Rugrats

Unremarkable yet innocuous show about toddlers that somehow became a '90s pop culture juggernaut. Those were strange days.

I remember hating Angelica with a fiery passion. I also remember an episode where she fell between the legs of a stair master and broke her spine. I don't think that actually happened, but I choose to believe it anyway.

stu's favourite movie is the turin horse

Severely misshapen children go largely unsupervised while getting into crazy shenanigans.

I hate Dill Pickles.

Basing my review on the interpretation of a 5-yo me watching this 30 years ago. Rugrats was a dry dramedy in the ilk of Peanuts or similar comic strip based syndications from the 50’s and 60’s era. Not explicitly made for kids but done so safe that they were kid friendly while adults could have a chuckle or two at some of the mundane jabs at middle class family life.

This is a cartoon for kids. I don't like this.

Klasky Csupo’s hand-drawn, slightly ugly, and completely tactile art style has so much more soul and texture than any modern, sterile digital animation void. The writing is surprisingly sharp, effortlessly pulling double duty by giving kids high-velocity entertainment while throwing in genuinely witty observations about adult anxiety for the parents.

The title likens babies to filthy vermin scurrying around on a rug. Hilarious, right? Well bad news, cause there's no baby razzing on the show. Just another one of those bait and switch deals.

good series