The History Of Favourite Things On Disney Junior USA

Everywhere around the world, Disney Junior is about more than magic - it's all about favourite things. Its history is a humble one.

Disney Junior started life as Playhouse Disney. With music videos and other stuff to look forward to in between, your favourite things on Playhouse Disney were PB&J Otter, Out Of The Box and The Book Of Pooh.

Playhouse Disney's Movie Night Monday aired some good movies, like The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, but not only did they air Disney films, they also aired non Disney films which are also your favourite things, such as Care Bears, Wiggles and My Little Pony films.

Then, along came Disney Junior itself. The first favourite thing you ever liked is Guess How Much I Love You, the charming tales of a little rabbit and his father exploring nature together and sharing in the love. You also loved Kate & Mim-Mim, which gave you lots of inspiration for your stories.

The Lion Guard came along a few years later just as you were using the cartoons you loved as a kid to make something based on Warriors, or The Lion King and its sequels themselves for that matter. You borrowed everything from The Lion Guard for inspiration, including moments seen during songs, such as Bunga playing with animals during his 'Zuka Zama' song. The nursery rhymes and lullabies seen between programmes were charming and old fashioned and gave the channel a Little Golden Books-like feel. You loved the tunes, especially Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!

But in 2019 - which is last year - you ditched everything on the channel (except the lullabies and nursery rhymes) for the one, the only, the Aussie sensation about slice of life stories of play and spending time with family and friends - BLUEY! Capturing the same tone as shows of the same genre like Llama Llama, Max & Ruby, Little Bear and Franklin, Bluey stands above the rest like Kion's overprotective father Simba stands above all the animals on Pride Rock. Bluey has a loving and supportive community of family and friends, she never uses tech, she embraces the spirit of play and her parents are good examples of parenting advice for adult viewers, making her adventures relatable and enjoyable. You also thought up alternate names for each episode, like I do.

Looking for your favourite things? The Disney Junior website isn't up, but you can click the link below and head over to their Youtube channel to see lots of favourite things to enjoy, including Bluey, Bluey and more Bluey galore!

https://www.youtube.com/user/disneyjunior/videos