gumball amazes me. I mostly get it second hand, through my
   nephew when he would tell me the entire story from start to
   finish (yes, a 17 minute story with actions and voices) and not
   a single word dropped and so, I got to see it through his eyes
   most of the time. I did see a few clips and an episode or two as
   well and I'm suitably impressed. They're unflinching about
   social issues.* That's well put - they don't treat kids as
   stupid.* Being a kid is hard and sucks just as much as being an
   adult is hard and sucks... and it's good to get recognition of
   that. There's also the good stuff on both sides of the imaginary
   fence but it's a nice acknowledgement that "yes, we're all in
   the same boat here" and need our help navigating to shoreline
   somehow.