Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

As a little girl, Rolie Polie Olie was one of my favourite morning cartoons. Me and my littler sister would watch it on Channel 5 (UK) every morning before we set off for school, and we always loved to rock out to the bouncy theme tune every time it came on.Olie and his family of roundheads (literally) live in a land of oddly-shaped objects and characters. Every day, he sets out to explore the circular world with his littler sister Zowie (pronounced 'Zoe', not pronounced to rhyme with 'Howie') and his loyal pet dog Spot (there's a rather yucky but funny reason why he was named that, although I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the show.) His friend is named Billy, who is a blockhead (also literally) and has a pet cat made of squares.The show definitely seems to have that 1950s/60s vibe to it, as made evident by the furniture and background music. Maybe that's why we loved it so much as kids - it was a little like the Jetsons, but upgraded to CGI animation technology and made a little bit simpler for its target audience of young children.The episode that stick out in my memory the most had to be the one where Zowie accidentally flushed some toys down the toilet and ended up flooding the whole house. Now that's what I call unforgettable.Rolie Polie Olie is a great cartoon for smaller kids (between 5 to 7 years old), as it was for me when I was tinier and a little more innocent.

I don't understand the many bad comments about this show. the show is excellent for small children, and my daughter (3 years old) loves this show. I think the authors of the negative comments forget that this is a simple children's show for ages 2-5. It is not meant to win any artistic awards, nor was it meant for teens/adults.While this isn't exactly the highest quality animation show, I've seen far worse, and the world setting is cute and simplistic, as it should be in a children's show.I give this show an 9 out of 10 because my daughter loves it.

Okay, so I'm 13 years of age, and I probably shouldn't be watching such stuff. But since it's summer vacation, what else is on? I've been watching this show for three years, and I'm still mixed-up over whether this sucks or rules.Sure, it's a little kids show - the dumb@ss dialogue and impossible perfection of the family structre, et al, indicate this. The show is a surreal, Dali-esque show, with it's living toys/appliancances, and beings of all shapes and sizes.It's the utterly whimsical dialogue (gee whirlikers!) that makes me kinda like it. It's hardly great, obviously. But, even for older kids, it's not that bad of a waste of half an hour . . .I guess I'll rate it a six.

My son is 2 years old, and this is his favorite show. I know that when I sit him down in his chair to watch this, he will not move and I can get chores done during this half hour. He wakes up asking for Olie, Olie! I almost wish it was on all day!