#childrens-television

#childrens-television

Some 35 years since the demise of the East German regime, a groundbreaking series looking into the daily life in the GDR picked up an International Emmy at Monday night's award ceremony in New York. Produced by the German regional public broadcaster MDR, "Auf Fritzis Spuren Wie war das so in der DDR? (In Fritzi's Footsteps What was it like in the GDR?) took home the prize in the Kids: Factual & Entertainment category, and beat competitors from Brazil, the United Kingdom and South Africa.

"The other day, Schaef put on Paw Patrol for the girls and was like, 'I used to love this show,'" Sydney Martin said on the Never Offside podcast with Julie Petry and Cat Toffoli. "I was like, holy... what year were you born? He was like '2007.' I was like, all right, I need a minute. He sat there with the girls and watched Paw Patrol."

I would watch all my favorite shows in the basement of my childhood home, with its dark green carpet and giant honey oak entertainment center. I'd collect all my Big Comfy Couch stuffies - the Loonette with her plastic curls, Molly, Fuzzy, Wuzzy, and Snickelfritz alike - and together we'd dutifully follow along with all the Clock Rug Stretches and 10-Second Tidies.