Ninjas like pie, too: a Review, of sorts
I've found a new favorite show. It's called The Backyardigans. Yes, it's a kids' show. It's about 5 preschoolers. Tyrone is a moose, Austin is a kangaroo, Tasha is a hippo, Uniqua is a bug, and Pablo is a penguin. They all live in houses next to each other, and play together in their back yards. They have big pretend adventures and sing and dance through them, learning a valuable lesson in the end. It's cheesy, but it's really fun. It's not like something I'm going to cancel appointments to make sure I'm able to watch, I just like it. Deb and I saw our first episode this week. It was called Samurai Pie. Tyrone was being a master pie maker for Empress Tasha. He made pies like a samurai...like a samurai who makes pies. Austin was his apprentice, and Uniqua and Pablo were ninja. Pablo wasn't a very good ninja. He couldn't jump from tree to tree, and he kept landing on his bum, instead of his feet. Master Chef Tyrone (in his puffy hat) was teaching Austin how to make pies ("Do you wanna make pies?" "Yes I wanna make pies." "Lemme see it in your eyes!" "Yes I wanna make pies!" "Then try this excercise...") when Empress Tasha wants a pie. Austin foolishly suggests The Great Pie, a pie that uses 200 ingredients, and is bigger than a table and rounder than the sun. It's notoriously hard to make, and when they get back to the bake house, Master Pie Maker Tyrone makes Austin make The Great Pie all by himself. Meanwhile Ninjas Uniqua and Pablo are trying to get up the hill to the bake house, past the booby traps. When Austin finally makes a perfect looking pie (it's up to Empress Tasha to decide if it's The Great Pie) Ninja Uniqua and Ninja Pablo show up to steal it. I won't ruin the ending (cause I know that everyone who reads my journal will run right out and rent this episode. It's on the Mission to Mars DVD.) but the show always ends with one of them being hungry, and they all stop playing and go to someone's house for a snack. It's very cute, and the songs are very catchy. If you ever see it on TV, I definately recommend not flipping past it.