![]() As weird as it sounds, there has never been a better show about what’s it like to be alive in 2017 than a cartoon about animals in space created for kids that was canceled two years ago. But Astroblast? You could say it’s a show about recognizing the value of true friendship, but really it’s a show about how tech fetishes can turn you into a self-absorbed jackass, not falling into a spiral of performance anxiety and self-doubt, getting over your seething hatred of anybody who seems slightly more talented or loved by strangers than you are, and why you shouldn’t be a whiny little bitch if your friends aren’t into the same media as you. Their flaws are two-dimensional and easily forgivable. I don’t give a shit about the characters in Paw Patrol or PJ Masks because I don’t recognize myself in any of those characters. And like their comedic contemporaries in adult, non-educational TV comedies like Girls and Curb Your Enthusiasm, their cringe-worthy flaws make them relatable. The Astroblast crew are all narcissistic assholes. Even today, I’d rather watch Grover play an inept waiter struggling with prepositions than an episode of Barney Miller.Īstroblast has the usual tropes of children’s programming - there are lessons about sharing, friendship, not being a dick, etc. When my parents let me stay up late enough to watch what they considered hilarious, I was always astounded. They were Mel Brooks funny, Monty Python funny. Characters like Grover, Ernie & Bert, Oscar the Grouch, and Kermit weren’t just funny by kid standards. I grew up in the ’70s, during the golden age of Sesame Street. Bubble Guppies gets the closest with its over-the-top puns, but it’s Borscht Belt kitsch minus the timing. During Charlie’s heavy Astroblast period, his other two favorite shows were The Octonauts and Bubble Guppies, both of which are to humor what Donald Trump is to thoughtful, carefully considered responses. Modern children’s TV is so unfunny that it’s almost offensive. ![]() Not just adult sitcom unfunny, where the punchlines aim for low-hanging fruit. The problem with most kids’ TV shows is that they’re profoundly unfunny. Imagine the Marx Brothers, but in space, and they’re all anthropomorphic animals from various species that are either children or adults with learning disorders, who run a smoothie business without any clear leadership, and their only adult supervision is a middle-aged purple octopus who uses any group crisis as an excuse to share vaguely analogous stories about his Gam-Gam. I’ve watched so much Astroblast, it’s become indistinguishable from my own memories.Īstroblast was the first show I watched with Charlie without furtively glancing at my phone. ![]() There were only two seasons of Astroblast - they stopped making the series in 2015 - but episodes are just 15 or so minutes apiece so there are almost a hundred out there. But at some point, he decided it was “for babies,” so he dropped it with extreme prejudice. Less than a year ago, getting my Astroblast fix was easy Charlie loved the show and insisted we watch it at every opportunity. It’s a secret shame, something I feel a little weird about watching so obsessively but can’t help myself. Watching Astroblast in my 40s is what watching porn was during my twenties. The wife is at work and my 6-year-old son Charlie is at school, so I do what any red-blooded American male would do with an empty house, an internet connection, and no prying eyes. We are sharing because we know many of you and your families love TV and movies as much as we do.It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and I’m home alone. Like many of Scholastic Media’s popular TV series, Astroblast! is also a perfect choice for kids and families to tune-in to together – and its humor will have viewers of all ages laughing along.ĭisclosure: This information on this series was provided. Along with a constantly changing cast of quirky visitors from other planets, the Astroblast Space Station gang cooks up the perfect recipe for promoting positive relationships, self-esteem, good nutrition and physical activity.Īstroblast! is inspired by the Scholastic books of the same name by award-winning author/illustrator Bob Kolar, and every episode offers fun stories with age-appropriate messages about friendship and self-awareness. This hit CGI-animated series for preschoolers from Scholastic Media and Sprout! will be offering 17 new episodes of Astroblast! Here’s a little bit about it.Īstroblast! follows the zany adventures of Comet, Halley, Sputnik, Radar and Jet, a crew of animals who run the Astroblast Space Station, the coolest hangout in the galaxy, all under the watchful eye of Sal the Octopus. The fun blasts off beginning Monday, January 19, at 1pm on Sprout!with the debut of two back-to-back, brand-new Astroblast! escapades. If your kids are looking for some new out of this world TV adventures, here’s a series to check out.
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