Lovely, Kill Me.

Image courtesy of SPIN Magazine.

My kids love the television station Noggin. It’s good, entertaining television and is what PBS used to be for my age group way back in the day.

During the Thanksgiving season, the popular yet classically overlooked rap group, The Roots, took the unusual step of letting one of their less familiar group members perform a song on a show I’ve grown to hate: Yo Gabba Gabba. I don’t understand this show. The host is I guess what you’d call “eclectic”. At least that’s what I tell my kids he is. Grown-ups would probably call him “gay”. And that’s fine, but dude is super freaky – gay or straight. Like I’m so happy to be doing a kids’ show someone should lock me up-freaky. The other characters are… poorly drawn, I think I want to say? Poorly puppeteered? I don’t know, but their limbs are extra long and swing wildly all over the place. The songs are something you’d find entertaining when you’re high. But it’s quickly becoming a classic among children, almost of Sesame Street caliber. And I have no idea why.

Regardless, they bribe celebrities to visit and sing songs from time to time. The Roots being the latest to drop by. This song was so popular in my house, BFam had to find it online just so the kids could sufficiently watch and sing until he and I took turns wanting to kill them.

Enjoy: