atta_ghoul-1 My 4 year-old and I love Nature Cat! It's great for him to learn so much about the outdoors, we are a family that loves to camp and spend time outside so this show really talks about the things we love. I love that it talks about recycling and preserving nature. And the fact that some of my favorite SNL alum are always on the show is just a bonus ;-)

arh-51749 While there are a few good episodes, they are spread far and few. Basically, this is a bad show. Hal always goes "Wink Wink," and "Wink Wink" is also part of a Monty Python joke that's kind of inappropriate. It would be better if he did one wink and didn't say wink. Also, is waving your arms when saying "It floooooows!" really necessary? And of Nature Cat was really into nature, he would know that bees sting, mosquitoes bite, and that poison ivy gave you a rash. Also, I think Daisy carrying her phone around is making them hypocrites. If they really want to send a message, make her put her phone away. Or just have her using it for pictures and videos! And I never thought Nature Cat would like wearing a hula skirt. That's just wrong on so many levels. It would've been different it he did it as a joke or on a dare. They also did a bad job on the moon episode. Wolves and dogs howling at the moon is a myth! They howl to communicate with each other. And seriously, a moon dance? A rain dance, sure, but a moon dance? If you really want to learn about moon phases, then watch Ready Jet Go. And again, Nature Cat and Hal should know that you should get inside right away when a thunderstorm's coming. Forget the book and forget about wiping your feet!

DJ Dyspeptic I, too, find this series to be chock full of negatives. To start with, the show's creators resurrected the vocal mannerisms of Phil Silvers' Sgt. Bilko character for the lead character. That had already become a comedy cliché 50 years ago; did they have to dig up a totally tired trope that was irritating back when it was brand new? A good 20% of Nature Cat's dialogue is either "Tally Ho!" or "Onward and Yonward!" That gives you an immediate signpost of what the show is about. The badness extends to the rest of the cast also. One of the characters has a stereotypical "Southern Hick" accent. Umm, that's a really bad sign. I take it that this show is aimed at getting kids to get outside and interact directly with the natural world. The problem is, it is generally so dumb in tone that it's really hard to focus on what the subject matter might actually be. I can't wait to see the results of any objective testing that might in time be done to see how well it is succeeding at getting kids to turn off the TV and go outside.

GPSpilot I watched Nature Cat with my 7 year old son. It was like a kind of torture.PBS has backed some really excellent kids' shows, like Curious George and Peg+Cat. One wonders how the same network could possibly invest in dreck like Nature Cat.Nature Cat's lame catchphrase, "Tally Ho!," wears out its welcome even before the end of the title sequence. That is just one symptom of the poor writing in this show.Perhaps in a fit of jealousy, I thought "Cobie Smulders deserves better than this no-talent Taran Killam" (the voice of Nature Cat). But on second thought, that's unfair. I mean, look at Owen Wilson. He has done voice acting for Cars, a wonderful animated feature, as well as for Free Birds, a real turkey. From this we should conclude that the voice actors deserve neither credit nor blame for the quality of an animated venture.Avoid this smelly Cat like the plague.