Pingu
Pingu
TV-Y | 28 May 1986 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    Phonearl

    Good start, but then it gets ruined

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    Numerootno

    A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

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    AshUnow

    This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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    BelSports

    This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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    mattgrimes-69096

    This is it. We have surpassed all other forms of human entertainment. This claymation penguin has tapped into a well of pure art that will never run dry. This is your life. And it will never, Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeverrr, be the same, again.

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    Eric Stevenson

    "Pingu" is literally the only TV show I have ever heard of to come from Switzerland. With such a country that has made many great contributions to the world and is so prosperous, you'd want to get more familiar with their works. This is an extremely simple cartoon telling the story of a penguin named Pingu and the various misadventures he gets into. I admit that it's not great because it doesn't really have anything that unique about it. What matters is that it's a very good show for kids and doesn't teach bad morals or anything. The show is known for the characters speaking in a strange random language.I wouldn't have been surprised if they were speaking German. I know it as much as most other languages! The stop motion effects are what make this. This show relies mostly on slapstick to deliver its laughs what with the lack of intelligible dialogue. It's nice to see how we can develop the personalities of these characters when they're unable to directly speak to anybody, at least not how we would understand them. It's a fairly bright and colorful show which isn't easy to represent when it takes place in the South Pole. ***

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    Jeffrey Poehlmann

    The Pingu shorts are among some of the best "children's" programming on television but are by no means simply for children. Aside from being wonderfully entertaining, they are rich with emotion and are one of the best language tools I have seen. By this, I mean that it teaches the understanding of language and communication without the need for actual discernible words — there is no difficulty in figuring out what the penguins are "talking" about, what the story is, how characters are feeling, etc., because the meaning comes through clearly in intonations and gestures. It is a smart show, it is never condescending to its audience, and I wish I had discovered it much earlier.

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    bob the moo

    What is it about this little lump of clay that means he has been doing the rounds for about 20 years but is still popular with children without the need for updating or rebranding? Pingu is a mischievous little penguin that lives in the Antarctic where he plays with his friends and family. There is no dialogue apart from the distinctive sounds they make and the individual episodes are very short. Maybe it is the simple nature of the piece that means it works for young children (and students) but Pingu is enjoyable and simply effective.It is nicely comical in a physical way and, although not witty or clever, it is at least good clean fun that has no reason to aim for a cynical adult viewer as part of its presentation. It is a drawback that it doesn't really have any educational or developmental benefit to speak of, but then I suppose not everything does. The cheeky nature of the penguin may also not be to everyone's tastes as it is hardly that good an example for young children but it is entertaining nonetheless. Students seem to have latched onto it because of the weird noises and imaginative design but this is only in an ironic way and there isn't a lot here for adults.Overall then an OK series of physical comedy shorts for children. It doesn't have any real benefit developmentally or as an educational tool but it is quite fun and there isn't anything really wrong with that.

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