I'm Lindsay Ferrier, a Nashville writer with a passion for family travel, exploring Tennessee, and raising kids without losing my mind in the process. This is where I share my discoveries, along with occasional deep thoughts, pop culture tangents and a sprinkling of snark. Want to get in touch? Use the CONTACT form at the top of the page.
August 25, 2009
>I’ll be the first to admit that I never liked the Doodlebops.Watching them, I felt as though someone had tunneled into my brain and used the information found there to create characters specifically designed to make me crazy. Rooney Doodle’s hair reminded me of something creepy you’d see in a pet store aquarium, and that guitar on his jumpsuit? Nasty. Deedee Doodle’s unrelenting cheer was positively chunderworthy. And Moe? One word.
Kneepads.
I hated The Doodlebops with such a passion that I even managed to pass it on to my child.
But I guess I thought those possibly satanic ‘Bops would always be around, providing me with a comfortably familiar form of torture as I nursed my first cup of coffee. I never imagined that today, just two years later, Deedee, Rooney and Moe would have fallen so far from the dizzying heights of children’s television fame that they are now reduced to doing regional theater in Canada.
And they’re hardly alone. Do you ever stop and wonder whatever happened to Joe from Blues Clues? Or the Kratt Brothers from Zoboomafoo? Or even Tinky Winky, from the Teletubbies?
I’ll tell you what happened to them.
Nothing.
The Kratts haven’t done anything since 2005. Joe dropped off the map after Blues Clues ended in 2006.
The sole standout is Mark Heenehan, the actor who played Tinky Winky on the Teletubbies. He went on to appear in a film called Thunderpants in 2002, after the Teletubbies series stopped production.
Thunderpants.
I rest my case.
So let this serve as a warning to all of you. If you are an adult, do not, I repeat, DO NOT star in a hit children’s television show, unless you want to end up as “Uni #1” on two episodes of The Closer.
And yes, Barney, I’m talking to you.
EDITED TO ADD: Oh no. Oh no, no, no, no, no. It’s worse, much worse than I thought. A reader has informed me, and I have confirmed that our beloved Kratt Brothers are… are…. oh you just have to see it for yourself!
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