Go Baby!

Posted on by Ashley Bischoff

Ah, TiVo. It works in mysterious ways. For those of you sans TiVo, each TiVo can be set to record “Suggestions” — these shows are recorded based on ratings given to past shows. And, over the weekend, I had discovered that my TiVo had recorded Go Baby for me. Now, I have no kids, so I wasn’t sure why TiVo recorded it for me. But I then remembered that TiVo also records some suggestions based on aggregating the shows I like with the shows that other TiVo owners like (sort of like the “you might also like” feature at some online retailers).

So, I looked over the show’s details and discovered that it was only five minutes — so, suckish or otherwise, I figured that I had little to lose. Not having ever heard of the show, I had no idea what to expect (though I did have a hunch that it could be a children’s show). Well, the show starts up and it stars this live-action baby, animated South Park-style, via animating and rotating among a variety of photographs of the baby. Still confusing? Well, it turns out that the Disney Channel — the network which airs it — has the entire episode online (just click on “Farm” to see the episode which I’m writing about).

So, there’s this baby — who mostly just giggles and gurbles — and the narrator talks to the baby and the audience. And, it’s mostly just that silly dialect which adults adopt when conversing with babies:

Narrator: Look, Baby is on a farm. Baby is looking for a lost sheep today. Will you help Baby find the lost sheep?

[narrator points to a pig]

Narrator: Baby thinks that’s a sheep! Do you think that’s a sheep? [pause] You’re right — it’s not a sheep!

[…]

I was only slightly drunk at the time, but I found it hilarious. And, as I watched it a second and third time, I noticed that the narrator’ voice sounded awfully familiar but I just couldn’t think of who it was. Then it dawned on me that it was Richard Kind (yeah, “Paul Lassiter” from Spin City, among other roles). In any case, I now have a Season Pass for Go Baby :).

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15 thoughts on “Go Baby!”

  4. The animated baby looks…strangely disturbing. It’s a freaky show. But I’ve been trying to place the narrator’s voice ever since I first heard it. Thanks for figuring it out for me! I almost had it this morning, but I lost it. Google prevails!

  5. Thanks for reaffirming that it *is* Richard Kind who does the narrating. My little boy and I have watched Go Baby since it debuted and though I’ve known that the narrator had to be Kind, I didn’t have any way of knowing for sure.
    Yay for Google!
    :-)

  8. ok, my soon to be two year old is mesmerized by these little shows… I mean she is throwing a tantrum, I turn the trivo on to this show and she stops in her tracks and doesn’t move for three minutes it’s playing except to run to the screen to point to the sheep. She’ll even sit glued to the 2X2 screen on my laptop…. who ever created this is going to make a mint… I’m trying to find anything Go Baby!

  9. hi

    My little girl(9mo.old) just loves Go Baby,We use him to get her to eat when she puts up a fuss. She talks to the go baby and just gets memorize by him, thanks to go baby my little one won’t Starve!

    Thanks!

  10. My son is THE Go Baby and I cannot believe so many people like it. he is 18 months now and he laughs when he sees it! I am glad you are all enjoying him!

  11. My 9 month old daughter just loves the show. My husband found it on the disney website. She waves hi to the baby, smiles and dances to the music. Does anyone know if there is a movie out of the show?? I would love to try and get one for her. Thanks to Camille and her cute son.

  13. I have grown very attached to the GO BABY blurbs! My neice is handicapped and she lights up and giggles when Go BABY comes on. We enjoy watching and re-watching the stories on the internet! Thanks for such an adorable thing to enjoy!

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