Great show, do not allow your children to watch ...
921000
Great show, do not allow your children to watch it. Very believable to think people , like the ones in this show, may actually exist.
4100260
Best season.  After a couple seasons I had to stop my child from watching because it was so sex themed.
46846
great show if you don't mind nudity, drug use, alcoholism, racist jokes, vulgarity, toilet humor, psychotic behavior, insanity, political incorrectness...etc!
4552186
I am one of those moms that believe screen time should be kept at a minimum. I'm not totally against TV, since I feel like there are many programs that do benefit children (Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood) but many of them are way too busy and loud with quick camera movement and changes. I feel like these spastic shows over stimulate children and could lead to attention problems later on in life.

This show is guilty of this over stimulation. Every single moment is jammed packed with singing, dancing, lights, movement and loudness. At one point on every show, the characters start enthusiastically dancing and singing but that was not enough, no, the camera has to shake along with them too. I got a headache just watching this. And I had to sit through all four shows for the purposes of this review. My seven year old son, who watched it with me, really liked it. He was enchanted with everything he saw and can't wait to watch it again. Which is surprising to me because I thought the target audience was preschoolers but he still liked it.

I do like that the emphasis was on helping others, however I disliked how the comedy of the show focused on how Shelfish Sheldon would get hurt. He is racing against Moxy and Mack to get the Great Helpee because he wants all that happiness for himself. Often, he is foiled at the last minute by either falling off a cliff, getting trampled on (multiple times by Moxy and Mack) or Catapulted from a tree. Each time they show him getting up, and at one point Moxy and Mack ask if he's okay but only after snickering at him getting hurt. I know this is a common theme and has been seen in children's programs for half a century (think Tom and Jerry) but why must we use that as the comedic element in children's programs? I would much rather crude things like fart jokes or booger jokes than people getting hurt.

Anyway, I'm off my soap box.

I'm rating this 3 stars because my son likes it, but I don't like it as a parent. I don't plan to expose my two year old to this, ever, if I can help it.
3500329
YESSSS!  Another fantastic children's TV show has been put on DVD for all to enjoy!  This show isn't just for kids though, the show is well written with lots of innuendo.  My husband & I enjoy the voice talents of Maurice Lamarche and Rob Paulsen very much, and we will let our children enjoy this instead of some of the rubbish on TV these days.
503639
Once again, BBC has put American Television Production to shame.  The show is amazing and it is almost impossible to get up and get a sandwich during, even though I have it on DVD and can pause the show.  If you like sophisticated well written well acted dark engaging stories, let yourself disappear for an hour of uninterrupted intense story telling. This is not intended for children and may even be too much for the PG-13 crowd; it is great story telling for adults and does not dumb down the show for its audiences - something that many Americans will find uncomfortable at first, but then will be highly disappointed by the production and story telling of American broadcasting and cable fair.

Sadly instead of bringing us the show as it was intended, FOX plans to create an Americanized knock off which will once again, as with "the office" be good but still not be likely to match the quality and story telling of the original series:  it is truly a shame that broadcasters in the US do not respect their audiences enough to air overseas hit shows as they are and not "fix them" for us.  In other words, I recommend that you watch the BBC version of this show either online or by purchasing the DVDs.
1017358
I enjoyed this show very much. Laughs through out the whole Season. From what I heard about this show not making it to Season 2 what that it was offensive and inappropriate to minors. Well, HBO channel alone is inappropriate to minors. *shrugs* I enjoyed it and I would love to see this come back.
929034
Great show.  My daughter loves it, and I get a kick watching it too.  You cant help but feel bad for Sam though.  That whole damn town is friggin irresponsible, and who has to fix every dummys problem?  Not Norman thats for sure, that kids am ass.
730215
Great entertainment!  Although it does have some content that would be considered for adults only.  Not to say it has nudity, or anything like that, just saying some content is better not viewed by minors, in my opinion.
1917102
My kids absolutely love this show and although I'd never tell them, I watch it when they're not around.
3889819
My family doesn't watch modern TV because we don't share the corrupt moral(amoral) values of todays culture that saturates both the shows and the commercials. My kids can't even watch "children's" programs because of the highly sexualized and vulgar commercials that are thrown in with them. Mr Ed is one of those shows that we can watch as a family and our children love it as much as we do! I was so thrilled when I saw these were being released I bought season one and two as soon as they came out. I was also sad to hear of Connie Hine's death a few months ago. Anyway, buy this series and turn your own kids on to this great show and take your kids away from the trash the current producers are exposing this dead and dying culture to. You'll never regret it!
2122378
I like this show however, a word of caution. Some of the subject matter of this show is a bit racy for younger children. There is mention of adult subject matter in the series. ( birth control, sex, dating, ) if I would have known this, I probably wouldn't have ordered it.
4083330
This is such a good series. I was hooked from the first episode. I definitely do NOT recommend this to watch as a family it's not appropriate for small children or tweens.
4792583
My children really love watching these videos.  My 2 yo, 5 yo, and 7 yo will watch them repeatedly and love them.  I purchased the Your Baby Can Read set (which is oh-so-much-higher) and they weren't even interested.  It was such a chore.  With this, they actually *want* to view it.
4889181
As a new father of a toddler, I am just getting into watching children's television from a parent's perspective.  My toddler got upset watching this show.  As I looked at it through her eyes, of course she would.  About 90% of it involves scowling, whinging, upset trains.  I'm not sure if this is an intentional thing in children's entertainment, but I simply don't like it.  I won't make any grand claims like saying that this kind of story, and shows like Caillou are promoting a generation of weak, anxious, whingers, but I will definitely think it.
3817374
My children love this show (daugher almost 3 and son 15 months).  When they quit showing this show on TV we were bummed.  Our only complaints are that there aren't enough episodes on this DVD and there aren't any other DVDs.
4441659
I really enjoy this show, it's basically clean (not suitable for kids), strong characters including strong smart men which are sadly lacking in many shows these days! :)