Baby Blues
Baby Blues is an American comic strip created and produced by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott since January 7, 1990. Distributed by King Features Syndicate since 1995, the strip focuses on the MacPherson family and specifically on the raising of the three MacPherson children.
When the strip debuted, the MacPherson family consisted of Wanda and Darryl MacPherson and newborn Zoe. The first strip took place in the hospital room shortly after Zoe was born. Later, two more children—Hammie, the middle child and the only son, and Wren, the youngest child—were added to the family. Both Kirkman and Scott have drawn from their own parenting experiences as a source for the strip's content.
Characters and story
The strip features three families, according to the strip's "Family Tree" page.
Main family (MacPhersons)
Baby Blues (U.S. TV series)
Baby Blues is an animated television series, based on the Baby Blues comic strip by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, produced by Warner Bros.. The first eight episodes of Baby Blues originally aired in the United States on The WB Television Network from July 28, 2000 until August 24, 2000, before the series cancellation. Five then-unaired episodes were later aired on Adult Swim in 2002. A season consisting of thirteen episodes was produced but never aired.
The animated adaptation of Baby Blues differs from the comic by having it take place when Zoe was still an infant, even though she was the older sister to Hammie in the strip at the time. In addition, it focuses on Darryl and Wanda's relationship with supporting characters created for this series, including the Bittermans (a dysfunctional next-door family with three children), Bizzy (Zoe's babysitter), and Kenny (Darryl's laid-back close friend and co-worker).
Production
Warner Bros. Animation has produced eight of the 13 aired episodes, with overseas animation done by Varga Studio in Hungary for five of them (including the pilot), and Sunwoo Entertainment in Korea for the three others. Rough Draft Studios in Los Angeles did five episodes, which include "Bizzy Moves In", "Rodney Has Two Daddies", "Hurtin' Inside", "Ugly Zoe", and "Wanda Moves Up".
Baby Blues (2012 film)
Baby Blues is a 2012 Polish drama film directed by Katarzyna Rosłaniec. The story is moving the problem of teenage mothers, which think that the baby is just an addition to clothes and hairstyle.
Plot
Natalie is a seventeen-year-old teenager living in Warsaw. She has a child with Jackob, but neither of the parents can take care of the baby.
Cast
References
External links
Podcasts:
Baby Boom
by: Victoria WoodO God!
You know I’m forty odd.
I read it in a magazine.
Eek! Squeak!
I’m practically antique
And yet I feel about thirteen
(Well, most days).
O God!
I’m such a barmy sod.
I read the tea leaves in my cup.
But all that they
Ever seem to say
Is for Christ’s sake, grow up
Oh flip!
I need to get a grip
I’ve never learnt to ski or punt
(Go easy).
Ooh, ah!
I fasten up my bra
By twizzing it around the front
(how sleazy).
For God’s sake,
Give a girl a break!
Why am I so insecure?
I could take a header
Into vintage cheddar
And still not be mature
Tee hee!
Born in fifty three,
The middle of the baby boom,
Couldn’t dance,
Never had a chance:
There was never any bleedin’ room
(Quite frankly).
Boo hoo!
I’m in a bloomin’ queue
Of baby boomers headed West.
We did the twist,
Then we all got pissed
In a tie-dyed grandad vest
Can’t win,
I never fitted in,
Never was a sixties child
(Those sizzlers).
No point:
Couldn’t roll a joint,
Used to drive my boyfriend wild
(His Rizlas).
Spots, specs,
Terrible at sex,
Lay there like a stunned gazelle.
I was thirty-three
When it dawned on me
That girls could move as well.
Fair dos,
I managed sex and booze,
But rock ’n’ roll got clean away
(And smoking).
Big fan
Of Brotherhood of Man
I kissed their picture every day
(I’m joking).
Ooh er!
I’d never heard of Blur
Cos actually you know I’ve gone
Right from 10cc
Straight to HRT,
Turning left at Elton John
Hey hey!
Baby on the way,
Eighties mothers really tried
(They rambled),
"No drugs,
Wrap yourself in rugs
Eat your own placenta fried
(Or scrambled)."
Swear, curse,
I’m shouting at the nurse.
She said, just do the best you can.
I felt such a fool
In the birthing pool
In the middle of a hosepipe ban.
Stone me!
Now I'm forty-three,
Can I see the years ahead? I can
(White sandals).
Ex-lax,
Elasticated slacks,
Weekends on the Isle of Man
(No vandals).
Jigsaws,
I won’t go out of doors
Without a hat upon my old permed head.
I shall crochet dolls
In my Doctor Scholls
In the middle of my folding bed.
Heigh ho!
Well, I don’t know.
God gives us all a place on earth
(Like Chorley.)
How sad!
The life I might have had
If I’d been swapped at birth
(Sue Lawley).
Ho hum!
I’ve got it all to come.
Tomorrow is another day.
Well, I’m five foot five
And I’m still alive,