Goldie and Bear

I for one enjoy stuff that colorful, cutesy, and light-hearted. I would at times imagine them, and even draw pictures of them. While Goldie and Bear is also colorful, cutesy, and light- hearted, I can't say that I embrace the show. Before we get to that, let's have a brief overview.

In the original Goldilocks story, Goldilocks (a.k.a. Goldie) intrudes the bears' home, eats their food, sat on their furniture, and slept on their beds. While she is sleeping, the bears return and confront her in bed. When she woke up and noticed their presence, she frightenedly flees the house.

But in this show which has an alternate storyline, the bears forgave and befriended Goldie. The young bear went on to become her best friend.

Besides featuring Goldie and the three bears, characters from various fairy tales (such as The Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood) are added to the cast.

Yes, the show is a great package of color, cuteness, and light-heartedness. There's even some music sequences. But again, I can't say that I embrace it. I wonder why? Perhaps the one flaw lies in the young bear. The things that fly from his mouth to touch the ears of the viewers, it should be done by someone from the blue zone, not the pink zone.

This show is very fun to watch. Goldie and Bear go on exciting adventures with characters that you will recognize from your own childhood fairytales. This show is easy to follow and the storylines are fun to follow. The songs are very catchy and fun to sing! It's a great twist on classic characters.

I really like Goldie & Bear because of Goldie. She's my favorite character. I found out later her full name was Goldie Emily Locks and she and Jack Bear (Which is the Little Bear's real name) became friends. Overall, it's the best show ever.

While these may be a bit tame for kids 10 and over (absolutely no violence or psycho-tension), Parents (and GrandParents like me) will find these short animations (two separate 12 minute animations in each episode),a real treat to share with the younger set. We just spent 3 days with our 3 yr old GrandSon and he wanted me to keep repeating the episodes. When I thought he must be getting bored with them, I showed him the new Lion King series on Disney. He liked it, but wanted to go back to the Goldie and Bear animations. After just a couple of viewings, he was singing along with the songs. It is refreshing to find a children's series with "no agenda" other than a positive message through entertainment.

Goldie and Bear is a great animated series about a friendship between Goldilocks and one of the brown bears. You'll see the big bad wolf, Humpty Dumpty, jack and Jill, mother goose and just about anybody else in the fairytale world. Awesome cast of voices and great songs. Our toddler sings along to the songs, yes suspenseful in the action scenes and shows compassion in the heartfelt moments. It's a full bodied quality cartoon that even we enjoy as adults. Our baby has watched the same episodes what seems to be hundreds of times and we still don't mind (unlike with half the junk on TV these days). Great show we hope to own on DVD if possible.