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* Mr. Rogers from ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''. Of course, he was going for "kindly guy on the block who reminds me of my uncle" rather than "cool random person who reminds me of my older cousin."

Related to the MisplacedKindergartenTeacher (and maybe one themselves). For their disturbing jerk of a cousin, see DepravedKidsShowHost.

* Canadian TV seems to favour quieter, more laid-back kid-show hosts: Series/MrDressup, Series/TheFriendlyGiant, Fred Penner, etc. Note that Fred Rogers' first non-local show was Canadian, specifically on the Creator/{{CBC}}, and the better known PBS show used the same basis formate.

* Canadian TV seems to favour quieter, more laid-back kid-show hosts: Series/MrDressup, Series/TheFriendlyGiant, Fred Penner, etc. Note that Fred Rogers' first show was Canadian.

** The hosts of both Creator/Milkshake and Creator/CBCKids. They are rather upbeat and adventurous.

* The Creator/ChannelFive Milkshake! presenters as well. Both Creator/CBeebies and Creator/Sprout feature presenters who are friendly and entertain children, and also feature birthday cards for children aged up to seven years old.

* The Creator/ChannelFive Milkshake! presenters as well. Both Creator/CBeebies and Creator/ChannelFive Milkshake! feature presenters who are friendly and entertain children, and also feature birthday cards for children aged up to seven years old.

** And their wannabes, the Hoolie-Doolies.

* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', although Steve doesn't actually come across as condescending - more like he's phenomenally slow and really needs the kids' help.

* From ''Series/SesameStreet'', Murray and Elmo Monster.

** So. Many. Wiggles-alikes. In Scotland, we have The Singing Kettle, although they predate the Wiggles by about ten years.

* Hoop-de-doo! It's Music/TheWiggles!
** And their wannabees, the Hoolie-Doolies.
** So. Many. Wiggles-alike. In Scotland, we have The Singing Kettle, although they predate the Wiggles by about ten years.

* Linda Ellerby of NickNews

* Any of the Creator/CBeebies presenters. This can also expand to [=CBeebies=] shows too, like Something Special and Mister Maker.

* Highlighted in Music/WeirdAlYankovic's movie ''Film/{{UHF}}'' when they get {{Cloudcuckoolander}} janitor Stanley Spudowski to host the kids' show... and the ratings immediately exploded.
** As well as when Weird Al's character attempts to be a Type 2 earlier in the film and fails miserably.
* Creator/JohnnyDepp's take on [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]] is partially a spoof of how ''unnerving'' these hosts can be.
* ''Film/DeathToSmoochy''.

Related to the MisplacedKindergartenTeacher (and may be one themself). For their disturbing jerk of a cousin, see DepravedKidsShowHost.

* Any of the Creator/CBeebies presenters. This can also expand to [=CBeebies=] shows too, Like Mister Maker.
* The Creator/ChannelFive Milkshake! presenters also count as well.

** So. Many. Wiggles-alikes. In Scotland, we have The Singing Kettle, although they predate the Wiggles by about ten years.

* Jodie, Kathrine and Okutai of the New Zealand childrens show ''TheGoShow''.

* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy.'' Although it should be noted that he is a favorite of science class students all the way to at least high school AP classes, and probably in college as well. He probably falls between Type 1 and Type 2 actually.

* Creator/AntAndDec on SM:TV.

* ''{{Newsround}}'' "Text in and tell us whether you think David Cameron should be prime minister!" has type 3s.
* ''Series/BluePeter'' is similar.

** As well as when Weird Al's character attempts to be a Type 2 earlier in the film, and fails miserably.

* ''Series/DeadRingers'' parodies this in one early episode where they replace ''Series/DickAndDomInDaBungalow'' with (art critic and well known snob) ''Brian Sewell in the Stately Home'' and he retains some of the Zaniness but with fine art references and caviar. "Brian Sewell" used caviar in the same way Dick and Dom used [[CoveredInGunge Creamy Muck Muck]] although he used only finest silver teaspoons to fling it at people.

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-->''"Let's barrage ourselves with colors until someone passes out!"''
* Brutally skewered in the short film ''[[http://vimeo.com/11573607 It's Oppo!]]''. It starts out like this, but then gets flat-out terrifying.
* Uncle Jay of the aptly-named political podcast UncleJayExplainsTheNews appears to've based his entire shtick off of [=90s=] children's {{Edutainment}} shows while aiming the podcast at teenagers. While he usually acts like a Type Two, the teasing consists mainly of teenager-aimed jabs that would likely fly over the heads of children.

* Canadian TV seems to favor quieter, more laid-back kid-show hosts: Series/MrDressup, Series/TheFriendlyGiant, Fred Penner, etc. Note that Fred Rogers' first show was Canadian.

* Unsurprisingly, [[TopGear Richard Hammond]] is this type on ''Series/BlastLab''.

* [=LeVar=] Burton on ''ReadingRainbow''.

* The ImaginationMovers.

* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' Although it should be noted that he is a favorite of science class students all the way to at least high school AP classes, and probably in college as well. He probably falls between Type 1 and Type 2 actually.

* Any of the Cbeebies presenters. This can also expand to CBeebies shows too, Like Mister Maker.

* Chuckles the Clown, on ''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''.
* ''[[Series.DeadRingers Dead Ringers]]'' parodies this in one early episode where they replace ''Series/DickAndDomInDaBungalow'' with (art critic and well known snob) ''Brian Sewell in the Stately Home'' and he retains some of the Zaniness but with fine art references and caviar. "Brian Sewell" used caviar in the same way Dick and Dom used [[CoveredInGunge Creamy Muck Muck]] although he used only finest silver teaspoons to fling it at people.

* One of Creator/AndyKaufman's stage personas was Type 1, in which he treated his adult audience as if they were children ("offstage", he was revealed to HateTheJobLoveTheLimelight). Andy hosted a children's show in Boston while he was in college, so he had that experience to build upon.

There seems to be an unwritten rule that all kids show hosts, except for [[MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]] who is an archetype unto himself, must act excitable and zany, if not downright bonkers. Kids do seem to genuinely enjoy this sort of thing, but it can seem irritating to many adults. There actually seem to be different approaches to this:

* Hoop-de-doo! It's TheWiggles!

* Every "PJ" (program jockey) Creator/{{YTV}} has used to present its afternoon and saturday morning programming over the years.

* The hosts of the Spanish and Portuguese language versions of "Disney's Art Attack".

* Marc Summers of ''[[DoubleDare1986 Double Dare]]'' fame. Bonus points for having actual clinical OCD about cleanliness and he still forced himself to host the show.

** Almost any kids' game show host, ever, really.