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Aileen G's avatar

My twin sons share a birthday with Caillou. They are of the right age to have liked the show, but thank all the gods, above and below, that they didn't like that annoying bald headed little kid!

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James Fell's avatar

Happy birthday to your boys!

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Aileen G's avatar

thank you!

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Paul Riggs's avatar

My younger daughter has Down Syndrome is is naturally drawn to the simplest, most boring and annoying things on TV. (She’s a big fan of “Walker, Texas Ranger” but there’s a whole story behind why that is.) Caillou is too much for her.

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Suzanne Hooker's avatar

My kids were of the right age for this. My now 18yo daughter decided that if Caillou could ride a bike at 4, so could she. She learned to ride in a day. Her older sister learned after that...

I think most of the lessons were "Caillou stop being mean and figure it out."

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PegTownCrown's avatar

James, I love your history takes, and I love the subjects you find to put focus on people and events outside of “textbook history.”

But when you your shit go sideways on stuff like this, it literally takes me a day to stop laughing and appreciate the cromulence of your words.

I am truly embiggened.

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Julia Creadore's avatar

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I feel very lucky that I've only ever heard of him in passing and haven't a fucking clue who he is, thanks for the warning! Great story! 😁👍

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