Some of you may call 2020 a difficult year, but I don't! Even when I stayed home I made new friends - on a screen of course - and coped with the pandemic really well by thinking up new ideas and schemes. People don't have a clever brain like me, so I'm really glad I was born this way. Here are my top 10 things that brightened up the most difficult year ever:
10. My letters back from Ludo, Sarah and Blue Peter. There's something in your heart called 'thankfulness', and when I saw the Six Badges Of Summer Blue Badge programme from Blue Peter on CBBC, I just had to write letters to Blue Peter, CBBC, CBeebies, DC Thomson and Ludo about how thankful I was to have them in my lives. The response I got was incredible - Ludo gave me a Bluey postcard and badge, and Blue Peter gave me one of their cards which they use to hold badges and a signed picture of Adam, the newest presenter and the voice of that smartly-dressed goblin in Wolfgang's return episode of Scream Street. Learn how to make a thankfulness jar, or watch the Treasure Champs episode 'Thankfulness' to learn how to either thank people in your community or make something to help you be grateful for what you have:
9.My Musical Discoveries. Throughout 2020, I've made new musical discoveries on Youtube and online, y'know, because I love music, and I've used it to guide my way through the difficult times, including a little dash of Cee Lo Green for Scream Street!
8.Esme & Roy. When this show premiered on Tiny Pop earlier this year, I was in for a real treat. This colourful animated show from the creators of Sesame Street sees two BFFs - a young girl and a giant yellow monster that to my mum looks like Stanley from Saturday Mash-Up - go on missions to babysit the little monsters in their neighbourhood, such as wild Tillie, show-stopping Hugo and science-loving Simon. They turn everyday situations like trying new foods, sharing toys, tidying up or a fear of the dark into imaginative play experiences that young viewers would want to try at home. Who says Tiny Pop is boring? Esme & Roy is now my favourite show! Another favourite feature from Tiny Pop is the Sesame Street film 'When You Wish Upon A Pickle' which made me imagine my very own pink fluffy wish pickle, which uses the magic words 'Glittery Unicorn' to grant your every wish and sounds like Elmo's friend Abby Cadabby. I wish everyone had their own wish pickle!
7.My Pride. At the beginning of 2020 I was madly searching animated animal legend videos, and My Pride is one of them. The moment I saw the bloody violence of Starmane and Spark getting killed by Quickmane and Nothing getting her injury, I knew My Pride was going to be my favourite thing to watch on Youtube, and now it's one of my many inspirations behind my Me, You, And...stories. I even posted the videos on my blog, sometimes using them for my blog entry series themed to CBBC drama Mystic, which I believe contains blood and violence, Mystic Tales. Check them out on my blog! I'm excited for the next episode, which is coming this Sunday. I'll blog about it soon!
6.Horrid Henry. Unfiltered? Worst. Horrid Henry? Yeah! Horrid Henry is one of my favourite shows on Nickelodeon. Unlike most animated shows such as The Casagrandes and It's Pony, Horrid Henry has a beautifully animated style and early episodes stay true to the original books, with later episodes transitioning to gross out humor and fantasy elements. I have favourite episodes too, such as Horrid Henry's Holiday, Horrid Henry's House Party, Horrid Henry's Birthday, Horrid Henry & The Dinner Guests, Horrid Henry's Christmas and more. There are some nods to the books, too, like ""NOOOOOOOOOO!!" screamed Henry" and "Last time Henry had done this...' and so on. Now I'd avoid Spongebob since it's repeated constantly on Nicktoons, but Horrid Henry hits the spot. Wait. Horrid Henry Hits The Spot? That sounds like a great name for a pirate-themed episode of the show.
5.My ideas. I had lots of new ideas which keep transitioning from one to the next, but now I have the idea to do stories since I now know about one thing that keeps getting in my way - plagiarism. I'll get For The Right Reasons can publish my stories, they don't give a flying squirrel about plagiarism anyway.
