Kids TV on DVD Review: Wonder Pets Save the Unicorn!
Wonder Pets: Save the Unicorn! is only a decent release in my opinion because it includes the “Save the Penguin” episode. Overall I really cannot stand the show, but I do still love penguins. Still this show is obnoxious with the baby talk, especially since this show is for preschoolers and not babies or so I have the impression. The release is not horrible for those that do like the show, however, the lack of Wonder Pets themed special features does not make it that great of a release even for fans of the show.
Wonder Pets Save the Unicorn! DVD release has four episodes with two half-episodes each. The included episodes are “Save the Unicorn/Save the Penguin,” “Save the Three Little Pigs/Save the Owl,” “Save the Swan/Save the Puppet,” and “Save the Bullfrog/Save the Poodle.”
This release has only two special features and neither are related to the Wonder Pets show. The first one is called “Rocket Ship” The Mighty Weaklings. This is a music video featuring the Mighty Weaklings and is one of those things that show as interstitals during the Nick Jr. segment on Nickelodeon. The other feature is called The Backyardigans “Ready for Anything.” This is also a music video. It just a short one from a Backyardigans episode (I think the Mission to Mars one).
Overall I do not recommend this release, but the biggest reason is I do not think this is a good show. Also, it is pretty disappointing to see it give the hope of special features, but not actually have any related to the show this is a DVD of.
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Fans of Playhouse Disney’s Imagination Movers show should be happy that the second season of the show is coming this fall. The new season will premiere on September 5, 2009 with a new episode at 10am Eastern Time/Pacific Time. As part of kicking off the new season their will be a new episode of the show every Saturday in September. The show about the New Orleans alternate rock band for preschoolers will feature more than 25 new songs from the band.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Big Splash is a fun
The hour long Ni Hao, Kai-Lan special called “Kai-Lan’s Great Trip to China” will premiere on Nickelodeon as part of the Nick Jr. programming block. The premiere will be at 10am Eastern Time/Pacific Time on August 14, 2009. It will also show for the first time on Noggin on August 16, 2009 at 7pm Eastern Time. This special double length episode is about Kai-lan, Yeye, and her friends going on a trip to China to visit her great aunt. On the trip they also attend the naming ceremony of a baby panda. This is supposed to be an episode with a lot of Chinese cultural traditions worked into it, such as Chinese noodles and decorative slippers. This episode also teaches about trying new things as the viewers help Rintoo, Tolee, Hoho, and the baby panda overcome their fears of trying new things. Note that this episode is already available on the Ni-Hao, Kai-lan DVD called “Kai-lan’s Great Trip to China,” which also features two new to DVD episodes and a new game.
On August 29, 2009, Playhouse Disney will have a special Pluto themed marathon of
Tomorrow, July 25, 2009, Playhouse Disney is hosting a Pet Party line up. The line up is made up of mostly pet themed episodes of some favorite Playhouse Disney shows. The Pet Party begins at 6am Eastern Time/5am Central Time and continues until 11am Eastern Time/10am Central time. Below is the full line up for the Pet Party on Playhouse Disney.
Earlier this month I posted about the Wizards vs. Vampires programming event coming up. Now here is a friendly reminder that the special four episode plot begins with its first episode tomorrow and continues with a new episode each Friday for another three weeks. Read more about this event in my original post about it
A special battle of the stars type episode of iCarly is coming to Nickelodeon on August 7, 2009. Nickelodeon is calling the hour length episode a movie event, but seriously who calls something with a run time of probably less than 45 minutes without commercials a movie. If you ask me it is basically just a double length episode like they call the Nick Jr. specials. Anyways this hour long episode is called “iFight Shelby Marx.”
Cartoon Network already ruined its name by beginning to air live action reality shows. Now they are taking it a step further and producing a live action drama series called Tower Prep. Just yesterday they announced the cast for the show. I honestly think some of their new live action stuff sounds good and I never have been much of a fan of their cartoons, but that does not mean I agree with a channel with the name cartoon in it beginning to show things that are not cartoons/animated. It just does not make that much sense. Hopefully, this is just a lead up to them creating a spin-off CN Real network and returning Cartoon Network to just cartoons.