Russia: Children's toilet TV show drawn into Ukraine-EU row

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-fr ... e-25198264

Russia: Children's toilet TV show drawn into Ukraine-EU row

Russian state TV has come up with an unusual weapon in its propaganda offensive against supporters of Ukraine's integration with the EU - a Swedish TV programme designed to help children understand their bodily functions.

In the middle of a report on 1 December about the background to the clashes in Kiev over the issue of Ukraine's relationship with the EU, viewers of official Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 bizarrely found themselves watching clips from the Swedish children's series Biss och Kajs - the Swedish words for "wee-wee" and "poo-poo".

For Rossiya 1 anchor Dmitriy Kiselev, it exemplifies the kind of Western decadence that awaits Ukraine if it decides to join the EU and turn its back on Russia.

The TV series tells children about their various bodily functions with the help of two characters, Biss and Kajs. It livens up the physiological explanations with musical numbers from the Rump Orchestra (bottoms dressed in hats, glasses and ties) and what Kiselev calls "singing genitalia". A respectful article in pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda recently praised it for helping spare children some of the "suffering connected with various physical manifestations".

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[klr]

Meh. The Soviet regime tried to convince its citizens that The Beatles were decadent. Don't recall that working well.

[Svartalf]

Given the amount of dope they downed, decadent is kind of an understatement to describe them, though.

[Mysturji]

You say "decadent" like it's a bad thing

[Audley Strange]

You say "decadent" like it's a bad thing

Well it does mean rotten teeth.