Have you heard of Fred? If not, you're about to. Fred Figglehorn, touted as one of the most popular internet characters of all time, is a six-year-old boy with anger management issues and an alcoholic mother (who goes through rehab -- Fred talks about her return from rehab in season 2). Fred is played by teenager Lucas Cruikshank, who created the show. In each episode, Fred tells viewers about different events in his life, and sometimes the camera follows along on Fred's adventures, though in most episodes he is the only characters actually shown. Fred: The Movie will premiere Friday, Sept. 17, at 8:00 P.M. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The movie stars Cruikshank as Fred, of course, and features iCarly's Jennette McCurdy as Bertha (a mean "friend" of Fred).
When I was a teenager, my grandfather once said to me (after a lecture on the greatness of old-school country music), "One day, when you are older, teenagers will come up with some new kind of music or entertainment, and you'll hate it." I think that day has arrived. This show about troubled Fred Figglehorn is just the sort of quirky, random humor that kids find hilarious, but in this case, I don't get it. And, I don't like it. Fred spouts out a lot of rude humor and disturbed rantings about various topics, including some that one would hope no six-year-old actually knows about -- I know, Fred is played by a teenager and that's all part of the humor.
Do your kids follow Fred? What do you think of a Fred show on Nickelodeon?
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