isitforkids: Tayo the Little Bus (2010, Iconix Entertainment, South Korea) I finished season 1 of Ta
isitforkids:Tayo the Little Bus (2010, Iconix Entertainment, South Korea)I finished season 1 of Tayo this afternoon. It’s a fun little romp, and with all 26 episodes being roughly 11 minutes long the series goes by really quickly. It’s aimed at the preschool set and, as such, contains some humor that appeals to younger children, namely Tayo’s talent for passing gas (which comes up in several episodes). The life lessons taught, too, seem to be aimed most directly at children 5 and under.That being said, adults who end up viewing the series will find some elements that more than likely go over their young ones’ heads. There are two episodes (9 and 10) that deal with the buses’ human mechanic, Hana, and her attempt to save a scrapped bus’s memories by planting the bus’s memory chip into a new bus, essentially performing a brain transplant. The new bus, although clearly its own machine, does indeed remember certain things and in the end proves to have a similar personality to the old bus.The characters are a lot of fun to get to know, and even the side characters (vehicles that aren’t buses) have strong, distinctive personalities that allow the viewer to tell them apart. Shine (a vain car who wants all eyes on him) is a riot in particular, and as someone who watches Chuggington for the human characters I enjoyed the human traffic cop Rookie and his police car partner Pat because they reminded me of Eddie and Hodge. Everyone will find a character or two that they love! In all, Tayo the Little Bus is really cute and I’d recommend it if your kid likes road vehicles of any sort because they’re all here and they’re all adorable!Watch season 1 of Tayo here on YouTube or, if you have an account, on Hulu Plus.Steph is not a parent. She is a graduate student with a cat named Murphy. Your mileage may vary. -- source link
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