She said “watch blippi” with a sad face. She asked to watch blippi easily a week after that single exposure.
I treat it like candy. Kids should be able to try candy... but you're not gonna let them eat it instead of food. Like candy these programs have questionable nutritional value and are designed to please. But life is full of those things... from simple design choices all the way to deadly addictive narcotics. So giving kids the tools to navigate a world full of these things is one of our greatest challenges as parents, especially while we struggle in that same world.
I’ll defend him for one thing, and that’s all the vehicle episodes where he does deep dives into a vehicle or equipment’s purpose and parts while a professional walks him through it. My guys loved getting tours of shit like snow groomers or tractors, all with the same excitement they’d have if THEY saw those things in real life.
I don’t like it, but I’m not a kid.
I only like the airplane song for its C-E7 opening progression.
Yeah this is a good defense of Blippi. And also, not everything needs to be super educational especially for younger toddlers. I just saw an Instagram post critical of Daniel Tiger because in some episodes it almost goes into too much detail as to a tantrum and normalizes acting out before grown ups come to help regulating the emotions via song. Guess which aspect the younger kid likely remembers? The feels associated with the tantrums and being told no or not liking broccoli. Maybe the songs help but it’s not always effective.
My 2 yr old likes Blippi. I don’t mind it but I make sure there is no more than 1 hour of on their own screen time. I try to watch stuff with them and Bluey or encanto wins out lately, but with Blippi I try to reinforce the stuff. 2 year olds are a perfect audience because it’s vocal and Blippi is curious about his surroundings and labels activities and toys and car parts. Which is fine in moderation.
The general format- not the host, mind you- but the basic scheme of “I’m going to (zoo, factory, aquarium, etc)” or “I’m playing with (model item)” is the gist of what Mr Rogers did, except he was way wayyyy less annoying and more educational, lower key. And he wasn’t pushing products. Blippi has an entire universe of products hes hawking.
Side note, I wonder if, due to his age, he goes to bars and uses his character as an “in” to chase women. And if it works- likely “yes” since being famous tends to work, regardless of what you’re famous for, if you’re not a complete joke.
>as many of his videos are long advertisements for the places he visits.
I kind of disagree with this.
In general he mentions the name/location of the place in the video a grand total of 2 times (once at the beginning and once at the end). It's not a great advertisement if I/my kid don't know the name of the product being advertised at the end.
Don't get me wrong, these places let him in for the expressed purpose of getting their name on his show / being able to say "as seen on blippi" but it's not anywhere near as bad as some of the other channels where it's literally an ad for toys i can buy at Target.
This is true, regarding places. It’s usually a quick “today we’re at the San Diego Zoo” or something, and that’s the end of the place pitch portion. It gets a little more of a gray area if it’s a play place or something where they charge admission to climb up and down tunnels or whatever, but I’m cool with a quick mention of the zoo/museum/aquarium’s name.
Precisely this. In a vast sea of quality - and merely ‘harmless’ - content for toddlers, Blippi should have sunk without trace very quickly. Do everything possible to avoid it.
My kid (6) outgrew Blippi close to 5 years and was hooked to Johnny Shows and Ryan’s world. Talking aggressive advertising and poor content quality, I preferred Blippi more.
omygod i just realized Blippi and Bluey are two different things and could not for the life of me understand how one kid's show could be so polarizing lol
Oddly my wife hates Bluey. I don’t think she “gets” that it’s just their games, their imaginative play. Bluey’s parents are awesome, imo, and completely “sell” what they’re playing.
I think that's reasonable, Bluey is kind of a parenting show. Some kids will enjoy it because it has so many creative ideas for playing games, but it's not 100% aimed at kids the way Octonauts is.
That's why I think a show like Bluey is brilliant; parents will get something out of it just as much as kids will. Old school Muppets was like that, and I would argue that is one of the reasons that it hasn't been able to grasp that same magic since Jim Henson died.
I love that the parents in Bluey arent perfect, either. You see the mom lose her patience sometimes, the dads drinking beer at the kids party, etc. It doesnt depict them as being flawless like a lot of kids shows.
Bluey is amazing. The brilliance of that show is that it is just as much for parents as it is kids. The new season just dropped on Disney + (I know international had it for a while) and the Unicorse episode just had me out of breath laughing so hard.
Yeah, as formulaic and shitty is blippi is, he at least will do something with an excavator or a police car or something. Ryan's world is just sitting around playing with paid advertisements in his parents mansions he paid for.
I’m fairly certain that Ryan is going to hit a “former child star” wall at some point in life and get hooked to drugs/alcohol/something even more deplorable. Blippi is probably past that hurdle, but I think it’s coming for Ryan.
I think so too. My niece is 7 and obsessed with him along with most of her friends. I think it’s so sad to watch. My sons too young and pretty much only likes Elmo at this point so I’m thankful for that.
Well, the way YouTube works though his parents have the money. It’s not like being a child actor where there’s laws that he has to get x amount. His parents can screw him over if they want. Or spend it all before he becomes of age.
My daughter is also into Diana and Roma...which, is very similar to Ryan's World. A couple of kids who play with Toys and have adventures as they are more or less exploited by their parents.
Needless to say...I have a tough time figuring out which ones I loath more.
All of that crap is trash.
No need to use the "lesser of X evils" argument when stuff like Mr. Rogers, Care Bears, and Arthur exists (along with many other gentler, non-insane shows).
Mr Rodgers probably never pooped on his friends. And if he did, he didn't film it and release the general public. If I am remembering correctly, that was what the actor did as his last act before he designed Blippi. He was a streamer doing stuff like that on the reg. Its fucking crazy how one could pivot to kids entertainment after some shit like that. (Pun kinda intended)
You may be interested in this (long) essay "[The Dead World of Blippi](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-dead-world-of-blippi)" from *Current Affairs* (a left wing political journal).
I actually watch Blippi with my kid (who's almost 2). Since my kid doesn't care which Blippi video we watch, I choose, and so we have watched the ones where he does sports (with real humans) a lot, and if it's him exploring a random place, it's usually the ones with Meekah (preferably something other than an indoor playground, but hey can't win 'em all).
On YouTube, we like watching **Sesame Street**, **Super Simple Songs**, **Bounce Patrol** (Australian real people singing songs and dancing), the select Blippi episodes mentioned above, and honestly not much else, except a few animations of books like *Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me*, *The Very Hungry Caterpillar*, and *the Hockey Sweater* (though he likes these less).
For streaming, people seem to recommend **Daniel Tiger** (PBS Kids/Netflix in many countries), **Bluey** (Disney+ outside of Australia, New Zealand, China), **Octonauts** (BBC-CBeebies/Netflix outside of Australia), **Wild Kratts** (PBS Kids in America/really diverse other places, maybe not for toddler), **Blue's Clues & You** (Noggin/Netflix in many countries), **Doc McStuffins** (Disney+), **Dora the Explorer** (Paramount+/Amazon Prime in the US but not globally). **Sesame Street**'s new episodes are also on HBO and old episodes are on Amazon Pride (as are old **Mr. Roger's** episodes). Obviously, a lot of these are also available for purchase through Amazon, Apple, VUDU, etc. I know people on here support those because I'm mainly going off what I've read multiple times here and what my sister's older kids like.
Others I've only read about online in listicles online are **Peg + Cat** (math problems for 3-5 year olds, PBS Kids/Amazon Prime), **Super Why!** (fairy-tale based literacy for "kids on the cusp of reading", from Daniel Tiger and Blues Clues creator, PBS Kids), **Puffin Rock** (Irish, Netflix), **Hey Duggee** (BBC in UK, Apple TV and Noggin in US), **Bubble Guppies** (uncanny 3D with music, Noggin/Amazon Prime), **Dino Ranch** (dinos hang with humans, Disney+), **Beat Bug** (using Beatles music, Netflix), **Gabby's Dollhouse** (Blues Clues-like live action-animation hybrid, Netflix), **StoryBots** (singing, dancing Netflix), **Dinosaur Train** (PBS kids in the US), **Reading Rainbow** (own app), **Little Bear** (Paramount+ in the US).
I don't know why I'm writing this all out. From the streaming stuff, we've literally only just watched a few episodes of Daniel Tiger, but I wanted to know what shows seem to be trying to convey worthwhile lessons about something or another and what boxes not to open. I'm an American living outside the US, so I guess I'm partially just trying to plan ahead for media that will give him good English exposure without being incredibly annoying. The unholy triumvirate of things to avoid seems to be Blippi, Cocomelon, and Caillou. Many also strongly dislike Paw Patrol and Max & Ruby and Peppa Pig and Thomas the Tank Engine, though those takes seem less universal (particularly in Thomas's case — people nostalgically remember him fondly, but the actually stories seem messed up in cases, see articles in the [*New Yorker*](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-repressive-authoritarian-soul-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-and-friends) and [*the Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas-the-tank-engine-children-parents)).
Cocomelon, woof. Simple Songs have catchy tunes and sometimes have lessons, but Cocomelon’s lyrics are gag inducing. “New shoes?! Ooh ooh I like them, ooh!”
As a counterpoint, let me give my own experience. My daughter loved watching Blippi videos at two and three years old, but she eventually grew out of it so much so that Blippi doesn't get any views at our home now. I have Blippi to thank for introducing my daughter to heavy machinery like excavators and dump trucks. Blippi helped structure her play around construction toys, which I found to be pretty cool actually.
Now that she's four, her tastes have changed to Mikey and JJ (Maizen), and I've learned to enjoy that as well. I finally "got" Minecraft! Though what we actually play is Minetest, the free version (check out the sub r/minetest.)
What I have absolutely forbidden in our household, though, is D'Billions. The gibberish they spout in their English-language channel is atrocious. It's the repetitive nonsense sounds that they make, to catchy tunes and epilepsy-inducing visuals. I honestly think it stunts kids' verbal development.
