When seasons 5-6 of Pingu came onto CBeebies, people enjoyed the cheeky young penguin's humorous antics, BUT! Years later a TV series named Shaun The Sheep appeared on CBBC. Now, comparing the humor in both these shows, I find the humors similar, and the characters explicitly showing innuendo and kid-inappropriate toilet humor every two seconds in every episode. Second and most importantly, Pingu and Pinga in these series are constantly whining sociopaths who complain, scream and throw tantrums whenever they don't get their way. Sure, it has all the kindness and love featured in other preschool shows, but why would CBeebies show toilet humor and bratty personas at the time? I like the old series of Pingu because the characters behave appropriately, but when Pingu came onto Milkshake a few years ago....*sighs* Well, Milkshake is famous for characters that throw tantrums and become self-centered brats (imagine if they aired Caillou!), but Pingu is....er...mmmm...concerningly adult in its 5th and 6th seasons. The Pinga in this season cries a lot when she doesn't get her way, leading some to believe Timmy's personality is similar to Pinga. Pingu's parents and every other adult in these seasons are no help either - instead of scolding Pingu like in the original seasons, they just shrug it off and let him do whatever he wants, like mess up a toy shop or paint the town. Urgh! I used to love it as a kid, but at that age, I still felt something wrong the moment I saw Shaun The Sheep the first time. The humor is similar, the animation style is similar, the format is similar - a wordless show - and these series of Pingu make Looney Tunes look like Once Upon A Forest. Why would HOT Animation make this decision? Pingu sounds like a mentally unstable person, and Pinga sounds like a Pontipine.
Just look at the revival of classic Pingu, which used dramatic music in all scenes. The original BBC version of Pingu is much better because it is quiet, it used happy music all the time and the Penguinese is great. Just great.
Next time you see your child throwing a tantrum during seasons 5-6 of Pingu, turn it off. I repeat, TURN IT OFF! Watch Shaun The Sheep instead.
