There's a new trailer for Amy Poehler's new show! Ok, not the "Office Spinoff" or "Untitled Are You Sure You Guys Really Have An Idea For A TV Show Because We Trust You But We're Getting A Little Worried Greg Daniels/Amy Poehler Project," but there's a new trailer for Amy Poehler's upcoming web series, Smart Girls At The Party, where Amy will hopefully inspire an entire generation of girls to read a book instead of getting a tramp stamp:
Why does the little girl frantically yell "wee-wee, wee-wee, WEE-WEE!" in the background? Also, why does the doll have a penis? Lest we think things like "Man, what's up with Europe?", the Amazing Pets commercial airs on Nickelodeon, and there's still a chance this one could be a joke. (Via Feyfriends.)
If you read only one LiveJournal breakdown of a job posting for (non-paid) crew for a series of webisodes about "a secret society of bicycles who transform into kids and back again," make it this one: BicyKids:
"The BicyKids" are a secret society of bicycles who transform into kids and back again. Throughout the ages they have helped one great leader of every generation when help is needed most, when the leaders are kids!
Wait just a fucking minute. So I'm supposed to swallow that (a) these are not kids that turn into bicycles, but rather bicycles that disguise themselves as children and (b) they are part of an ancient civilization-spanning conspiracy to assist the human race by (c) helping "great leaders" during those leaders' childhoods? So like they gave a 12-year-old FDR the power to transform into a magical talking wheelchair or something?
The whole breakdown is really funny. If I were a BicyKid I'd want to be "Onesie." The BicyKids even have a MySpace page with the worst "teaser trailer" in history. (We laugh now, but this show probably will get picked up by Nickelodeon.)
The long-awaited Nickelodeon original movie Gym Teacher, starring Christopher Meloni (Law And Order: SVU, Wet Hot American Summer, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle) and Amy Sedaris (Amy Sedaris!) and directed by Strangers With Candy's Paul Dinello, finally comes to TV sets on September 12. Get excited:
Nickelodeon seems to be promoting the shit out of this movie, as they should. It's kind of a totally new thing, a TV movie for kids that's funny for everyone (hopefully.) It would be so great for these comedians if it approached High School Musical-esque popularity.
This is old (duh), but Mr. Rogers is a huge MEME right now. Back when breakdancing (or "breaking") first came out, or possibly several years later, The Rog had a little boy on the show to teach him and his television neighbors how to breakdance. The part that you'll want to make an animated .gif out of happens at exactly 1:00:
He's kind of good! And I think I just inadvertently learned something about the value of practicing. Also, it's adorable that Mr. Rogers was so excited about the big piece of cardboard.
When I was a kid I wouldn't change clothes in front of the TV when Mr. Rogers was on, because I believed Mr. Rogers could actually see me. It was this huge inside joke in my family, and the first thing I remember being made fun of for. Turns out, everyone has that exact same story and I'm not a special snowflake, but anyway, lots of people are afraid of clowns when they should actually be bored by clowns. Maybe this clip of Mr. Rogers as an evil clown, the scariest parts of which are actually real, explains why:
Fred Rogers was a wonderful man, and would hopefully be amused by that video (via Uniquedaily). He was just trying to teach us that even when he puts a mask on he's still the same person so we wouldn't get scared when Mommy got a haircut. Jeez.
Sesame Street made a highlight reel for their 39th season (starting August 11th), and in addition to the previously reported Feist and Neil Patrick Harris musical numbers, they're going all out to stay relevant with parents, even if the kids won't have any idea what's going on. Does Will Arnett playing a magician mean Sesame Street is technically a same-world spinoff of Arrested Development? My favorite part is the 30 Rock parody starring Liz Lemon as an actual lemon, but that would be my favorite part:
(Via pterodactyls.tumlbr and also Gothamist.) I have one major major criticism, though: Kim Cattrall should not be seen by children or other living things. The word of the day for that casting is "no."
Neil Patrick Harris continues his multi-platform world domination tour with an appearance on Sesame Street, where he plays "The Shoe Fairy," and sings a song about different kinds of shoes. It's actually really enjoyable. I've watched it three times:
As a lapsed Sesame Street watcher, I don't know if the grown-ups usually sing songs with such a "wink-wink" look on their faces, but I laughed out loud at the chorus of "Shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes." That's going to go through my head all day. (Via the fellow NPH-watchers at Defamer.)
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