TIL there are multiple episodes of Caillou where his behavior was so awful that PBS Kids banned them from being re-aired. - eviltoast

And yes, I’m also shocked and saddened that there is a Caillou fandom site.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Caillou was doing something right… except in the multiple episodes where they decided not to rebroadcast because they got too many complaints.

    I really don’t think showing a toddler a kid on TV throwing sand in another kid’s face is a good idea even if that kid on TV learns that it’s bad. Not when there’s enough parents not watching the show with their kids.

    Yes you can certainly blame the parents for that, but that’s not much comfort to the parents of the other kid who got sand in their eyes that wouldn’t have if the first kid didn’t think of the idea after watching Caillou do it.

    I don’t think anyone would suggest that Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers were doing wrong things overall just because there were also episodes of those shows that they decided to never rebroadcast.

    https://collider.com/mister-rogers-neighborhood-lost-episodes-controversy/