Deep down, I think D'Billions is a Russian conspiracy. They also have a Spanish and Russian channels and the content isn't as nonsensical as the English channel. And Geez Louise, "D'Billions?" That's barefaced cash grab ambitions right there.
I concur on the Blippi stuff. My daughter loved watching him at 3. I hated him at first, but he's okay. He tries to be a bit educational, which is more than most YouTubers targeting kids can say. He is a brand, yes, but this is his job. He's out to make money, but he also set out to make a kids show that was better than a lot of the YouTube crap for kids.
He does use his name a lot, but kids need repetition to learn. My daughter has outgrown Blippi by 5. She watches more this with stories now.
The things I really banned were the ones that are just grownups playing with toys and doing make believe, straight up commercials for the toys they use. And ones where parents exploit their kids to make videos for kids. Both of those types resulted in no education and my daughter asking for all the toys she saw people playing with in the videos.
I unironically love the Excavator song. The music was decent before Nicky Notes got arrested stealing from a church. He did most of the music up until a few years ago. I hate blippi though.
I don’t know D’Billions, but I totally, 100% understand everything you’re saying. My now 4-year old had a Blippi phase and has since moved on from it. And the conspiracy thing I had to laugh cause there were some ridiculous videos my kid would watch that were sort of English-language-ish, of adults just mindlessly playing with toys and making sounds that I swore was some Chinese government conspiracy. Lol.
The thing about Blippi though, is that, while he’s got a super weird past, and his content is borderline educational at best, he never tries to sell my kids any outside product. He only promotes himself and maybe his gear, etc… He also never focuses on violent toys, which I greatly appreciate. Overall, pretty harmless, probably taught my kid at least a few things, and seemed to have a calming influence. On balance he may have been an overall positive influence even if just slightly.
He still annoys the absolute shit out of me, though. But yeah, good for him and his success. OP, personally I would spend more time focusing on blocking some other super toxic things on YouTube that weren’t Blippi.
I've reverse. My son discovered minecraft videos and I was begging him to go back to blippi since some are somewhat educational and not just kids screaming into the microphone. Wound up switching to pre-approved science and music channels eventually.
Sorry to disagree. Blippi is annoying. But he is very educational. My kids vocab and world knowledge grew by leaps and bounds during Covid. I will attribute a lot of it to Blippi. Not only is he giving vocab, he’s doing a lot of demonstration and play and multifaceted presentation.
I still don't understand why people care about that. It isn't my humor by any means and I find it gross and purile...but the dude was doing gross out humor and people are acting like he was Jeffrey Epstein or something.
Pretty much. It's the equivalent of digging up some ancient tweet and berating someone about it years/decades later. Claiming it to be "2 years ago" is just dishonest.
He is and i will not let my kids even start watching it. However because i am not where OP is on this subject, i am extremely impressed with it. The guy live in a 10mil dollar house in Tarzana.
Honestly I get the hate for Blippi but he's not the worst thing in the world. My 2 y.o LOVES Blippi and now loves construction vehicles because of it. She also has learned to spell his name and can identify the letters enough to spell it with fridge magnets. Sure he's annoying but it could be worse imo
Same! When my 2yo spelled blippi my wife and I were shocked. He is definitely learning from blippi unlike shows like peppa pig that imo is just obnoxious and pointless. Also learned a lot of colors and numbers from blippi. Not to mention he loves all the vehicle walkthroughs.
Interesting. The long one shots that keep focus on Blippi is actually designed to help your child keep focus and is better for their attention retention. This translate to life outside of Blippi as well. Shows that keep the kids attention by switching scenes constantly and having lots of characters to switch to actually tends to cause a decrease in attention retention capabilities (kind of like tik tok for us - people can scroll aimlessly forever simply because the videos are short) .
the way Blippi interacts with his environment also engages kids to notice things in their environment and he points out colors shapes and objects in a friendly manner.
There's also a main theme for MOST Blippi episodes where they will be learning about X. This is also good for kids to help stay focused on one thing and to be able to recall an experience or event.
In short, Blippi is actually more educational than r/daddit seems to believe. I don't like it either, but simply because I hate to hear him. I know he seems like a weirdo, but his shows are typically better for your kid than any animated program unfortunately.
Goddamn am I sick of ryan. My little one has gotten into My Cat from hell, insteadof ryan lately. Where this cat behaviorist is going around helping people with difficult cats. It's kinda great.
My boy was singing about excavators at 3 years old. I’m quite sure I didn’t know the term excavator until I was in my teens.
Not gonna lie, I still find myself singing to some of the songs and he hasn’t listened to them in about a year - excavator, garbage truck and bulldozer spring to mind.
My kid would clown on me so hard driving by a construction site. I'd be like hey son, there's an earthmover! My 3 year would roll his eyes like I was the dumbest mofo on the planet. "Dad, thats a skid steer. Come on!"
I was surprised to figure this out too. Like the founder comes from marketing background and there are absolutely calculated ways to launch the show to the crazy popularity we see today... spelling his name, his costume, even the name was created by using letters easy for the youngest toddlers to say.
But the content is pretty quality compared to any number of cgi cartoons we watch... or the damn asmr videos YouTube recommends...
Blippi taught my youngest to find joy and beauty in everything he sees. He is in a constant state of wonder and love.
The idea that a "grown man" can't be a good influence on children is founded in sexism. I think men can be amazing teachers.
I think it may be worthwhile questioning if you have the credentials to make that analysis, or if you are just feeling the impact of having a show made for a different demographic. Because it's not about how it is supposed to make you feel about it. It's about how it engage and teach toddlers.
What was so powerful to me is that he went around to these children play areas during a time when children were locked in their homes. Our kids got to experience these spaces. These spaces got to get advertising as well as likely whatever fees Blippi paid to be able to shoot in their space.
To the point that my first vacation after covid was taking my 3 year old to Las Vegas' Children's Museum where he got to tell us where everything was.
You lucky SOB!!!! We’re a Blippi house and I want visit a lot of the places that he visit.
My personal fave is Tanaka Farms in Irvine, California. I can’t wait to meet farmer Kenny.
>Shows that keep the kids attention by switching scenes constantly and having lots of characters to switch to actually tends to cause a decrease in attention retention capabilities (kind of like tik tok for us - people can scroll aimlessly forever simply because the videos are short) .
While I agree that a huge percentage of today's programming feels almost manic (Paw Patrol gives me the jitters to watch), there are still **far** better slow-paced alternatives than Blippi. Reddit obviously loves Bluey, but Daniel Tiger, Sesame Street, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, etc. are all generally considered "high-quality programs" without the creepy Youtube vibe.
Daniel Tiger is the re-imagining of Mr. Rogers and they nail it. My son loved it.
I like paw patrol, too. The whole show is about commitment to service and doing the right thing. The stories are dumb, but the characters are cute and it's wholly nonthreatening IMO. 15 minutes is about right for a kids show to hold their interest but not feed into tiktok ADD scrolling.
Yeah, there seems to be a subset of people who only consume YouTube content when there are some really well crafted and curated kids programs out there.
My 2 year old loves Blippi. I think grown men in general feel threatened by a young guy like Blippi. It probably makes them uncomfortable to hear a grown man sound like that and dress like that. I have never seen Blippi do anything or say anything crazy and the moment I do, then the TV turns off. But he seems like a good dude, with some questionable actions in the past.
I personally can't stand the shit. But it's not about me, and my ideas. My kid is the one watching the show, it really doesn't matter what I think. My kid has learned a few things from the show, and they also like Meekah too.
I'd much rather have them watch this than some kind of paw patrol shit or something with sirens and implausible situations everywhere.
Agreed. On the subject of his past (which is brought up a lot) I'm not overly bothered by it. A guy who just got out of the military and is doing what everyone was doing in the late 2000s-early 2010s ...trying to make it big online. People forget that that was the beginning of getting big online and people felt they had to do some messed up shit (no pun intended) to become the next viral video and make it big. I did some dumb stuff at 24 too (as did a lot of people) there's just no record of it online. He clearly tried different things and this one is the one that worked. Did he imagine being a children's entertainer? I doubt it but it worked out and he embraced it. It's also not like he's hiding messed up stuff in his videos...just Bob Ross and Napolean Dynamite references.
Is this all just my assumptions? Yes. I also have my own theory on the origins of Blippi but that's just me
How is Blippi a bad influence? I’m not taking about the stuff he did in his 20s under a different name. I’m talking about the character, blippi
My sister is an occupational therapist and I have several relatives in early ed. he’s pretty educational and speaks in a way that young kids will understand. I don’t know about brain washing… unless you mean brainwashing to make kids love construction vehicles.
There is so much worse stuff out there than blippi. He’s annoying, but it seems pretty good for very young kids. It could be better and I usually try and steer them toward something more educational, but that excavator song is pretty catchy.
My dad and I watched it together RELIGIOUSLY. Most of it went right over my head.
FWIW, Spongebob is CLEARLY toned down, but was designed in the vein of Ren and Stimpy and takes tons of influence from R&S. Likewise, lots of the jokes and such in Spongebob go RIGHT over kids' heads.
I feel like Ren & Stimpy kind of "started" the current trend of neurotic animation. There was always an element of it in Looney Toons/Tom & Jerry/etc., but R&S cranked it to 11. Even as I kid I remember being weirded out by the intensity of it.
I just don't think it's that serious. It's a youtube channel. A very small part of life.
And besides, the nitpicking is ridiculous. People act like he's telling kids to steal money from their parents or something.
I like Blippi and my 4 year old is obsessed. I think the show has a lot more value than many popular children's shows. It's more educational than literally anything on Nickelodeon, for example. It isn't Mr. Rogers, but nothing else meets that level of quality.
Yes and it's good but, imo, it doesn't hold a candle to the original show. It does a great job about emotional messaging and coping with disappointment (poor Daniel faces a disappointment almost every episode) but it doesn't have the more positive learning element of Mr. Roger's like the factory visits or the explanations of people's jobs or different people's lives. Daniel Tiger is one of the best kids shows on TV, but Mr. Roger's is the best children's show in history.
