World of Kids

Well if there was to be a prize for infant gum-chewing, then there’d be plenty of competition in this ten minute feature that follows the adventures of some American kids of varying degrees of precociousness. From the lively small fry rodeo to the shoot ‘em up antics at the milk bar, most of these kids don’t lack for confidence and that is only increased as they turn their hands (and fists) to boxing, American football, precarious looking high diving and - my favourite - golf. Some of these toddlers can sure belt a golf ball with enthusiasm, even if their aim might make it safer for the parents to just lie down in the bunker under grandpa’s wartime helmet. It’s odd but I don’t recall ever being scared of having my haircut, but there are plenty of tantrums here as their locks are shorn and after about ten minutes (quite long enough) I thought this quite an entertaining little feature about what kids like to do, and what their parents would like them to do, set to a narration that I’d like to have had Pete Smith deliver.