In this PBS show about cohabitating peacefully in a tree and looking out on the
big world in wonder, a sloth and some of his less-than-attractive pals get into "situations" and
then work them out as friends — friends who by nature should be eating
each other, but friends nonetheless. The star of the show is a sloth on acid.
His name is Snook and he always seems stoned. "Heeeyyyyy," he says, like the
one guy at the bar who after ordering twenty beers conveniently remembers he
forgot, like, his wallet.
The characters are all really disturbing. I keep waiting for the monkey named
Oko to devour the character called Burdette, who is a little too, how shall I
put this, hideous. Madge, the librarian turtle, obviously has a skin condition.
The anteater? Fugly. Or maybe it's
the hi-def. Anyway, the show is hard to watch. And of course my daughter loves it. — Barbara Rushkoff
