Title: Tickle U
Featuring:
Firehouse Tales, Gerald McBoing Boing, Gordon The Garden Gnome, Harry And His
Bucket Full Of Dinosaurs, Little Robots, Peppa Pig, Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
Running Time: 120
minutes with commercials
Media: Cartoon
Network Original Pre-School Programming (NTSC VHS Screener)
Premiere Monday,
August 22, 2005, at 9am (ET/PT)
Network: Cartoon
Network Television (Check your local cable/satellite listings for channel)
TV Rating: Not
Available At Time Of Review
Reviewer: Mark A.
Rivera
“Tickle U” is
Cartoon Network’s new programming block for pre-school children with original
programming from 9am to 11am (ET/PT) beginning Monday, August 22, 2005. The
programming block will also feature the “Mommy Bar,” a one of a kind feature
that gives parents and caregivers helpful information about programming and
childcare. “Tickle U” is a media based curriculum designed specifically to
help pre-schoolers learn to have a sense of humor about life. “Tickle U” is
geared to reinforce the values of humor, cooperation, imagination and optimism.
Among the various
animated programs that makeup the “Tickle U” programming block on Cartoon
Network are “Firehouse Tales,” which focuses on a group of young fire
engines learning what truly makes a hero, “Gerald McBoing Boing,” the return
of the Dr. Seuss character who can only speak in sound effects, but has a
profound effect on those around him, “Gordon The Garden Gnome” features a
group of gnomes keeping a cheerful optimism while watching over a plot of land
together, “Harry And His Bucket Full Of Dinosaurs” where a boy uses his
imagination to transport himself into a world where he can interact with his
dinosaur friends, “Little Robots” follows the CGI adventures of Tiny and his
little friends in a junkyard full of potential, “Peppa Pig” and her loving
and happy family, and finally “Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!” where a bird, a
monkey, and an armadillo can become best friends.
Cartoon Network
has fostered an incredible list amazing and award winning original programming
for kids and adults of seemingly all ages. While I am not yet a parent, I take
it on faith that “Tickle U” will continue the network’s fine distinction
of quality-animated programming.
© Copyright 2005
By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.