Okay, I need some help, please. If you know me at all, I have said time and time again that my child is really not all that interested in tv, aside from an occasional glance here and there for a few minutes at a time at some children's cartoons and stuff. To me, that's just great. Sometimes I wish he'd watch adult shows and enjoy them, so I could watch them and not have to play Mommy while I do, but that's okay. We'll live. Today, though, I was working in his room, trying to get some stuff organized. He was playing and changing the channels on the tv (he does love to play with the tv, just not to watch it!). Somehow he stumbled upon the show BooBah, much to my dismay. This is where my confusion has set it. I decided not to argue with him, as I didn't really care what we watched (although this would not have been my choice). I figured he was the one watching, not me, and he seemed to want it to be on this station. My child, who, might I remind you, watches rare moments of tv with little interest when he does watch, went nuts! He started giggling and blathering in baby talk and rolling around on the bed. He was so excited! When I say baby talk, I mean gagagoogoo kinds, not the somewhat formulated words he does now. He started making some strange sound like "blick!" over and over again, seemingly along with the beat of the song on the tv. Now let me tell you what was going on with this show: There were these little BooBah creatures running around in circles to some beat that really had no rhythm or definition. Then, one-by-one, they would stop and start doing this dumb dance where they lifted one leg and its matching arm on the downbeat, then switch to the opposite arm and leg on the next downbeat. That's it! So outrageously ridiculous and stupid! TJ was so thrilled and into it! I didn't know what to think, except that I wanted it off of my television as soon as possible. Actually, what I was thinking was, "Who on earth thought up this stupid idea, and what kind of mental problems must these people have to be wearing these stupid outfits and dancing around like that?" It hurt to witness, and I think I'm forever scarred. What's worse is that after that "dance scene" it went to another scene where some old lady was lying in a bed in the desert or something and turning a dial. WHAT???!!!! The whole time, though, TJ just said, "Mommy, I want Boobah. I want Boobah again." What do you say to that, "No, never again. I don't care if you like it, it's just rotted your brain and you've lost years of learning." No, you can't do that, so I vowed and promised that they would come back. They did, too, sadly. The pain! So, if someone out there could please help me to understand why this show exists, and why my child likes it, I would more than love to hear from you. I don't know if I can handle this. I would hate to have to program ETV off of my television so that TJ can never again stumble upon the evil Boobahs!