Do Furbies Really Learn?

so you want a Furby for Christmas. hahahaha let's talk about that hi I'm. Elise from Brookfield Wisconsin good. mythical morning. good mythical morning today's episode is. brought to you by Lin's rentals comm if.

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thanks for joining us even if it's not. Monday even it's not the morning it. don't even matter what matters is that. you're there we're here and something. magical is happening it's the holidays. people have you made your Christmas list. yet have you made your Christmas list. I'll make a list that's so selfless of. you Rhett I mean my line warning my life. is about others link it's about my. children and my wife I'm just worried. about them I don't even tell them. whatever I don't need anything I just.

need a warm place to sleep that's it. okay let's all hold you to that fur bees. are back okay listen there's a Furby. craze going on I think this may be one. of the biggest holiday shopping items. people lining up what are you what are. you in this line for you you want a Wii. U what is it you're getting here oh no. what a furball what a Furby you mean. this the thing from 13 years ago that. had a mind of his own covered in fur the.

eyes blinked and it was kind of robotic. pretty creepy and created all types of. controversy that thinks back yes the. Furby is busy and here's a little. research that we did about the Furby. because there's a lot of mooma mists. going around about the Furby in fact. there's a mist that went around about. the Furbys back when they were out the. first time everyone thought that furbies. could learn in other words they thought. that you could speak to a Furby and the. Furby would begin to understand English.

in the words that you don't now that's. the hope that's the whole appeal of it. is that it it does learn and. it uh it changes over time. pre-programmed no changes and the way. that you interact with it changes its. personality and determines the way that. it develops over time this is true but. what I'm basically saying is that there. are programs that each Furby has and. maybe that every Furby is programmed in. exactly the same way and then depending.

on how you treat it it goes in a certain. direction but what I'm saying my friend. is that you cannot give the Furby. anything new that it doesn't have when. you buy it is it first of all but it. won't my second hour is your voice it. does not record your voice it does not. record your voice that's a myth link now. I don't know about the new one but I. know for a fact that the old one does. not record your voice people thought. that it did that's what everybody said. though it just responds to you in fact. the first one the first one that they. made back in the mid 90s yeah it only.

responded to the volume of voices so it. didn't so it basically could sense that. this person is talking to me loudly. right now and it would do something to. respond to that and then the one that. came back in like 2005 had like a few. pre-programmed things that it would say. a few things that you could ask it kind. of like how are you doing and it would. recognize oh I need to say good or. whatever it would say hmm so I expect. this new one because it's got some. differences like the fact that it. doesn't have the mechanical eyes anymore. it's got like LCD eyes or something I.

don't like that first of all they're. more expressive and futuristic I know. I'm the same ears are bigger the whole. thing is heavier the whole thing's. bigger it does a whole lot more it's. gonna seem like it's more interactive. but again it is interactive but it. really isn't learning anything new now. my eight-year-old luck is all he was. talk about he's like dad we gotta get a. Furby the Fermi is evil we okay so first. of all he he thinks it's evil second of. all his application is we have to get. one and then you know how Shepard. repeats everything that like says so.

they come in the room and Lux like dad. we got to get a Furby the Furby is evil. and shivers like dad the therapy is evil. we have to get and they want it because. he's like dad I've been reading the. reviews online and they say that there's. some kids reading the reviews online. yeah this would like this there's kids. who cry about it because it tells them. that it doesn't like them and then ship. like my kids are excited about the. initial of having an enemy as a pet it's. a genius pet I mean you can pull on its. tail some fur bees will like it some fur.

bees won't like it. they have different personalities and. then over time if you like I said if you. if you pet it when it does certain. things you reinforce certain things and. it does change how the program unfolds. it's really cool it'll seem like it's. learning if for you especially for your. kids it'll seem like it's learning so. I'm not saying don't get one I'm just. saying don't buy into the myth that you. tell it something and then all of a. sudden it has that knowledge forever so. your kids want one yes are you gonna.

give him one or are you not gonna say. because they may be watching this as. he's doing research and reading product. reviews he might see this episode you. don't want to spoil the surprise isn't. watch good mythical morning I don't. think but I'm not guys I'm not gonna. tell you okay okay well my kids they'll. probably end up wanting one because your. kids want one but I'll tell you who who. does want one in my family my wife. Kristi wants a Furby now back when we. were dating in college that means you're. not meeting our needs you realize it's. relational me if your wife wants a Furby.

you're doing something wrong I think it. only meets a relational need um am I. wrong am i right in college when we date. she had a Furby and she didn't bring it. on dates with us but but I would see it. in her dorm room sometimes and then her. roommates grew to hate this thing and. then she went on the summer trip and she. went with some friends and then at a. certain point she took the Furby with. him at a certain point the Furby.

disappeared now here's the thing we. haven't mentioned about the Furby the. Furby has no off switch this is true it. just it'll just start talking and doing. whatever and if you don't interact with. it it'll start pouting and demanding. attention with me and so all of our. friends got annoyed and it got it got. missing it got missing people got stolen. and it was okay this is a great prank. people you know she's like writing me. letters. she's like my Furby is missing I don't.

