快乐东西 looks easier than 家有儿女

[querido]

"Happy Things" looks easier than "Home with Kids".

It's "China's first animated TV sitcom".

Advantages for the learner (I think) over 家有儿女: a lot less vocabulary?, slower.

Disadvantages: a lot of Beijinghua?, some of the characters look and sound unnecessarily unpleasant.

As with "Home with Kids" there's a textbook with DVD:

http://www.chinasprout.com/shop/BLO175

To me, it's a lot less attractive but seems much easier. Any opinions?

[Edit: http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1259066.html ]

[jasoninchina]

I would say both programs are at a low intermediate level. I do agree with you though that "Happy Things" is less attractive. This is essentially my problem with 快乐东西，家有儿女，快乐汉语; none of them are particularly interesting. I recently finished 爱上查美乐。The level of Chinese was a little high for me, but I was able to follow the plot every step of the way and learned a lot.

Is it really that difficult to produce an interested program for Chinese learners?

[大肚男]

based on this topic I watched an episode of 快乐东西。 while the animation was awful, I really liked it, it was funny, easy to understand, and without the annoying "kids" voices that plague many cartoons.

thanks OP for the suggestion.