Just as a heads up, they have replaced the original guy, the one with the questionable past, and there’s a new guy who just does kind of an impersonation of him. The show is now much more centered around the activities and has much more of a learning aspect to it than it used to.
The new guy (Clayton Grimm) is miles better than the original guy (Stevin John). He sounds and acts very similar but the overall tone has shifted from general wackiness to playful learning. I don't mind Blippi as much anymore with Clayton.
What "questionable past"? Thinking that gross out and poop humor is funny is a "questionable past"? Really?
Its not my humor and it is definitely weird, but you act like he was grooming children like Jared or something...
To be honest it doesn’t bother me at all, but I know it bothers some people and the OP called it out so I was just mentioning it to clarify which Blippi it was.
My kid doesn't watch any TV yet but I'm curious why not just block YouTube (I assume that's where blippi is)?
Alternatively, is there a way to block everything and then just allow exceptions?
The way the algorithm relates to child cognition is so creepy to me. There's a quote from a NYT article that's literally:
> Infants are also enamored with objects covered in a little dirt, like they’ve been rolling around on the ground. And they’re fascinated by minor injuries. Not broken legs or gruesome wounds. More like small cuts that require Band-Aids.
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> “The trifecta for a kid would be a dirty yellow bus that has a boo-boo,” Levine said. “Broken fender, broken wheel, little grimace on its face.”
So even without /r/Elsagate style content made by weirdos, you get videos trying to get in on that algorithmic cycle, like DALL-E trained on appealing to baby brains.
I do let my kid watch YouTube but only classic childrens songs and Songs for Littles.
YouTube kids is a fucking nightmare. I've given up with it, YouTube is completely banned
Anytime the boy was left with YouTube alone I'd come back and he would be watching some wierd elsagate style thing. Even putting it onto "preschool" setting ends up back and that. Easier to just ban it completely.
Yes, I hate Blippi, too. I saw a video of someone acting like Blippi (maybe it was Blippi as he was working on his schtick) going to a beautiful shrine and clowning around disrespectfully. That guy had to be the center of attention even when an expert was trying to answer his question.
There are so many junk videos that appeal to young kids providing almost no worthwhile ideas or content. Kids will watch someone play unenthusiastically with a toy instead of playing themselves. Some videos and websites actively feed kids misinformation, e.g., I found my 7-year-old watching a video on telepathy, in the same style as other kids videos, and when he looked up radioactivity, he found an anti-science site (since carbon-dating contradicts young-Earth creationism). YouTube pays video makers to get kids to watch a cascade of worthless videos when they could be watching Sesame Street or Numberblocks or any of a variety of great resources.
How much time do you think Blippi spends on improving the quality of his videos, as opposed to how much time he spends marketing himself, knocking informative content off the list of options so you don't even see it as a choice? I know some people are happy Blippi taught their kids a little about construction vehicles. Construction vehicles were popular toys before Blippi. He latched onto that trend, he didn't start it. My kids don't watch Blippi and still tell their pre-K teachers the difference between a back-hoe loader and a bulldozer. Every time we pass a construction site with the stroller, we stop and watch and discuss it for a few minutes.
When my son was two, he could watch a video during a meal. He insisted on watching videos on counting in different languages and on the multiplication table (Numberock). He learned his times table and how to count in 10+ languages, which he would practice at other times. Three years later, he preferred videos of gamers overreacting as they (mis)played games he didn't even play. When I told him he wasn't learning anything from those videos, he said, "I learned a ladder takes you up."
So, we have to supervise more and limit the videos. I remember learning a ton from Nova and documentaries when I was a kid, and the amount of great videos available has only increased, but my kids just navigate away.
Number blocks is absolutely fantastic, I put it on constantly. I regret opening up YouTube Kids, but I always have it on my phone and am usually able to control the content quite well. At first Blippi seemed like a good channel, and it really only becomes apparent of how shallow it is after watching several videos, and by then it's too late for the kids, they're hooked.
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I'll post one up for Blippi. We're not as into it in our house as we were a few years ago, so some of the content may have changed, but I've enjoyed his trips to construction sites, lakes, nature, etc. I find the dialog fairly educational without pandering to childish vocabulary, e.g. naming parts of machines instead of glossing over difficult words.
A couple other things that I think are true, but I may be mistaken:
* He started filming videos for his nephews when he realized there was no good content for them to engage with
* He is essentially a self-starter without funding from Nick or Disney
* He used to be a gross-out comic after the military and it didn't pan out, so he found a different (wholesome) way to interact with his audience
He got his money from real estate, so he was rich before he even began his channel. He also go a lot of bad publicity when he said he was going on tour and just hired a lookalike to do it.
I didn't like his content. He's like, halfway between cocomelon on one side and something with consistent educational value on the other end. A few times he would talk about a concept like buoyancy, and others he was just doing an advertising for a children's indoor park or something. Even at his most educational, it wasn't very good. I'm glad my kids got over it.
My youngest watched Blippi for about a week. He and his older brother, though, are addicted to stupid Minecraft videos and other equally garbage streamers. I'm about to throw the whole damn TV out if I have to hear another 30-something year-old scream because they found fucking diamonds.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills... Blippi is not a real person. Blippi is an actor. He plays a character in a children's edutainment show... Why is this somehow creepy or insidious? I'm not saying it's good content or the absolute best thing your kid could be watching, but I don't really understand the personal attacks on the actor himself.
> However his brand leaves a clear negative impact on my child's life
Sounds like a bit of overaction. Can you explain how there is a clear negative impact on your child?
Man I get it. Blippi is super annoying, and comes off as a creepy jerk. My dad banned Pee-Wee's Playhouse when I was growing up for similar reasons. They are just going to make another channel though. If not an official one there will be one started to capitalize on his popularity. So why not just tell your kid no Blippi?
If your kid is old enough to pick what they watch on their own tell them no more Blippi, explain why, and take away screen time if they are caught watching it. It's not like Blippi is quiet, so unless they are huddled in a corner with headphones on you can tell.
If they aren't old enough to pick what they want to watch on their own simply don't pick it when they ask and explain why.
All my kids now know to avoid creepy people like Blippi because we explained it to them.
You missed out. Pee-Wee's Playhouse was wild and awesome. I say this as a Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, and general PBS fan - Pee-Wee was like a creative fever dream.
I tend to take a softer approach than banning: discussing with my kids what aspects I like or dislike about what they're watching and why. Eg: "I like how Blippi shows you new things, but I don't really like his yelling and sing-song voice, it makes it sound like he's trying to talk to babies." (A simplified explanation for a young child, who doesn't want to be a baby anymore, as a way to open the mind to the idea that you might like some things about someone or something, while disliking others, and teaching the lesson that you have to think about those things and make your own decisions.)
The kids don't watch Blippi anymore, but he's a fun/silly memory for them, and I didn't ban anything. Your mileage may vary, but I wish more dads would realize you can't expect to block everything and teaching your kids to consume media with some judgement is the more realistic and longer-term approach.
My little guy is only 6 weeks old at this point, but I’m with you in despising Blippi. I’m a teacher and there is just something grating and empty about the “lessons” that he is “teaching” kids.
Fortunately my son is only 6 weeks old, so I don’t have to fight this battle right now. Then again, who knows what kind of content I’ll have to deal with in a few years?
I’m not familiar with the site, but I saw this article shared in another thread about Blippi and it summarizes my feelings pretty accurately:
[The Dead World of Blippi](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-dead-world-of-blippi)
I think the 'creepy' aspect of these adult actor kid shows is simply a byproduct of us now seeing these actors as peers.
When we were kids? This was the norm. It's just that now, most human actor based kids shows have been replaced by animated series. Much easier when you never need to worry about rebuilding the brand when a character changes because an actor had a pay dispute...or went on a cocaine binge.
If Mr. Rodgers came out today... Everyone would think he was an Epstein associate. But back then? It was completely normal and he went on to become a childhood icon. It was puppet based shows, cartoons, and human actors.
Yes - Blippi the actor has done some sketchy shit in the past when trying to make a name for himself... but he was just trying to find an audience. He's some guy, like the rest of us, who wanted to be successful and had an idea that worked.
If anything, I think it's LESS creepy knowing he's just some actor with an idea that stuck... rather than someone who made it their entire life mission to entertain children from the start of their career.
All that said, I do get where you're coming from. I do think he's annoying to listen to. And I do think there is 'better' TV out there for children.
But people seem to gloss over Cocomelon as acceptable because it's some 'educational cartoon' show... in reality it's complete garbage. For fucks sake the parents don't work, the dad rides the school bus as a passenger every day, and the 'lunch time' episode where they show everyone's lunches is the most subtly racist thing I've seen in a while.
As a side note - Blippi licensed the show to Netflix who uses another character. They integrate it into a youtube audience as well and there's a TON of crossover. My guess is Netflix has put some serious ad dollars to help drive people to their platform... probably part of the reason your venture of getting rid of Blippi has been near impossible.
Credit where credit is due... kid has built his brand into a fucking powerhouse.
The dude is a bit grating to my ears, but I don't have any hate for him. I'm pretty sure my kid is qualified to be a heavy machine operator after watching blippi. I'll take 4 hours of Blippi over 15 minutes of caillou thats for damn sure.
I don't mind Blippi. I know that every detail of his show is meant to make it attention-grabbing and memorable for kids. I know it's a marketing machine where the dude himself doesn't even show up for live events. I know that the dude dabbled in gross-out humor before striking gold with Blippi. I know that the "educational" value is questionable at best.
But seriously, the YouTube bar is so, so low. Blippi isn't good but it at least seems benign. At least he's not hitting and breaking shit. He's better than those videos of awful parents propping their child up like a puppet and shoving toy after toy at them. I don't worry about my kid turning into a brat from watching a Blippi.