4.Love Monster. This is one of my favourite shows to see on CBeebies, mostly because it has grown-up voice actors, unlike some shows like Bing and School Of Roars. The series is bright and cheerful and follows the adventures of a little red monster with a small blue heart on his chest as he navigates each and every special day in Fluffytown. There's wild, hyperactive Tiniest Fluffiest Bunny, kindly Book Cub and mischievous Bad Idea Puppy - and I, love them. I first started watching new episodes near to the end of Scottish lockdown, and I thought Love Monster sounded a little evil, but he was kind enough to be my new friend. Tiniest Fluffiest Bunny, Book Cub and Bad Idea Puppy can be my friends too, and my favourite episodes of the show are 'Sleepover Night' and 'Red Envelope Day'. I still love Clangers and In The Night Garden, no offence.
3.Dog Loves Books. I took a liking to this show before lockdown started, and boy was it worth watching. I never missed the premiere of any new episode, and Dog and Pug are quite the adventurers when it comes to reading books. They travel everywhere, from a Minotaur's maze tea shop to a stormy pirate ship on the seven seas to a biscuit factory and a fairytale forest and a place where new stories are made by old-fashioned people every day. My favourite episodes of the show are 'Dog Loves Drawing', 'Dog Loves Calm' and 'Dog Loves Bedtime Baboon' - Calm and Bedtime Baboon have given me ideas for new places in my imagination such as Glowbone Island, Unicornia and Pug's Friendship Tree, plus I've made a relative for Bedtime Baboon, named Cousin Matilda. She creates the world's bedtime stories. Every time Dog Loves Bedtime Baboon airs, I do a new story from Cousin Matilda using her magic ingredients. The main reason I love the show is because John Thomson, a voice actor who appeared in my favourite shows Strange Hill High and Scream Street, voices Dog. They're quite the Danger Mouse and Penfold of CBeebies, aren't they? Reading will never be more awesome!
2.Bluey. The true crown jewel of Disney Junior that drew me back to the channel, now I'll never watch anything else from the channel, like The Lion Guard or Sofia The First. I'd give anything to see such a beautifully written, wonderfully done show such as this. Unlike most Disney dogs, Bluey takes the cake. I never miss any episode run on Disney Junior. Bluey highlights what's important in life, such as good parenting, the power of play and spending time with family and friends, and I even thought up some alternate names for the episodes, like 'Early Baby' becomes 'Playschool Drama' and 'The Claw' becomes 'Desire'. This show is what really got me into Australian children's television. The sad thing is that when Disney Junior was taken off the air, I thought I was never going to see my little blue dog friend again...until I saw her on Disney+. I'll never leave Bluey behind ever again!
1.Scream Street. When the pandemic hit, I thought I was never going to see my best friends Luke, Resus and Cleo again. Throughout the pandemic, I made new friends like Bluey, Bingo, Dog, Pug and Love Monster, but when Scream Street came back to CBBC in August, I was both excited and delighted. When I heard there's going to be new episodes of Scream Street, I was over the moon. "Well, new episodes," I thought, "Fresh start, same old adventures." I thought the new episodes would feature just Luke, Resus and Cleo like old times, but then Six and Dr. F came along and things just got better. Now, Six and Luella are a part of my gang, and the new episodes are becoming my favourites, including the sexy Vanity Calamity. When Cleo started crying in Endless Summer, I felt sorry for her, as she is strong and never cries, much like Tracy Beaker - this episode saw Luella become BFFs with Cleo, which made me think about the age old question: "Can we still be friends?" Two of the episodes represented love-making and birth, and I'll sure-fire be excited for new episodes coming next year. Now that Six is here, I'll never look at Frankenstein's monsters the same way again, and neither will I look at werewolves, vampires, zombies, Egyptian mummies or witches ever again.
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This is a fantastic, optimistic post. You are clever to use your imagination to help keep you busy and you explain your love of the other items on the list beautifully!!!
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