Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 15:59     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Anonymous wrote:The names of his friends are stereotypical - Sarah is Asian, Andre is Black etc...

Caillou is the kid who grows up to be the annoying one upper know it all.


Are you kidding? Sarah is a Hebrew name. Duh!
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 15:58     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Anonymous wrote:Just wait until she starts copying the whining.... That's when we told DS that Caillou was no longer on TV.


She tried. We cut it. I know she'll try again and we'll cut it again. Toddlers are toddlers and I've had a few of them before. They whine even if they don't know Caillou
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 15:47     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

The names of his friends are stereotypical - Sarah is Asian, Andre is Black etc...

Caillou is the kid who grows up to be the annoying one upper know it all.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 15:06     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Just wait until she starts copying the whining.... That's when we told DS that Caillou was no longer on TV.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 14:09     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

I love him!

OP here and I looked it up and learned they wanted to have caillou to resemble every child out there so adding hair would stereotype him and they wanted to avoid that.

The show is about life through his eyes, that's why he's whiny and I love how they teach him to get over it. DD is not 2 yet and she knows the dialogues, songs, plays the games and all.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 13:21     Subject: Re:Why is Caillou bald?

Never mind the hair-- whyyyyyyyyy is he so whiiiiiiiiiiny??

Hate when DS picks Caillou to watch!
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 11:20     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Cailliou est un enfant terrible.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 11:18     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Anonymous wrote:The original storybook character was younger so it would not have been unusual to be bald.


This is it, the first books were about a 9 month old baby. The illustrators added hair when they made him older but he didn't look like himself. So they kept him bald comme un caillou.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 10:47     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

The original storybook character was younger so it would not have been unusual to be bald.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 10:44     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

He probably has alopecia. I think Caillou is french for pebble or stone. I remember looking that up once.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 10:44     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

But everyone else on the show has hair.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 10:42     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Easier to draw bald than with hair.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 10:39     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Why is Charlie Brown bald?
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 10:32     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

Because he's a cartoon.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2012 10:20     Subject: Why is Caillou bald?

I'm so curious!