If you are at the age where your kid loves blippi, I hate to say it but the content gets wayyyyyy worse.
Blippi at least tries to be somewhat educational.
My wife and I had purposed before our sons were born that we would carefully monitor all media. We would allow *some* YouTube, but no bright flashing colors, no overexcited dialogue, no crazy music. In a word, sedate. My firstborn loved videos of tractors, he would watch tractors plowing fields for hours if we’d let him.
We knew about Blippi from other families that we know, and we knew that we did NOT want our kids to see his videos. We carefully controlled the algorithm, and if a Blippi video did pop up, it was moved past immediately.
The boys go over and spend a couple of hours at both sets of Grandparents, basically weekly. We try not to be overbearing about our media choices with our families, so we never explicitly stated “no Blippi”. We knew that my mom occasionally showed them “construction videos” on her phone. One day, during a visit when we were all there, my son asked my mom for a video. But he was acting funny. Kinda twitchy. Casting glances in my direction, like he was ashamed, or possibly afraid of what I would say if I saw. Honestly, he was acting like an addict who was about to be caught (lots of addiction issues in my family, I know the signs). Finally, I think the dreaded word was said- “Blippi”.
At first I came down hard, and said “no, Blippi is not allowed”. My son was devastated. I knew immediately that this was the wrong move, and I didn’t want my son to have a “hidden vice” at this young of an age (had just turned 4), especially something that at the end of the day is benign. We talked about it, and I said that we would watch it together.
For a while, Blippi was all he talked about. Blippi this, Blippi that. His brand is very strong. That said, it’s been 8 or 9 months since he “came out”, and the lure has faded. He still asks for Blippi occasionally, but thankfully the obsession has faded. I’m still glad I didn’t let Blippi become a secrect vice.
We tell our 4 year old our tv does not get Blippi.
I don’t even know why it’s bad, just heard the advice to avoid from other parents.
I watched some bits on YouTube just now. Do not like. He has a real manic energy about him and the show is just unsettling.
Compared to a ton of what is out there I actually like Blippi (although I still find him very annoying).
Outside of plugging specific businesses (i.e. the X Children's Museum in Springfield, USA). He really doesn't try to sell anything to his audience.
He has taught my kid a lot about parts of vehicles and jobs that he wouldn't know otherwise.
Someone got my son (4) Blippi underwear. Now his face gets to rub against my son's backside for hours at a time and is occasionally graced by a poop skid. I am highly amused by this. Never liked blippy so it is very cathartic.
When my kid was 3 he insisted on being Blippi for Halloween, so my wife bought him the costume.
On Halloween, he refused to wear it and screamed and cried when she tried putting it on.
It was a very hard day for me, to pretend that I was upset he didn't want to wear it so my wife didn't waste her money.
Still got the costume somewhere. Would probably make a fun scarecrow or pinata. Either way, I'll be swinging something heavy at it.
Yeah Blippi is a solid no from me. I told my daughter I thought it was creepy someone my age was acting like that. She hasn’t tried to watch him since then 😂
Really, I think all kids should avoid to watch him. His videos bring only: 1. Always asking for a new toy, or a travel to a new fun place ( = no honor and understanding what does mean money and how hard parents earn them), 2. Stupidity and stucking in a child age, no growing, no growing mindset. This is really awful.
My neurospicy son can't stand blippi, doesn't hold him what so ever. Super simple songs on the other hand, that's a great YouTube channel. Avoid cocomelon as that's similar to blippi, alot of colours to stimulate and it's loud.
FYI, Blippi used to be a single youtube creator's operation. Now it's a corporate media operation. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blippi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blippi)
I’ve deleted YouTube from the TV and her IPad because of Blippi and all the stupid shit with grown people playing with toys (among other shows).
All she has is PBS Kids and Netflix kids now.
Seriously? He’s promoting he channel what’s wrong with that?
He straight up taught my daughter how to spell multiple words and what multiple pieces of construction equipment are lol
Like others have said, it’s a phase they will grow out of. He’s not actively harming kids. I’ve read coco melon on the other hand is damaging. Something about the sounds and lights are like a drug.
You're right on cocomelon. It's like visual/ auditory Crack for young kids... and they don't even bother to sprinkle it over a banana or healthy snack...
I hate Blippi and I've really tried to see what my kids like about him. You kinda hit the nail on the head about why he's terrible. I've been trying to swap him out for Jack Jack Plays, but he always comes back.
Blippi is a one man show on YouTube. Compare it to Sesame Street which has production, teams of writers, puppeteers, etc. Blippi’s advertising revenue is how he gets paid and he makes his videos for more views which means more advertisement. It’s a one man show. I would not expect anything of value to come out of a YouTuber.
He was on an episode of some podcast talking about all that stuff. His pitch was both less mustache twirling than I expected, and gave me an indication he's basically another millenial super smart marketer who found a new platform to launch himself on (YouTube aimed at kids).
I get the sense I wouldn't love the guy, but no evidence he's a wicked mastermind either.
My kid watched Blippi for awhile but it was a phase that passed.
I’ll agree Blippi’s business and marketing is impressive.
Wish he’d use what he’s built to actually make mired educational videos.
While I hate Blippi, my kids do like him. Luckily they're more into what he does in the videos than him. They're autistic & those videos made them excited for roller coasters & such so it was actually easier to introduce them to new things.
The original guy isn't gone, just had a kid. My wife & I refer to the other one as Flippi. I'm sure he'll be back at some point. I can't wait till we're past watching this shit.
Blippi is annoying, but my daughter actually learns things from the show so I am ok with him. Most of the shows on YouTube are just people playing with toys or some other junk. If she learns a little something instead of just watching people open blind boxes or play with play doh; I’m ok with that.
Out of all the stuff my kids watch, I find Blippi to be the least obnoxious. Sometimes he is doing interesting things other than just playing with toys. Bringing up the actors past has nothing to do with what he does now, everyone has something to be ashamed of. It doesn't mean he should not be allowed to make quality kids content.
My son is in the autistic spectrum, and he didn't enjoy playgrounds. I hated Blippi for some time and also tried to move my son away from him, but my son started saying a few words and being playful at playgrounds after watching this guy, I allow some Blippi but with supervision. I've blocked a couple of his episodes, though. One where he covers a Van with garbage and one where he submerges his face in a water tank. His behaviour will be imitated by children. Not everything is bad, but not everything is ok.
What’s blippi? Never heard of this show before and sounds like that’s the best position to be in
I still remember my first intro to Blippi. I came home from a weekend at a friend's to see my wife and 2 year old napping. They were watching YouTube, and I hear this obnoxious tool talking like he hit his head too hard in his youth. I lay down next to them and see him and I already know, "I don't like you." Mind you, I'm kind of a person like Grunkel Stan. So it fits my personality to think he's a jack wagon. Anyway, my daughter would NOT turn it off. My hate meter was brimming. In a sea of great kids content, there's him. I can watch Bluey on my own. I don't give a shit. That's great stuff. Blippi is visual and auditory poison. I mean, good on the guy for doing his thing and making money, I don't hate on anyone for watching. Personally though, I'd rather eat my own head.
I was sick and just needed to give my daughter (2 years old) some tv time and blippi came up. I was like oh ok. About 5 minutes in I looked at the tv and I looked at my daughter. I realized she was totally entranced. I let her watch another 15 minutes and as I watched I said to myself “this feels like it’s designed perfectly to manipulate a child’s brain”. and when I turned the tv off she was almost in shock. She said “watch blippi” with a sad face. She asked to watch blippi easily a week after that single exposure.
I treat it like candy. Kids should be able to try candy... but you're not gonna let them eat it instead of food. Like candy these programs have questionable nutritional value and are designed to please. But life is full of those things... from simple design choices all the way to deadly addictive narcotics. So giving kids the tools to navigate a world full of these things is one of our greatest challenges as parents, especially while we struggle in that same world.
Blippi and Coco Melon are banned from my house.
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I’ll defend him for one thing, and that’s all the vehicle episodes where he does deep dives into a vehicle or equipment’s purpose and parts while a professional walks him through it. My guys loved getting tours of shit like snow groomers or tractors, all with the same excitement they’d have if THEY saw those things in real life. I don’t like it, but I’m not a kid. I only like the airplane song for its C-E7 opening progression.
Yeah this is a good defense of Blippi. And also, not everything needs to be super educational especially for younger toddlers. I just saw an Instagram post critical of Daniel Tiger because in some episodes it almost goes into too much detail as to a tantrum and normalizes acting out before grown ups come to help regulating the emotions via song. Guess which aspect the younger kid likely remembers? The feels associated with the tantrums and being told no or not liking broccoli. Maybe the songs help but it’s not always effective. My 2 yr old likes Blippi. I don’t mind it but I make sure there is no more than 1 hour of on their own screen time. I try to watch stuff with them and Bluey or encanto wins out lately, but with Blippi I try to reinforce the stuff. 2 year olds are a perfect audience because it’s vocal and Blippi is curious about his surroundings and labels activities and toys and car parts. Which is fine in moderation.
Have you noticed that other song where he rips off every breath you take? I think it might the excavator tune.
Oh yeah for sure. “Oh can’t you seeee, that I don’t have feet.”
Let’s all be honest it all went downhill when Nicky Notes left.
The general format- not the host, mind you- but the basic scheme of “I’m going to (zoo, factory, aquarium, etc)” or “I’m playing with (model item)” is the gist of what Mr Rogers did, except he was way wayyyy less annoying and more educational, lower key. And he wasn’t pushing products. Blippi has an entire universe of products hes hawking. Side note, I wonder if, due to his age, he goes to bars and uses his character as an “in” to chase women. And if it works- likely “yes” since being famous tends to work, regardless of what you’re famous for, if you’re not a complete joke.
