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Michelle Obama Says Click Off Cartoons and Go Out and Play [Jawohl, mein Herr Frau Fuhrer!]
Parent Dish ^ | September 24, 2010 | Mary Beth Sammons

Posted on 09/25/2010 12:00:47 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Attention Malia and Sasha: The remote is in Mom's hands this Saturday, and she's sending a message to you and the rest of the nation's kids to "Go out and play."

At noon EST on Sept. 25, first lady Michelle Obama will tell Nick viewers to "get ready to shut down your computers, put down your cell phones and turn off your TVs." Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick Jr. and TeenNick will then go off the air for three hours, according to the Associated Press.

The cartoon blackout is part of Nickelodeon's annual Worldwide Day of Play campaign, an annual effort to encourage families to get kids and families moving and off the couch. The network isn't goofing around and is turning screens black.

But take heart Nick fans, before and after this TV intervention, you can soak up six hours of back-to-back "SpongeBob Squarepants" episodes.

Meanwhile, "iCarly" poses this question to teen and tween fans on the Nick show's website: What's the best way to spend this Saturday?
Pranking Your sister/brother?
Sleeping all day?
Eating ice cream, nonstop?
Watching an all-new ICarly at 8 p.m.?
We know the answer in our house: All of the above.


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To: shredderman

Schadenfreude!


41 posted on 09/25/2010 8:45:38 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m soooo glad Nick and Mrs. Obama are here to help my children. We just returned from a two week vacation from The Grand Canyon, hiking into houses at Mesa Verde, exploring Yellowstone, spelunking a lava tube (very cool, and a good workout) and seeing Mount Rushmore. My children are simply starving for some time outside playing....it’s good to know the government is here to help. Never mind that we’re all exhausted from the trip and unpacking and would like some downtime and something silly to watch.

Stupid government. Redundant.


42 posted on 09/25/2010 9:11:41 AM PDT by FourPeas (Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Today is Nickelodeon Worldwide Day of Play. We’re outside playing and you should be too. So turn off your TV, shut down your computer, put down that cell phone, and go all out. We’ll be back at three.”

Repeat.


43 posted on 09/25/2010 9:18:48 AM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Halt din zoken!


44 posted on 09/25/2010 9:26:28 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: pissant; ExTexasRedhead; Josh Painter; ejonesie22; papasmurf; Bobbisox; DesScorp; thefactor; ...

Ping!


45 posted on 09/25/2010 11:42:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Palin/Bolton 2012)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
At noon EST on Sept. 25, first lady Michelle Obama will tell Nick viewers to "get ready to shut down your computers, put down your cell phones and turn off your TVs." Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick Jr. and TeenNick will then go off the air for three hours, according to the Associated Press.

And Disney channels will have their best ratings 'Evah'

I just checked - it's off in Eastern time but the Western time channel is still going - to be cut off in a few minutes - lol.


46 posted on 09/25/2010 11:55:22 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go out into the streets and take a chance on getting shot by drug dealers while your single mom is working a minimum-wage retail job on the busiest day of the week. That’s right, kiddies; go on. Marriage is bad. Welfare is good. People who look down on out-of-wedlock sex and illegitimate parents are haters.


47 posted on 09/25/2010 12:12:43 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey Manchelle!! Seeing the daily escapades of you and your man-child is like watching a cartoon marathon every day.


48 posted on 09/25/2010 12:22:15 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Bellflower
Your childhood sounds alot like mine. Besides the programs you mentioned, we also watched Andy's Kids, Captain Midnight, Rin Tin Tin, Fury, Circus Boy, Super Circus, etc...all on a black and white TV. We played cowboys and indians and dodge ball, plus board games like Go to the Head of the Class, Clue, Monopoly, Sorry! and Parchesi. We also played checkers, Chinese checkers, along with outdoor games like hide and go seek, Red Light-Green Light, and Simon Says. That imagination thing worked well for us in our youth, and we enjoyed ourselves doing simple things.

On the weekends my mother would give us money to go to the local movie theater. Every so often they'd offer a Saturday cartoon marathon. Back then it cost us 15 cents to get in, and 10 cents for a box of popcorn. I'm glad I was a kid in the 50's. It was a time when you didn't lock your doors, and you knew everybody on your street.

49 posted on 09/25/2010 12:52:46 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Albion Wilde
"Go out into the streets and take a chance on getting shot by drug dealers..."

You forgot to mention they should go out and play so they can be abducted, raped and murdered by an illegal alien, or run over by a drunk illegal driving a car.

50 posted on 09/25/2010 1:09:22 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks for the ping.


51 posted on 09/25/2010 1:52:33 PM PDT by Vor Lady
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is she kidding? Imagine the audacity of this woman to tell us how to raise our kids. Maybe I can tell her to take her kids to Church...at least on Christmas.


52 posted on 09/25/2010 3:20:25 PM PDT by Neverforget01 (It Could Have Been Worse Is Not A Defense For Bad Policy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good! Now the advertisers will vote against her husband, too.


53 posted on 09/25/2010 3:30:24 PM PDT by kitkat (OBAMA hates us. Well, maybe a LOT of Kenyans do.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In all fairness, these channels have gone off the air for this in the past.


54 posted on 09/25/2010 6:45:31 PM PDT by Trick or Treat (Palin/Bachmann 2012!)
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55 posted on 09/25/2010 8:08:00 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: mass55th

Yep, after I wrote the post about our childhood countless more things that we did came to my mind including most all the things you mention. Those were the days!!!


56 posted on 09/26/2010 1:18:37 AM PDT by Bellflower (All meaning is in The LORD.)
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