Episode 36: Dark Children's Television

Episode 36: Dark Children's Television This episode was recorded on August 7, 2024 and posted on September 21, 2024. Content Warning: Light vulgarity.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 36 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guest - Rainier of Horror4Kids Today's Topic: Dark Children's Media Discussion on Dark Themes in Children's Media and Gateway Horror What are the risks and benefits of children consuming horror content? The television and film rating system This Week's Coroner's Report What are the ethics of including darker themes, like death and abuse, in children's media? What children's shows or films scared you growing up? Media Discussion Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1968-1978) | Episode Highlight: Nowhere to Hyde Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990-2000) | Episode Highlight: Dark Music The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996) | Episode Highlight: Ren's Toothache Aaahh!! Real Monsters (1994-1997) | Episode Highlight: Eye Full of Wander Goosebumps (1995-1998) | Episode Highlight: Night of the Living Dummy II Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999-2002) | Episode Highlight: King Ramses' Curse The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003-2007) | Episode Highlight: Wishbones Thank you to our guest! Check out Rainier on Instagram @horror4kids! Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources About us | The TV Parental Guidelines. (n.d.). http://www.tvguidelines.org/aboutUs.html  Andrew, S. (2022, October 9). Do your little kids love horror? They're not alone. CNN. Retrieved September 10, 2024, from https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/09/entertainment/child-horror-fans-scary-creepy-halloween-tiktok-cec/index.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt's%20normal%20for%20children%20to,to%20learn%20about%20those%20boundaries.%E2%80%9 D Atlas CMS. (n.d.). https://www.nbc.com/global/pages/tv-ratings  Douglas A. Gentile. (2009). Are motion picture ratings reliable and valid? Journal of Adolescent Health, 47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.08.016  Instagram. (n.d.). https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsGiK4ep66K/  Motion Picture Association of America. (2020, April 30). Film Ratings - Motion Picture Association. Motion Picture Association. https://www.motionpictures.org/film-ratings/  Posts, V. M. (2023, January 4). Why do kids like creepy things? Resiliency Mental Health. https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2020/12/28/why-do-kids-like-creepy-things/#:~:text=Children%20have%20been%20drawn%20to,to%20watch%20the%20Saw%20movies.