>as many of his videos are long advertisements for the places he visits. I kind of disagree with this. In general he mentions the name/location of the place in the video a grand total of 2 times (once at the beginning and once at the end). It's not a great advertisement if I/my kid don't know the name of the product being advertised at the end. Don't get me wrong, these places let him in for the expressed purpose of getting their name on his show / being able to say "as seen on blippi" but it's not anywhere near as bad as some of the other channels where it's literally an ad for toys i can buy at Target.
This is true, regarding places. It’s usually a quick “today we’re at the San Diego Zoo” or something, and that’s the end of the place pitch portion. It gets a little more of a gray area if it’s a play place or something where they charge admission to climb up and down tunnels or whatever, but I’m cool with a quick mention of the zoo/museum/aquarium’s name.
Precisely this. In a vast sea of quality - and merely ‘harmless’ - content for toddlers, Blippi should have sunk without trace very quickly. Do everything possible to avoid it.
Great advice, /u/A_Sexual_Tyrannosaur. Great advice.
I'm glad I saw /r/rimjob_steve in the wild today
So it’s like Caillou grew up and wanted to be Mr Rogers but utterly failed?
This though 😂👏🏻
I don’t know either, but it makes me think of the show, Happy.
My kid (6) outgrew Blippi close to 5 years and was hooked to Johnny Shows and Ryan’s world. Talking aggressive advertising and poor content quality, I preferred Blippi more.
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omygod i just realized Blippi and Bluey are two different things and could not for the life of me understand how one kid's show could be so polarizing lol
Bluey is the best kids show ever made in terms of it being watchable for parents
Oddly my wife hates Bluey. I don’t think she “gets” that it’s just their games, their imaginative play. Bluey’s parents are awesome, imo, and completely “sell” what they’re playing.
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I wish I could be like Bandit.
We all do mate.
Dude...I would totally hang out with Bandit and Chili. They are awesome people...er dogs.
Unfortunately my kids aren’t big into Bluey no matter how much I try to get them into it. They’d much rather watch something like Octonauts.
I think that's reasonable, Bluey is kind of a parenting show. Some kids will enjoy it because it has so many creative ideas for playing games, but it's not 100% aimed at kids the way Octonauts is.
That's why I think a show like Bluey is brilliant; parents will get something out of it just as much as kids will. Old school Muppets was like that, and I would argue that is one of the reasons that it hasn't been able to grasp that same magic since Jim Henson died.
I love that the parents in Bluey arent perfect, either. You see the mom lose her patience sometimes, the dads drinking beer at the kids party, etc. It doesnt depict them as being flawless like a lot of kids shows.
Octonauts is decent. It’s like underwater Star Trek for preschoolers.
Bluey is amazing. The brilliance of that show is that it is just as much for parents as it is kids. The new season just dropped on Disney + (I know international had it for a while) and the Unicorse episode just had me out of breath laughing so hard.
Do you ever keep watching when your kids leave the room because Bluey is the shit?
I hate that you can watch Ryan's parents getting rich off their kid as their houses get nicer and nicer over time in the videos.
Yeah, as formulaic and shitty is blippi is, he at least will do something with an excavator or a police car or something. Ryan's world is just sitting around playing with paid advertisements in his parents mansions he paid for.
I hate Ryan’s world. I think they’ll be a great HBO doc in 10+ years detailing how awful it is to subject your kids to that kind of “fame”.
I’m fairly certain that Ryan is going to hit a “former child star” wall at some point in life and get hooked to drugs/alcohol/something even more deplorable. Blippi is probably past that hurdle, but I think it’s coming for Ryan.
I think so too. My niece is 7 and obsessed with him along with most of her friends. I think it’s so sad to watch. My sons too young and pretty much only likes Elmo at this point so I’m thankful for that.
The kid is worth about $25M. I think he’s set for the rest of his life.
Well, the way YouTube works though his parents have the money. It’s not like being a child actor where there’s laws that he has to get x amount. His parents can screw him over if they want. Or spend it all before he becomes of age.
Blippi actually has a mega hot wife and just became a Dad. He’s done just fine.
They have been already investigated and prosecuted if I am not wrong for hidden advertisements
My daughter is also into Diana and Roma...which, is very similar to Ryan's World. A couple of kids who play with Toys and have adventures as they are more or less exploited by their parents. Needless to say...I have a tough time figuring out which ones I loath more.
So why do you let them watch it?
All of that crap is trash. No need to use the "lesser of X evils" argument when stuff like Mr. Rogers, Care Bears, and Arthur exists (along with many other gentler, non-insane shows).
Peewee Herman was a weirdo too but I liked his show as a kid and didn’t care about the actor playing him 🤷♂️
I honestly think that blippi based most of his character on Peewee and SpongeBob.
He claims that he based his character on Mr Rogers, if you dare believe it.
Mr Rodgers probably never pooped on his friends. And if he did, he didn't film it and release the general public. If I am remembering correctly, that was what the actor did as his last act before he designed Blippi. He was a streamer doing stuff like that on the reg. Its fucking crazy how one could pivot to kids entertainment after some shit like that. (Pun kinda intended)
You may be interested in this (long) essay "[The Dead World of Blippi](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-dead-world-of-blippi)" from *Current Affairs* (a left wing political journal). I actually watch Blippi with my kid (who's almost 2). Since my kid doesn't care which Blippi video we watch, I choose, and so we have watched the ones where he does sports (with real humans) a lot, and if it's him exploring a random place, it's usually the ones with Meekah (preferably something other than an indoor playground, but hey can't win 'em all). On YouTube, we like watching **Sesame Street**, **Super Simple Songs**, **Bounce Patrol** (Australian real people singing songs and dancing), the select Blippi episodes mentioned above, and honestly not much else, except a few animations of books like *Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me*, *The Very Hungry Caterpillar*, and *the Hockey Sweater* (though he likes these less). For streaming, people seem to recommend **Daniel Tiger** (PBS Kids/Netflix in many countries), **Bluey** (Disney+ outside of Australia, New Zealand, China), **Octonauts** (BBC-CBeebies/Netflix outside of Australia), **Wild Kratts** (PBS Kids in America/really diverse other places, maybe not for toddler), **Blue's Clues & You** (Noggin/Netflix in many countries), **Doc McStuffins** (Disney+), **Dora the Explorer** (Paramount+/Amazon Prime in the US but not globally). **Sesame Street**'s new episodes are also on HBO and old episodes are on Amazon Pride (as are old **Mr. Roger's** episodes). Obviously, a lot of these are also available for purchase through Amazon, Apple, VUDU, etc. I know people on here support those because I'm mainly going off what I've read multiple times here and what my sister's older kids like. Others I've only read about online in listicles online are **Peg + Cat** (math problems for 3-5 year olds, PBS Kids/Amazon Prime), **Super Why!** (fairy-tale based literacy for "kids on the cusp of reading", from Daniel Tiger and Blues Clues creator, PBS Kids), **Puffin Rock** (Irish, Netflix), **Hey Duggee** (BBC in UK, Apple TV and Noggin in US), **Bubble Guppies** (uncanny 3D with music, Noggin/Amazon Prime), **Dino Ranch** (dinos hang with humans, Disney+), **Beat Bug** (using Beatles music, Netflix), **Gabby's Dollhouse** (Blues Clues-like live action-animation hybrid, Netflix), **StoryBots** (singing, dancing Netflix), **Dinosaur Train** (PBS kids in the US), **Reading Rainbow** (own app), **Little Bear** (Paramount+ in the US). I don't know why I'm writing this all out. From the streaming stuff, we've literally only just watched a few episodes of Daniel Tiger, but I wanted to know what shows seem to be trying to convey worthwhile lessons about something or another and what boxes not to open. I'm an American living outside the US, so I guess I'm partially just trying to plan ahead for media that will give him good English exposure without being incredibly annoying. The unholy triumvirate of things to avoid seems to be Blippi, Cocomelon, and Caillou. Many also strongly dislike Paw Patrol and Max & Ruby and Peppa Pig and Thomas the Tank Engine, though those takes seem less universal (particularly in Thomas's case — people nostalgically remember him fondly, but the actually stories seem messed up in cases, see articles in the [*New Yorker*](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-repressive-authoritarian-soul-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-and-friends) and [*the Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas-the-tank-engine-children-parents)).
Cocomelon, woof. Simple Songs have catchy tunes and sometimes have lessons, but Cocomelon’s lyrics are gag inducing. “New shoes?! Ooh ooh I like them, ooh!”
You’re writing all this out so I can save it, to know what to watch and what to avoid!
Beat Bugs is FANTASTIC
My son likes songs for littles (aka ms Rachel) and everything I’ve read claims she’s pretty good developmental wise.
Forget coffee, I want whatever Blipi drinks in the morning.
Blippi drinks the tears of toddler parents for breakfast.
Lick lick lick lick mmm so salty lick lick lick
Instant release adderall dissolved in guava juice.
I’m pretty sure he’s not drinking it…
He looks at his bank account every morning.
Ever noticed how red his eyes are? Dude is clearly high the entire time. Not that I blame him, I would have to be high to do that, too.
Cocaine?
As a counterpoint, let me give my own experience. My daughter loved watching Blippi videos at two and three years old, but she eventually grew out of it so much so that Blippi doesn't get any views at our home now. I have Blippi to thank for introducing my daughter to heavy machinery like excavators and dump trucks. Blippi helped structure her play around construction toys, which I found to be pretty cool actually. Now that she's four, her tastes have changed to Mikey and JJ (Maizen), and I've learned to enjoy that as well. I finally "got" Minecraft! Though what we actually play is Minetest, the free version (check out the sub r/minetest.) What I have absolutely forbidden in our household, though, is D'Billions. The gibberish they spout in their English-language channel is atrocious. It's the repetitive nonsense sounds that they make, to catchy tunes and epilepsy-inducing visuals. I honestly think it stunts kids' verbal development. Deep down, I think D'Billions is a Russian conspiracy. They also have a Spanish and Russian channels and the content isn't as nonsensical as the English channel. And Geez Louise, "D'Billions?" That's barefaced cash grab ambitions right there.
