Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Fresh Beat Band

As parents, we are forced to watch our children's shows. Some I've come to love, some I despise with every ounce of my being, but all of them I watch. There's something to be said for turning on our children's shows early in the morning and hearing the familiar voices and music. I depend on them to entertain my child while I get my coffee and fully wake up. They can be incredibly annoying but always helpful. Sooooooo, imagine my surprise when I turned on the TV this morning and.....

Marina from the Fresh Beat Band is no longer Marina! She's been replaced!! WTH?! Okay, now listen, I have never been a huge fan of this show. Their peppyness and over the top I'm-high-as-a-kite smiles are a bit much....but they are the FBB. I know each of them and have come to accept them. And wait a minute, haven't they only been around for like a year?! How do replace someone after only a year?!?

My mind reeling from the shock, I get into research mode. I'm hurt. My favorite member of the most annoying band on earth is gone and I'm left feeling heartache. Why, I'll never know, but it is what it is, and now it must make sense to me. Why, Marina?? WHY?!?!

Okay, so after extensive research, it turns out SHE left the show. Apparently she's getting married and trying to advance her career. Hmph. Now I don't like Marina so much. What is she teaching our kids? That it's okay to bail after a couple of seasons to move onto bigger and better things? To abandon us parents who rely on their ridiculousness to keep our kids entertained so we can get coffee in our bloodstream and become human.....wait, maybe she's not teaching them THAT, but you parents know what I mean.

Whatever her reasons, she better not think for one minute that her obvious replacement has any of us fooled. Well, the replacement fooled my son, but not me! I'm left feeling betrayed and hurt. Out of the four of them, she was the only one I could stomach. But, whatever. I hope you have a long and happy marriage and career, Marina. Thanks for walking into my Nick, Jr. life and leaving me broken. Just...just...whatever. ***sobbing***

^^Who the fuck is that!?!?!^^