As intended, GoGoRiki is cute and appealing. It moves faster than many of the cartoons intended for very young viewers -- there are more scene changes and less explanation or addressing the ...
Common Sense Reviewer
- KJ Dell Antonia
- New Hampshire
- 4 kids: ages 3, 4, 5, 8
About Me
What My Kids Love Now
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! Little Einsteins, The Mr. Men Show Krypto, the Superdog (our dog is even named after Krypto!)
House Rules
All TV has to be appropriate for all kids---a little limiting for the 7-year-old but very freeing for the 3-year-olds.
When the Kids Are Asleep…
Entourage Big Love
My Biggest Challenge Is:
We're a traveling family, so we're well equipped with portable electronic devices. My challenge is keeping the little suckers quarantined for in-flight use only!
Titles You’ve Reviewed
TV: GoGoRiki
I rate this titleonand give itCute, colorful creatures are fun and engaging.
TV: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
I rate this titleiffyand give itToon is more sophisticated than previous series.
The animation here is stylish and the action smooth -- although the voice dubbing creates an odd effect for viewers who aren't used to it (the series is produced and originally aired in Japan). ...
TV: Kindergarten
I rate this titleonand give itDocuseries about real kids will engage youngsters.
Kindergarten is meant to appeal to both kids -- with its Sesame Street-esque "real kids" feel -- and to parents, offering a peek ...
TV: Total Drama Island
I rate this titleonand give itClever cartoon reality show spoof OK for older tweens.
The best thing about Total Drama Island is that its knowing wink encompasses everyone -- viewers and characters alike. Many characters know that they're there to play their stereotypical ...
TV: Dink, the Little Dinosaur
I rate this titleonand give itSome scares in animated dino friends' adventures.
Dink and his friends are cute and easy to identify with as they struggle with questions involving bravery and friendship. Their trusted elder, a tortoise named Crusty (also Welker), is reassuringly ...
TV: Johnny Bravo
I rate this titleiffyand give itClueless hunk is fun -- but edgy -- for kids.
Johnny Bravo is one of the Cartoon Network's original series, and -- like
TV: George of the Jungle
I rate this titleiffyand give itDumb jokes, crass humor, dubious lessons.
George of the Jungle is set in a jungle whose inhabitants inexplicably include rabbits and pandas, as well as every "normal" jungle species. Given that they all talk, it's hard to see why ...
TV: Ghost Trackers
I rate this titleonand give itFun competition with a few supernatural chills.
Overall, the show is a pretty amusing junior twist on Survivor. The contestants are old enough to be savvy to the competition and the need to play up ...
TV: Valley of the Dinosaurs
I rate this titleonand give itClassic prehistoric family adventure 'toon for all ages.
For a 1970s cartoon, Valley of the Dinosaurs makes for surprisingly good watching. It's the rare classic adventure 'toon that will entertain middle graders while not being too frightening ...
TV: The Adventures of Young Gulliver
I rate this titleonand give it'60s 'toon adventure doesn't achieve book's classic status.
By today's standards, both the animation and the plotting of Young Gulliver are pretty lame. Characters are wooden and two-dimensional, and there's no real back story or sense of growth or ...
TV: Musical Mornings
I rate this titleonand give itPreschoolers wake up with music and short shows.
Coo is a fun, eye-catching "digital puppet" developed by the Jim Henson Company. Both her songs and Balzano's are catchy and easy to sing, with little reminders about good behavior -- it's easy to ...
TV: Gerald McBoing Boing
I rate this titleonand give itClassic cartoon giggles for kids of all ages.
Gerald offers giggles for everyone in the family in much the same way that the cartoon classics do. The humor is sometimes physical, sometimes verbal, and never scatological (although there is a ...
