Bob The Builder

Bob The Builder season dvd boxset follows the adventures of Bob and his lovable gang of friends and machines - Scoop (a scooper) Muck (a dump truck) Lofty (a crane) Dizzy (a cement mixer) and Roley (a steam roller) - as they work together to solve problems. Along with Bob's business partner Wendy his cat Pilchard and wacky scarecrow Spud Bob and his crew live in a unique and imaginative world.
You may have heard through the grape vine, or seen through the veil, that Bob the Builder dvd has gone digital. We've known for a few months but resisted like good little Luddites. Can't stand to see our beloved stop-motion animation supplanted by bits and bytes. Or should I say, I couldn't stand it, the kid finds no substantive difference.
This shortish release comes with five episodes and an extra or two, totaling around 45 minutes of family entertainment. As usual, Bob and Wendy guide their toddler charges - their heavy equipment, the Can Do Crew - with kindness, compassion, and every so often just the smallest amount of firm instruction. The tools struggle with feelings of inadequacy, outsider-ism, over-exuberance, and all the other things that lead to feelings of confusion. To wit; the kids are confused when seemingly everything they do is met with shouts of exasperation from their parents.
So, this old man is not pleased by the subtle modernization and dumbification of Bob the Builder - it doesn't look right, feel right, or read right. But it's close enough for the kids. My tester noticed the voices, but enjoyed everything else just the same. I guess it's time for the old guard to step aside. Long live the new Bob!