Hi Hi Puffy AmyYumi Show (music from the series)

The Monkees had NOTHING on Puffy Ami Yumi. This this is about as pre-packaged as a tube of Crest, yet somehow, with blinding colors, inane songs, sweet silly cartoons, and - above all - REPETITION (as in, they sing "the Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Show" 18 times in the first song!), I've been made to like them. When I first got the CD of music from the cartoon series, my initial reaction as a jaded old music industry type was to feel sorry for the poor schlep that had to work this train wreck. But then I looked around and found no one laughing, in fact, they were singing, like all those Who's down in Whoville. I digress, there was no singing. But the funny thing is, I've yet to see, hear or otherwise digest one piece of media about Puffy AmyYumi that hasn't been paid for - train ads, cartoons, CD promos - so I really can't say if the kids are eating this one up. What I can say is that it's fun. After all, as we're reminded 6 times in the show's theme song, "anything is possible".  (Epic Records, 2004)