The Pingu shorts are among some of the best "children's" programming on television but are by no means simply for children. Aside from being wonderfully entertaining, they are rich with emotion and are one of the best language tools I have seen. By this, I mean that it teaches the understanding of language and communication without the need for actual discernible words there is no difficulty in figuring out what the penguins are "talking" about, what the story is, how characters are feeling, etc., because the meaning comes through clearly in intonations and gestures. It is a smart show, it is never condescending to its audience, and I wish I had discovered it much earlier.