Ben and Holly (and Peppa Pig) does have some nice throwaway lines.
King 'Do you speak Alien Nanny Plum'
Nanny Plum (dead pan) 'No.'
It's the way she just comes out with it in a totally unexpected way.
When my nephew forced us all to watch a full day of Spongebob one Christmas I thought I'd put my foot through the telly. But then again I believe the telly shouldn't come on on that holiest of all days.
However having sat down and watched it with my kids I can admit that I am a total convert. Kids telly of the highest order.
My favourite joke is how you never seen Mr Puffs and Mrs Puffs never talks about him as it upsets her.
And then you find out he was turned into a lampshade.
But the Flying Dutchman, Karen and Plankton, Mr Krabbs, The 'Power Within', The Dirty Bubble, all of it. Excellent stuff all round.
Gruesome Tales and of course Horrible History always get a good mention but there's plenty of stuff on Cbeebies and CBBC that a lot of makers of 'adult' comedy could do a lot worse than to study.
There's the old wallpapering routine on a Bob The Builder that's an absolutely perfectly timed peice of slapstick and Gigglebiz and Justin's House do also raise a titter.
Don't get me wrong there's a lot of shite out there and I would permanently maim the creators of Dora, Diego and anything 'educational'.