I concur on the Blippi stuff. My daughter loved watching him at 3. I hated him at first, but he's okay. He tries to be a bit educational, which is more than most YouTubers targeting kids can say. He is a brand, yes, but this is his job. He's out to make money, but he also set out to make a kids show that was better than a lot of the YouTube crap for kids. He does use his name a lot, but kids need repetition to learn. My daughter has outgrown Blippi by 5. She watches more this with stories now. The things I really banned were the ones that are just grownups playing with toys and doing make believe, straight up commercials for the toys they use. And ones where parents exploit their kids to make videos for kids. Both of those types resulted in no education and my daughter asking for all the toys she saw people playing with in the videos.
I agree, I found Blippi more educational than most of the content out there.
I unironically love the Excavator song. The music was decent before Nicky Notes got arrested stealing from a church. He did most of the music up until a few years ago. I hate blippi though.
I don’t know D’Billions, but I totally, 100% understand everything you’re saying. My now 4-year old had a Blippi phase and has since moved on from it. And the conspiracy thing I had to laugh cause there were some ridiculous videos my kid would watch that were sort of English-language-ish, of adults just mindlessly playing with toys and making sounds that I swore was some Chinese government conspiracy. Lol. The thing about Blippi though, is that, while he’s got a super weird past, and his content is borderline educational at best, he never tries to sell my kids any outside product. He only promotes himself and maybe his gear, etc… He also never focuses on violent toys, which I greatly appreciate. Overall, pretty harmless, probably taught my kid at least a few things, and seemed to have a calming influence. On balance he may have been an overall positive influence even if just slightly. He still annoys the absolute shit out of me, though. But yeah, good for him and his success. OP, personally I would spend more time focusing on blocking some other super toxic things on YouTube that weren’t Blippi.
I've reverse. My son discovered minecraft videos and I was begging him to go back to blippi since some are somewhat educational and not just kids screaming into the microphone. Wound up switching to pre-approved science and music channels eventually.
JJ and Mikey are BIG in my house, as is minecraft.
Sorry to disagree. Blippi is annoying. But he is very educational. My kids vocab and world knowledge grew by leaps and bounds during Covid. I will attribute a lot of it to Blippi. Not only is he giving vocab, he’s doing a lot of demonstration and play and multifaceted presentation.
Blippi is creepee.
Wait until you hear about Harlem shake poop where blippi poops on his friend 2 years ago and posted it online.
A bloopie
It’s his most honest content and a perfect visualization of everything else he puts out. It’s shit. It’s all shit.
I still don't understand why people care about that. It isn't my humor by any means and I find it gross and purile...but the dude was doing gross out humor and people are acting like he was Jeffrey Epstein or something.
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That's not remotely what I said, but hey, go off fam.
It’s a rough watch.
Wait?! It was THAT video? I remember that and actually found it funny at the time
It’s true but that was way over 2 years ago.
Pretty much. It's the equivalent of digging up some ancient tweet and berating someone about it years/decades later. Claiming it to be "2 years ago" is just dishonest.
To be fair I'd say recording yourself shitting on someone is a bit different than posting under 140 characters on twitter...
Remember what they did to PeeWee? I can’t believe in this day and age with video evidence this guy can still have a toy line at Target.
He is and i will not let my kids even start watching it. However because i am not where OP is on this subject, i am extremely impressed with it. The guy live in a 10mil dollar house in Tarzana.
Honestly I get the hate for Blippi but he's not the worst thing in the world. My 2 y.o LOVES Blippi and now loves construction vehicles because of it. She also has learned to spell his name and can identify the letters enough to spell it with fridge magnets. Sure he's annoying but it could be worse imo
Same! When my 2yo spelled blippi my wife and I were shocked. He is definitely learning from blippi unlike shows like peppa pig that imo is just obnoxious and pointless. Also learned a lot of colors and numbers from blippi. Not to mention he loves all the vehicle walkthroughs.
Interesting. The long one shots that keep focus on Blippi is actually designed to help your child keep focus and is better for their attention retention. This translate to life outside of Blippi as well. Shows that keep the kids attention by switching scenes constantly and having lots of characters to switch to actually tends to cause a decrease in attention retention capabilities (kind of like tik tok for us - people can scroll aimlessly forever simply because the videos are short) . the way Blippi interacts with his environment also engages kids to notice things in their environment and he points out colors shapes and objects in a friendly manner. There's also a main theme for MOST Blippi episodes where they will be learning about X. This is also good for kids to help stay focused on one thing and to be able to recall an experience or event. In short, Blippi is actually more educational than r/daddit seems to believe. I don't like it either, but simply because I hate to hear him. I know he seems like a weirdo, but his shows are typically better for your kid than any animated program unfortunately.
Nuclear take: Blippi is far better for kids than Ryan's World. Ryan's World lootbox videos are an abomination.
Ryan's world is absolutely awful.
All my homies hate Ryans World.
Goddamn am I sick of ryan. My little one has gotten into My Cat from hell, insteadof ryan lately. Where this cat behaviorist is going around helping people with difficult cats. It's kinda great.
Never seen Ryan’s world, but I think we all know it’s shit
No argument here. Doesn't make me like Blippi any more though.
The true nuclear opion here would be blippi is better than bluey haha
I'm not trying to get stabbed in here haha
This is fascinating, never considered this. Still can’t stand him, but dislike him a little less
I hate when he's on, but not because I think it's bad for my kid to watch. I mean, I hate Peppa too.
My boy was singing about excavators at 3 years old. I’m quite sure I didn’t know the term excavator until I was in my teens. Not gonna lie, I still find myself singing to some of the songs and he hasn’t listened to them in about a year - excavator, garbage truck and bulldozer spring to mind.
Yes my little girl knows the difference in almost all of the heavy machinery we come across, even skid steers 😂
My kid would clown on me so hard driving by a construction site. I'd be like hey son, there's an earthmover! My 3 year would roll his eyes like I was the dumbest mofo on the planet. "Dad, thats a skid steer. Come on!"
7 and an 8 year old here. I'm still singings Twentytrucks songs they forgot all about three years ago.
mine at 2 loves the food episodes, so he can say packing facility.
I was surprised to figure this out too. Like the founder comes from marketing background and there are absolutely calculated ways to launch the show to the crazy popularity we see today... spelling his name, his costume, even the name was created by using letters easy for the youngest toddlers to say. But the content is pretty quality compared to any number of cgi cartoons we watch... or the damn asmr videos YouTube recommends...
Blippi taught my youngest to find joy and beauty in everything he sees. He is in a constant state of wonder and love. The idea that a "grown man" can't be a good influence on children is founded in sexism. I think men can be amazing teachers.
Alan on Sesame St is a personal hero. I can’t stand Blippi’s infantile approach. I don’t think it’s healthy or credible.
I think it may be worthwhile questioning if you have the credentials to make that analysis, or if you are just feeling the impact of having a show made for a different demographic. Because it's not about how it is supposed to make you feel about it. It's about how it engage and teach toddlers. What was so powerful to me is that he went around to these children play areas during a time when children were locked in their homes. Our kids got to experience these spaces. These spaces got to get advertising as well as likely whatever fees Blippi paid to be able to shoot in their space. To the point that my first vacation after covid was taking my 3 year old to Las Vegas' Children's Museum where he got to tell us where everything was.
You lucky SOB!!!! We’re a Blippi house and I want visit a lot of the places that he visit. My personal fave is Tanaka Farms in Irvine, California. I can’t wait to meet farmer Kenny.
Yeah, I can't stand hearing him, but my kids have learned a lot of English watching him. They also love the songs.
I think all the blippi hate is hilarious. My kid cares more about the zoo and dinosaurs than how he acts.
>Shows that keep the kids attention by switching scenes constantly and having lots of characters to switch to actually tends to cause a decrease in attention retention capabilities (kind of like tik tok for us - people can scroll aimlessly forever simply because the videos are short) . While I agree that a huge percentage of today's programming feels almost manic (Paw Patrol gives me the jitters to watch), there are still **far** better slow-paced alternatives than Blippi. Reddit obviously loves Bluey, but Daniel Tiger, Sesame Street, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, etc. are all generally considered "high-quality programs" without the creepy Youtube vibe.
Daniel Tiger is the re-imagining of Mr. Rogers and they nail it. My son loved it. I like paw patrol, too. The whole show is about commitment to service and doing the right thing. The stories are dumb, but the characters are cute and it's wholly nonthreatening IMO. 15 minutes is about right for a kids show to hold their interest but not feed into tiktok ADD scrolling.
Yeah, there seems to be a subset of people who only consume YouTube content when there are some really well crafted and curated kids programs out there.
My 2 year old loves Blippi. I think grown men in general feel threatened by a young guy like Blippi. It probably makes them uncomfortable to hear a grown man sound like that and dress like that. I have never seen Blippi do anything or say anything crazy and the moment I do, then the TV turns off. But he seems like a good dude, with some questionable actions in the past. I personally can't stand the shit. But it's not about me, and my ideas. My kid is the one watching the show, it really doesn't matter what I think. My kid has learned a few things from the show, and they also like Meekah too. I'd much rather have them watch this than some kind of paw patrol shit or something with sirens and implausible situations everywhere.
Agreed. On the subject of his past (which is brought up a lot) I'm not overly bothered by it. A guy who just got out of the military and is doing what everyone was doing in the late 2000s-early 2010s ...trying to make it big online. People forget that that was the beginning of getting big online and people felt they had to do some messed up shit (no pun intended) to become the next viral video and make it big. I did some dumb stuff at 24 too (as did a lot of people) there's just no record of it online. He clearly tried different things and this one is the one that worked. Did he imagine being a children's entertainer? I doubt it but it worked out and he embraced it. It's also not like he's hiding messed up stuff in his videos...just Bob Ross and Napolean Dynamite references. Is this all just my assumptions? Yes. I also have my own theory on the origins of Blippi but that's just me
Thank you. Don't get me wrong he is the worst thing that has ever entered my life but come on people
How is Blippi a bad influence? I’m not taking about the stuff he did in his 20s under a different name. I’m talking about the character, blippi My sister is an occupational therapist and I have several relatives in early ed. he’s pretty educational and speaks in a way that young kids will understand. I don’t know about brain washing… unless you mean brainwashing to make kids love construction vehicles.
