Great, now I have "Funky Town" in my head.

"wont you take me to......"

not sure why but I have always loved that song.

Oh, thanks, Trops. Now I have that song in my head too, but mine is being sung by three little chipmunks. Great.

You and the chipmunks....
Really should see someone when all songs are reverted to chipmunk form...

No, sweetie, they actually sing that one in the movie. My favorite is when Alvin is showering in the dishwasher and you can hear him singing, "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me . . . "

Cracks me up!

See, and although I thought that was funny, I found it inappropriate for a kids movie. The only reason it was in there was for the adults to get a chuckle. That is until your 9 year old is dancing around the house singing it.

Daddy don't like that

That is wrong on so many levels I refuse to dive into them all.

That never occurred to me, really. Nikki pretty much knows what's appropriate or inappropriate and when she gets confused, well, momma's there to guide her. She's a good sport when I tell her something isn't cool.

We got bored one night and played the muffin basket scene in French and it was funny as hell. We also did the "major rock star" part in both languages. When we played it in Spanish, Alvin sounded like Linda Blair in the Exorcist. We laughed until we cried - and there was no alcohol involved.

That's funny. I liked the movie, except for that song. I don't have too many of those problems with my daughter. Every now and then I'll tell her that a song she is singing is not right. What is it about pop songs that kids get them in their heads like that. She doesn't listen to the radio except when I'm playing it. Good healthy dose of Classic Rock, Motown, Metal, Oldies. Non of that pop garbage. Then she comes home singing I wanna be your girlfriend or bananas. She hears it once at school and suddenly it's committed to memory. Dad puts the kibosh on that.

I had to stop listening to the news when the kids are in the car about 4 years ago after my daughter asked, "Did he just say 8 people killed in Iraq?" Time to listen to the Beatles.

I so know what you mean. I don't listen to that stuff, either, but she will come home singing it. Once she started dancing in a way that was nearly inappropriate for an adult and I was shocked! Apparently her school had a mini talent show and the girls she teamed up with taught her this dance. Oh, hell no! We are not working on that kind of occupation here, kiddo!! I'm pretty tolerant of most things but when my kid starts acting too old (waaaaaay too old in this case) for her age, uh-uh, ain't havin it.

I've completely banned my kids from Looney Tunes. I watched it as a kid and never paid attention to the violence. Funny how you notice things as a parent, though. When Nik was about, oh 4 I guess, she was watching Bugs Bunny and there was this little cat. The show wasn't about the cat but he was like a behind-the-scenes observer in every scene. At the end, the main characters did something crazy - I don't recall what - and the camera focused in on this cat . . . "Well, I've seen everything now," said the cat . . . who then proceeded to put a pistol to his head and shot himself. WTF is that??

But Looney toons is classic.
If you watched it as a kid and turned out fine* what is the issue?
Mind you, I may be talking totally different in a year but right now I do not see any issue with Loony Toons.

*fine of course all being relative to the individual and the situation.

We had my daughter in ballet and tap classes. The whole studio was all about being a prima ballerina and hot jazz dancers. Good dancers, but way too much for the little girls to emulate. Too much for the older girls, too. Bars should be horizontal in a dance studio. (they were, but you know what I mean) Changed to Irish step dancing, and she has to go even though she doesn't like it. I don't care, you're doing it.

A feline committed suicide in front of my toddler. I almost prefer Barney.

*big grin* Seriously? You think I turned out fine?

Of course.
you are no more nuts than anyone else here, myself included.

Near as i can tell anyway...

BTW congrats on 'senior member' status.

that's a tough workout... but the costumes are sooo cool

If i didn't think i'd drop dead of a heart attack -i'd dust off my stepping shoes that was always a lot of fun..

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