operation calliou phase-out

The little boy has grown quite fond of the show Calliou. And quite frankly, that Calliou kid can be a whiney little brat. The first few episodes we watched seemed innocent enough. But then the whining started.

And you know how they say that kids are very influenced by television? By golly, they're right! Ever since Elian saw the episode where Calliou expressed his displeasure in something by saying, "I don't like (INSERT WHATEVER CALLIOU DIDN'T LIKE HERE)!!!" he's decided he doesn't like, well, pretty much EVERYTHING!!

Sure, we've picked up a few good things from the show and have used them to our advantage. Like the episode where Lucky the horse eats some carrots. "Hey buddy, why don't you try to eat some of your carrots like Lucky..." (munch, munch, munch). And there's this one, "Calliou sleeps like a big boy -- I bet you can sleep like a big boy too!"

But it seems like the bad is outweighing the good so we've decided to cut him off. We're trying to phase him out gradually so he doesn't notice. We try to give the other shows we've saved on TIVO the hard sell, "How about Bob the Builder?... or Clifford the Big Red Dog...or what about CURIOUS GEORGE -- I wonder what antics that crazy monkey's up to today..." Usually it works. Usually.

We anticipate Operation Calliou Phase-out to be complete in a few weeks.