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[smick]

I initially misread that as "Spice."  Eeeurgh. I do not like the idea of Spice putting bread behind anything.

I do like the idea of Achewood cartoons airing on Spice, and then the meta possibility of Cornelius doing the closed caption for the story about Cornelius laying in bed typing the closed captioning for Spice.

[jay-ell]

I just can't imagine Onstad's extremely spare art style translating well to animation, and any embellishments (like, oh, I don't know, colors or backgrounds) would take away from some of the appeal in my mind.

It works OK for Kipper.  My son loves cartoons with spare backgrounds (see also: Pocoyo) because he's autistic and (we think) anything with too much going on onscreen distracts him from the "plot."  I think an adult-style cartoon with minimal backdrops would appeal to the Asperger's in all of us. 

[V-Adore]

Kipper looks very calming; visually, it reminds me of Roobarb, which I recall being a big hit of my childhood.

[jay-ell]

Kipper is great for settling a kid down.  Little P's bedtime routine is a bath, then an hour of Kipper, then a little milk and off to bed. 

It also has the side benefit of teaching Received Pronunciation.  It's so cute to hear a two and a half year old say, "Hello, Kippah!  Ready, steady, go!" 

[theinevitable]

oh, lord. maybe he'll end up pronouncing random words with a British Accent like my little sister. She has slightly tapered off her unintentional-british-fakery, though, I think.

[linnea]

oh, lord. maybe he'll end up pronouncing random words with a British Accent like my little sister. She has slightly tapered off her unintentional-british-fakery, though, I think.

Dang, the more I hear about her, the less I like her. Ugh.

[jay-ell]

If he's still doing it when he's in his teens, I'm totally sending him to spend the summer in New Jersey. 

He really only does it when he's actually reciting dialogue from the show.  He can quote Kipper like a geek can quote Monty Python.  It's cute, but a little unnerving.