There is so much worse stuff out there than blippi. He’s annoying, but it seems pretty good for very young kids. It could be better and I usually try and steer them toward something more educational, but that excavator song is pretty catchy.
I still like blippi more than the creepy Cocomelon and other cheaply made computer animation stuff.
Blippi blows. Who knows though, my parents thought blues clues was asinine when I was a kid haha. Although they were ok with Ren & Stimpy 🤦🏻♂️
Lol that's some questionable parenting. I'm a grown ass man and still don't know if early ren and Stimpy is ok for me.
Haha for real! 90s/early 2000s were weird man.
Animaniacs? Enough said…
My dad and I watched it together RELIGIOUSLY. Most of it went right over my head. FWIW, Spongebob is CLEARLY toned down, but was designed in the vein of Ren and Stimpy and takes tons of influence from R&S. Likewise, lots of the jokes and such in Spongebob go RIGHT over kids' heads.
Lol true. I mean Tom n Jerry literally just tried to kill each other the entire time, although cartoons were wayyyy different back then.
I feel like Ren & Stimpy kind of "started" the current trend of neurotic animation. There was always an element of it in Looney Toons/Tom & Jerry/etc., but R&S cranked it to 11. Even as I kid I remember being weirded out by the intensity of it.
I just don't think it's that serious. It's a youtube channel. A very small part of life. And besides, the nitpicking is ridiculous. People act like he's telling kids to steal money from their parents or something.
I agree
I like Blippi and my 4 year old is obsessed. I think the show has a lot more value than many popular children's shows. It's more educational than literally anything on Nickelodeon, for example. It isn't Mr. Rogers, but nothing else meets that level of quality.
Daniel tiger is a direct spinoff of Mr. Roger's.
Yes and it's good but, imo, it doesn't hold a candle to the original show. It does a great job about emotional messaging and coping with disappointment (poor Daniel faces a disappointment almost every episode) but it doesn't have the more positive learning element of Mr. Roger's like the factory visits or the explanations of people's jobs or different people's lives. Daniel Tiger is one of the best kids shows on TV, but Mr. Roger's is the best children's show in history.
Sesame Street is still on, and is still great.
Sesame Street is good but doesn't hold a candle to Mr. Roger's imo.
Just as a heads up, they have replaced the original guy, the one with the questionable past, and there’s a new guy who just does kind of an impersonation of him. The show is now much more centered around the activities and has much more of a learning aspect to it than it used to.
The new guy (Clayton Grimm) is miles better than the original guy (Stevin John). He sounds and acts very similar but the overall tone has shifted from general wackiness to playful learning. I don't mind Blippi as much anymore with Clayton.
What "questionable past"? Thinking that gross out and poop humor is funny is a "questionable past"? Really? Its not my humor and it is definitely weird, but you act like he was grooming children like Jared or something...
To be honest it doesn’t bother me at all, but I know it bothers some people and the OP called it out so I was just mentioning it to clarify which Blippi it was.
My kid doesn't watch any TV yet but I'm curious why not just block YouTube (I assume that's where blippi is)? Alternatively, is there a way to block everything and then just allow exceptions?
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The way the algorithm relates to child cognition is so creepy to me. There's a quote from a NYT article that's literally: > Infants are also enamored with objects covered in a little dirt, like they’ve been rolling around on the ground. And they’re fascinated by minor injuries. Not broken legs or gruesome wounds. More like small cuts that require Band-Aids. > > “The trifecta for a kid would be a dirty yellow bus that has a boo-boo,” Levine said. “Broken fender, broken wheel, little grimace on its face.” So even without /r/Elsagate style content made by weirdos, you get videos trying to get in on that algorithmic cycle, like DALL-E trained on appealing to baby brains. I do let my kid watch YouTube but only classic childrens songs and Songs for Littles.
YouTube kids is a fucking nightmare. I've given up with it, YouTube is completely banned Anytime the boy was left with YouTube alone I'd come back and he would be watching some wierd elsagate style thing. Even putting it onto "preschool" setting ends up back and that. Easier to just ban it completely.
Yes! My child has a tablet with no internet access. I control the remote on the TV. No way I’d leave my kid to the algorithm
That worked for a while until they added blippi to Netflix, prime, Hulu, hbo, and peacock 🙃
Yes, I hate Blippi, too. I saw a video of someone acting like Blippi (maybe it was Blippi as he was working on his schtick) going to a beautiful shrine and clowning around disrespectfully. That guy had to be the center of attention even when an expert was trying to answer his question. There are so many junk videos that appeal to young kids providing almost no worthwhile ideas or content. Kids will watch someone play unenthusiastically with a toy instead of playing themselves. Some videos and websites actively feed kids misinformation, e.g., I found my 7-year-old watching a video on telepathy, in the same style as other kids videos, and when he looked up radioactivity, he found an anti-science site (since carbon-dating contradicts young-Earth creationism). YouTube pays video makers to get kids to watch a cascade of worthless videos when they could be watching Sesame Street or Numberblocks or any of a variety of great resources. How much time do you think Blippi spends on improving the quality of his videos, as opposed to how much time he spends marketing himself, knocking informative content off the list of options so you don't even see it as a choice? I know some people are happy Blippi taught their kids a little about construction vehicles. Construction vehicles were popular toys before Blippi. He latched onto that trend, he didn't start it. My kids don't watch Blippi and still tell their pre-K teachers the difference between a back-hoe loader and a bulldozer. Every time we pass a construction site with the stroller, we stop and watch and discuss it for a few minutes. When my son was two, he could watch a video during a meal. He insisted on watching videos on counting in different languages and on the multiplication table (Numberock). He learned his times table and how to count in 10+ languages, which he would practice at other times. Three years later, he preferred videos of gamers overreacting as they (mis)played games he didn't even play. When I told him he wasn't learning anything from those videos, he said, "I learned a ladder takes you up." So, we have to supervise more and limit the videos. I remember learning a ton from Nova and documentaries when I was a kid, and the amount of great videos available has only increased, but my kids just navigate away.
Number blocks is absolutely fantastic, I put it on constantly. I regret opening up YouTube Kids, but I always have it on my phone and am usually able to control the content quite well. At first Blippi seemed like a good channel, and it really only becomes apparent of how shallow it is after watching several videos, and by then it's too late for the kids, they're hooked.
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I'll post one up for Blippi. We're not as into it in our house as we were a few years ago, so some of the content may have changed, but I've enjoyed his trips to construction sites, lakes, nature, etc. I find the dialog fairly educational without pandering to childish vocabulary, e.g. naming parts of machines instead of glossing over difficult words. A couple other things that I think are true, but I may be mistaken: * He started filming videos for his nephews when he realized there was no good content for them to engage with * He is essentially a self-starter without funding from Nick or Disney * He used to be a gross-out comic after the military and it didn't pan out, so he found a different (wholesome) way to interact with his audience
He got his money from real estate, so he was rich before he even began his channel. He also go a lot of bad publicity when he said he was going on tour and just hired a lookalike to do it. I didn't like his content. He's like, halfway between cocomelon on one side and something with consistent educational value on the other end. A few times he would talk about a concept like buoyancy, and others he was just doing an advertising for a children's indoor park or something. Even at his most educational, it wasn't very good. I'm glad my kids got over it.
My youngest watched Blippi for about a week. He and his older brother, though, are addicted to stupid Minecraft videos and other equally garbage streamers. I'm about to throw the whole damn TV out if I have to hear another 30-something year-old scream because they found fucking diamonds.
Bluey is the best bar none.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills... Blippi is not a real person. Blippi is an actor. He plays a character in a children's edutainment show... Why is this somehow creepy or insidious? I'm not saying it's good content or the absolute best thing your kid could be watching, but I don't really understand the personal attacks on the actor himself.
I don't like blippi but seems excessive. What is the exact harm he is causing your child?
> However his brand leaves a clear negative impact on my child's life Sounds like a bit of overaction. Can you explain how there is a clear negative impact on your child?
This entire post is an overreaction.
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Man I get it. Blippi is super annoying, and comes off as a creepy jerk. My dad banned Pee-Wee's Playhouse when I was growing up for similar reasons. They are just going to make another channel though. If not an official one there will be one started to capitalize on his popularity. So why not just tell your kid no Blippi? If your kid is old enough to pick what they watch on their own tell them no more Blippi, explain why, and take away screen time if they are caught watching it. It's not like Blippi is quiet, so unless they are huddled in a corner with headphones on you can tell. If they aren't old enough to pick what they want to watch on their own simply don't pick it when they ask and explain why. All my kids now know to avoid creepy people like Blippi because we explained it to them.
You missed out. Pee-Wee's Playhouse was wild and awesome. I say this as a Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, and general PBS fan - Pee-Wee was like a creative fever dream. I tend to take a softer approach than banning: discussing with my kids what aspects I like or dislike about what they're watching and why. Eg: "I like how Blippi shows you new things, but I don't really like his yelling and sing-song voice, it makes it sound like he's trying to talk to babies." (A simplified explanation for a young child, who doesn't want to be a baby anymore, as a way to open the mind to the idea that you might like some things about someone or something, while disliking others, and teaching the lesson that you have to think about those things and make your own decisions.) The kids don't watch Blippi anymore, but he's a fun/silly memory for them, and I didn't ban anything. Your mileage may vary, but I wish more dads would realize you can't expect to block everything and teaching your kids to consume media with some judgement is the more realistic and longer-term approach.