think she said pray for my Furby but. that was kind of the under the undertone. there. which is a little weird a little bit I. didn't pray for the Furby good just I'm. going on the record. without it Richard and then the next. letter will be like Furby is still. missing and then the third letter maybe. this is code and it's like okay now the. trip is ending and I'm like don't worry. they'll return the Furby it's your it's. your roommates it's your people that are. annoyed by they're gonna give it back to. you at the end you know when you come.

back they never did. she never got the Furby back that's how. annoying this thing was but later she. found out I know the story cuz I've. heard her tell it later she found out. that it was put in the ceiling they put. it in the ceiling of the room that they. were staying in oh really yeah. they put the Furby in the ceiling but. then they never did they forgot it's. there is still there going oh what baby. if you put it in a if you put if you put. a Furby in a drawer and close the drawer. like make it totally dark it will. eventually just go to sleep which it.

you'll feel really guilty but that's the. way to be you're not killing it it's. like gizmo you're just putting it to. slit and gizmo and it's what the whole. marketing ploy is the you know is. working if my wife wants one you know. it's the kids want it and the adults. want it and the adults with kids want it. for their kids it's that whole retro. thing my point is if you're gonna bring. back Furby. you need to go all the way toy. manufacturers I want to see Teddy Ruxpin.

for battle is not included. hi my name is Teddy Ruxpin can you and I. be friends I really enjoy talking to. people I would like Teddy Ruxpin the. storytelling bear comes with illustrated. book and cassette Teddy Ruxpin the. storytelling bear turns kids in your. class to zombies that's really great we. need to bring put a cassette in this. back and then all of a sudden every kid.

in there what makes you the most popular. kid at school be the popular kid take a. talking teddy bear to school but it's a. good message but then when the batteries. run out really oh he has a teddy bear. and that's when you start getting beaten. up you'll get the kid with the teddy. bear yeah I remember ball batteries not. included. I remember Teddy Ruxpin uh I can't say I. was a fan I never had him bring it back. but I I think the weakness in the Furby. and in Teddy Ruxpin is the fact that. they are actually interactive on some. level they are mechanical they require.

batteries. I think that's bad for kids I think they. should go back to my buddy you remember. my buddy I remember the jingle my buddy. wherever I go he goes. my buddy now see the thing I like about. this is that this this this thing has no. imagination the kid has to give it a.

personality and relevant things to do. Teddy Ruxpin didn't have an imagination. you could speak and you know another. thing about my buddy is he has this look. on his face like I'm having an okay time. but I'm not really having a good time. like I'm sort of just there yeah with. you. I think this sets a kid's expectations. in a realistic place it's like your. friends are going to maybe let you down. like your friends are not going to. really be into you and the things that. you're doing you know it's in the. commercial it says a real pal that's. what a real pal is somebody then just. kind of tolerate your presence you know.

and you should probably dress exactly. like your real pal and carry him under. your arm when you climb into tree homes. it kind of looks like this live in a. tree home with your real pal who's not. who's gonna be constantly underwhelmed. with your presence are you gonna get a. Furby for Christmas are you gonna try to. find a my buddy or a Teddy Ruxpin on. eBay it's up to you or something else. let us know in the comments what your. Christmas list is let's limit it to the. top 5 if you want to do that and we. ain't getting you none of this stuff by. the way before we spin the wheel of.

mythicality. it is time to let you in on a secret. that is no longer a secret it's an. announcement and link I'm just going to. give this over to you at this point I. don't think I can make it through this. we are releasing a rhettandlink version. of Teddy Ruxpin talking Retton links. they are going to run off cassette tapes. and but and but the technology is there. that is not what we that is not details. that's not it nope I just leaked the. wrong thing yeah you're talking about. the whole list me in the last week of.

good mythical morning in 2012. I need to hide okay yeah that's right. okay people you've just witnessed and. enjoyed the last Monday episode of good. mythical morning in the year 2012 that. means that we have the rest of this week. to be together as a family of mythical. beasts and this is going to be okay. it's gonna be okay it really is gonna be. okay we need some holiday time you need. some holiday time take a break let's. take a break you know. let's agree to agree disagree to.

disagree yeah let's just agree that. we're gonna take a break and I will tell. you one thing there's a little something. to tide you over first of all you may. hate this show you may be like thank. goodness do something else but you may. really be a fan of this show and be like. I've made this a part of my daily. routine and now you're taking it away. from me well we are gonna have a holiday. special edition of good mythical more. we're gonna give you the details on that. later on in the week when we figure out. when we're gonna do it so a little. something to tide you over in the. meantime watch reruns you haven't.

watched every episode have you no way. you more than once yeah watch it in. every episode twice here we go let's in. this episode it's gonna be black no nope. new camera tilts up and we try to stay. in frame alright people I'd like to. thank you again for joining us and all. my goodness where it looks like we need. to stand up yeah really and I'm gonna go. like this this is interesting all right. on my hood well it's really thought up.

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