Caillou = toddler crack!

AWD

I swear my DS WILL NOT sit still for any show except this one. I just learned this over the weekend. I have tried elmo, Thomas, Barney etc... and nothing keeps him still. Thank you so much to the producers of Caillou I can now eat my lunch or take a shower in peace!

meghans30

So funny! My two loooove Caillou, but for some reason I can not stand it.

meglew

DD will come RUNNING from the other room if she hears the theme song come on the tv.  She loves that show.  That damn song is then stuck in my head for hours though.

AviatorJJ

i hate that show! so many questions...

why is caillou bald?

why are the "ll's" not pronouced in his name?

why is he so whiny?

whats with all the old people names on the show...Clemintine, Rosie? wtf?

rebelina1

AviatorJJ:

i hate that show! so many questions...

why is caillou bald?

why are the "ll's" not pronouced in his name?

why is he so whiny?

whats with all the old people names on the show...Clemintine, Rosie? wtf?

I don't post on this board that often but I saw this and thought I could answer one of your questions.  Like you, DD is addicted to Caillou.  I searched one day on the very questions you ask and found out that this is a Canadian show and the word caillou is french for bald head.  Why he is so winey, I have no idea!!

dpdw

AviatorJJ:

i hate that show! so many questions...

why is caillou bald?

why are the "ll's" not pronouced in his name?

why is he so whiny?

whats with all the old people names on the show...Clemintine, Rosie? wtf?

Per Wikipedia:

Caillou is a children's television show based on the books by Christine L'Heureux and illustrator H?l?ne Desputeaux. Many of the stories in the animated version begin with a teacher (who is also the show's narrator) introducing the story to her students, then reading the story out of the book. Caillou first aired on Canada's Teletoon channel in 1998; it later made its US debut on PBS on September 4, 2000. The action of the story takes place in Canada, though that is never explicitly referenced in the dialogue.

In French, caillou usually means "pebble" or "stone", but it can also mean "bald head", which was most likely the writer's intention. The official Caillou website answers the common question "Why is Caillou bald?" by explaining that the original storybook character of Caillou was much younger than the television character, and like many very young children, had no hair.