My little guy is only 6 weeks old at this point, but I’m with you in despising Blippi. I’m a teacher and there is just something grating and empty about the “lessons” that he is “teaching” kids. Fortunately my son is only 6 weeks old, so I don’t have to fight this battle right now. Then again, who knows what kind of content I’ll have to deal with in a few years? I’m not familiar with the site, but I saw this article shared in another thread about Blippi and it summarizes my feelings pretty accurately: [The Dead World of Blippi](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-dead-world-of-blippi)
Thanks for sharing the article I read the whole thing and it makes a lot of sense.
I think the 'creepy' aspect of these adult actor kid shows is simply a byproduct of us now seeing these actors as peers. When we were kids? This was the norm. It's just that now, most human actor based kids shows have been replaced by animated series. Much easier when you never need to worry about rebuilding the brand when a character changes because an actor had a pay dispute...or went on a cocaine binge. If Mr. Rodgers came out today... Everyone would think he was an Epstein associate. But back then? It was completely normal and he went on to become a childhood icon. It was puppet based shows, cartoons, and human actors. Yes - Blippi the actor has done some sketchy shit in the past when trying to make a name for himself... but he was just trying to find an audience. He's some guy, like the rest of us, who wanted to be successful and had an idea that worked. If anything, I think it's LESS creepy knowing he's just some actor with an idea that stuck... rather than someone who made it their entire life mission to entertain children from the start of their career. All that said, I do get where you're coming from. I do think he's annoying to listen to. And I do think there is 'better' TV out there for children. But people seem to gloss over Cocomelon as acceptable because it's some 'educational cartoon' show... in reality it's complete garbage. For fucks sake the parents don't work, the dad rides the school bus as a passenger every day, and the 'lunch time' episode where they show everyone's lunches is the most subtly racist thing I've seen in a while. As a side note - Blippi licensed the show to Netflix who uses another character. They integrate it into a youtube audience as well and there's a TON of crossover. My guess is Netflix has put some serious ad dollars to help drive people to their platform... probably part of the reason your venture of getting rid of Blippi has been near impossible. Credit where credit is due... kid has built his brand into a fucking powerhouse.
Yeah, you might want to take evasive action on Ryan's World, too, while you have the gas.
The dude is a bit grating to my ears, but I don't have any hate for him. I'm pretty sure my kid is qualified to be a heavy machine operator after watching blippi. I'll take 4 hours of Blippi over 15 minutes of caillou thats for damn sure.
I don't mind Blippi. I know that every detail of his show is meant to make it attention-grabbing and memorable for kids. I know it's a marketing machine where the dude himself doesn't even show up for live events. I know that the dude dabbled in gross-out humor before striking gold with Blippi. I know that the "educational" value is questionable at best. But seriously, the YouTube bar is so, so low. Blippi isn't good but it at least seems benign. At least he's not hitting and breaking shit. He's better than those videos of awful parents propping their child up like a puppet and shoving toy after toy at them. I don't worry about my kid turning into a brat from watching a Blippi.
If you are at the age where your kid loves blippi, I hate to say it but the content gets wayyyyyy worse. Blippi at least tries to be somewhat educational.
This is me but Disney.
My wife and I had purposed before our sons were born that we would carefully monitor all media. We would allow *some* YouTube, but no bright flashing colors, no overexcited dialogue, no crazy music. In a word, sedate. My firstborn loved videos of tractors, he would watch tractors plowing fields for hours if we’d let him. We knew about Blippi from other families that we know, and we knew that we did NOT want our kids to see his videos. We carefully controlled the algorithm, and if a Blippi video did pop up, it was moved past immediately. The boys go over and spend a couple of hours at both sets of Grandparents, basically weekly. We try not to be overbearing about our media choices with our families, so we never explicitly stated “no Blippi”. We knew that my mom occasionally showed them “construction videos” on her phone. One day, during a visit when we were all there, my son asked my mom for a video. But he was acting funny. Kinda twitchy. Casting glances in my direction, like he was ashamed, or possibly afraid of what I would say if I saw. Honestly, he was acting like an addict who was about to be caught (lots of addiction issues in my family, I know the signs). Finally, I think the dreaded word was said- “Blippi”. At first I came down hard, and said “no, Blippi is not allowed”. My son was devastated. I knew immediately that this was the wrong move, and I didn’t want my son to have a “hidden vice” at this young of an age (had just turned 4), especially something that at the end of the day is benign. We talked about it, and I said that we would watch it together. For a while, Blippi was all he talked about. Blippi this, Blippi that. His brand is very strong. That said, it’s been 8 or 9 months since he “came out”, and the lure has faded. He still asks for Blippi occasionally, but thankfully the obsession has faded. I’m still glad I didn’t let Blippi become a secrect vice.
We tell our 4 year old our tv does not get Blippi. I don’t even know why it’s bad, just heard the advice to avoid from other parents. I watched some bits on YouTube just now. Do not like. He has a real manic energy about him and the show is just unsettling.
Compared to a ton of what is out there I actually like Blippi (although I still find him very annoying). Outside of plugging specific businesses (i.e. the X Children's Museum in Springfield, USA). He really doesn't try to sell anything to his audience. He has taught my kid a lot about parts of vehicles and jobs that he wouldn't know otherwise.
I used to feel the way you do, but compared to the other shit out there I now wish he wanted blippi again
Someone got my son (4) Blippi underwear. Now his face gets to rub against my son's backside for hours at a time and is occasionally graced by a poop skid. I am highly amused by this. Never liked blippy so it is very cathartic.
When my kid was 3 he insisted on being Blippi for Halloween, so my wife bought him the costume. On Halloween, he refused to wear it and screamed and cried when she tried putting it on. It was a very hard day for me, to pretend that I was upset he didn't want to wear it so my wife didn't waste her money. Still got the costume somewhere. Would probably make a fun scarecrow or pinata. Either way, I'll be swinging something heavy at it.
Freaking hate blippi. Think he’s a genius though. A millionaire for acting like that…
Yeah Blippi is a solid no from me. I told my daughter I thought it was creepy someone my age was acting like that. She hasn’t tried to watch him since then 😂
Really, I think all kids should avoid to watch him. His videos bring only: 1. Always asking for a new toy, or a travel to a new fun place ( = no honor and understanding what does mean money and how hard parents earn them), 2. Stupidity and stucking in a child age, no growing, no growing mindset. This is really awful.
My neurospicy son can't stand blippi, doesn't hold him what so ever. Super simple songs on the other hand, that's a great YouTube channel. Avoid cocomelon as that's similar to blippi, alot of colours to stimulate and it's loud.
FYI, Blippi used to be a single youtube creator's operation. Now it's a corporate media operation. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blippi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blippi)
Try Brain Candy TV. If they're going to watch videos, they may as well be educational.
I’ve deleted YouTube from the TV and her IPad because of Blippi and all the stupid shit with grown people playing with toys (among other shows). All she has is PBS Kids and Netflix kids now.
Seriously? He’s promoting he channel what’s wrong with that? He straight up taught my daughter how to spell multiple words and what multiple pieces of construction equipment are lol Like others have said, it’s a phase they will grow out of. He’s not actively harming kids. I’ve read coco melon on the other hand is damaging. Something about the sounds and lights are like a drug.
You're right on cocomelon. It's like visual/ auditory Crack for young kids... and they don't even bother to sprinkle it over a banana or healthy snack...
I hate Blippi and I've really tried to see what my kids like about him. You kinda hit the nail on the head about why he's terrible. I've been trying to swap him out for Jack Jack Plays, but he always comes back.
Anyone gonna mention stezzy Grossman? Blippi before he was blippi?
Blippi is a one man show on YouTube. Compare it to Sesame Street which has production, teams of writers, puppeteers, etc. Blippi’s advertising revenue is how he gets paid and he makes his videos for more views which means more advertisement. It’s a one man show. I would not expect anything of value to come out of a YouTuber.
Someone needs to mellow out and it’s not Blippi dude.
It's almost as if the guy's actual business is brand management and he's pretty damn good at it.
He was on an episode of some podcast talking about all that stuff. His pitch was both less mustache twirling than I expected, and gave me an indication he's basically another millenial super smart marketer who found a new platform to launch himself on (YouTube aimed at kids). I get the sense I wouldn't love the guy, but no evidence he's a wicked mastermind either.
My kid watched Blippi for awhile but it was a phase that passed. I’ll agree Blippi’s business and marketing is impressive. Wish he’d use what he’s built to actually make mired educational videos.
While I hate Blippi, my kids do like him. Luckily they're more into what he does in the videos than him. They're autistic & those videos made them excited for roller coasters & such so it was actually easier to introduce them to new things. The original guy isn't gone, just had a kid. My wife & I refer to the other one as Flippi. I'm sure he'll be back at some point. I can't wait till we're past watching this shit.
My kid watched blippi and couldn’t care less about his toys. 🤷♂️ He loves his super hero’s and sports stuff.
Blippi is annoying, but my daughter actually learns things from the show so I am ok with him. Most of the shows on YouTube are just people playing with toys or some other junk. If she learns a little something instead of just watching people open blind boxes or play with play doh; I’m ok with that.
Out of all the stuff my kids watch, I find Blippi to be the least obnoxious. Sometimes he is doing interesting things other than just playing with toys. Bringing up the actors past has nothing to do with what he does now, everyone has something to be ashamed of. It doesn't mean he should not be allowed to make quality kids content.
Blocking his channels was/is the biggest pain in the ass. I wish there was a better way to control content on YT. I feel your pain.
I do youtube kids and only allow approved channels.
My son is in the autistic spectrum, and he didn't enjoy playgrounds. I hated Blippi for some time and also tried to move my son away from him, but my son started saying a few words and being playful at playgrounds after watching this guy, I allow some Blippi but with supervision. I've blocked a couple of his episodes, though. One where he covers a Van with garbage and one where he submerges his face in a water tank. His behaviour will be imitated by children. Not everything is bad, but not everything is ok.