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Cow and Chicken
(Rated TV-Y7, Children, cartoons, & animation, Starring Dan Castellaneta, Dee Bradley Baker, Charles Adler, Where to watch: Boomerang)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 11; suggested age 9. -
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Common Sense says
If Ren & Stimpy starred in Monty Python...
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9–11
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What Parents Need to Know
About Cow and Chicken
Parents need to know that this animated comedy offers both extreme cartoon slapstick violence (none of which has any lasting consequences) and absurd, sophisticated humor. A familiarity with -- and understanding of -- some fairly adult cultural and literary references, a healthy dose of cynicism, and a firm grasp of irony are necessary to redeem what would otherwise be just another ugly little cartoon.
Read our full review by KJ Dell Antonia
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the show's humor, which stands up to dissection pretty well. Why is it funny that the Red Guy tries to dive into a glass of water and misses? (Because every other cartoon character ends up squashed in the water.) We never see the parents except from the waist down, and occasionally it becomes clear that they actually have no top halves -- what cartoon tradition is this mocking? Speaking of mocking, would you really want everyone to mock everything this thoroughly all the time? The show is very much a product of the late '90s, when this kind of humor was new and rapidly becoming the norm. Are kids today quite this cynical in their humor?
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