DefunctTV: The History of Gullah Gullah Island

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1. I loved this show and family

2. As a Y2Kid, I remember watching Gullah Gullah Island at 3 or 4 in the morning on Noggin during the late 2000s early 2010s

3. Oh wow, the theme song started playing and a bunch of forgotten memories came flooding back.

4. i wish we had that show in israel

5. Thank you so much for this!

6. Thank you for making this video. Good memories. God bless!

7. I loved this show as a kid and remember it fondly. My mother used to sing one of the songs to my sister and I as a lullaby ❤

8. Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the evil in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love.

   Justice said we broke His perfect law – causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed – and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing – regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others – which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" – if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans

   . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom.

   If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us into His image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. We cannot purify ourselves, but Christ lived that perfect sinless, pure life and then allotted it to our "account".

   That's where our righteousness comes from. Not from any good, works that you or I could do.
   It is not based on the amount of good works we do. God starts the changes, He carries it on, and He completes it in those who let Him.

   It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him, again, through His power and instruction).

   He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if YOU had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place.

   He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, forgiveness, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it.

   He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way.

   NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER
   If you have any questions let me know

9. Bless them, I hope they're doing well. I loved this show as a kid.

10. Very good show! I use to watch it when I was a toddler

11. I loved this show man

12. Great video.

13. 0:41 what show is this? I swear his band is pappy and he taught how to draw…

14. I absolutely loved this show as a kid

15. So wholesome

16. No mention that the house set it was filmed on was the same as Clarissa Explains it all?

17. This was literally my favorite show as a kid. ❤❤❤

18. Man I remember watching gullah gullah island on Nick Jr when I was a little kid

19. This man needs a career revival. It’s weird he couldn’t find another gig. He’s as lovable as Mr Rogers lol

20. I knew this was gonna be a nostalgia trip and then the theme song kicked in and I got kicked in the gut with that nostalgia

21. My favorite episode was when Budd Dwyer shot himself. The reanimated dog’s head was a fun one too.

22. I feel like the only person to say this, but rest easy to the first Binyah portrayer. That road accident must be tragic for the staff, cast and crew of that time.

23. I saw this live when I was little and got a t-shirt!

24. I was born in 2001, but I used to watch this show on Noggin On Demand in the late 2000s. It also used to air in the middle of the night until I think the early 2010s.

25. I had no idea this show, or this culture, existed!

26. This was really sweet

27. I remember watching this as a child in the 90s in South Africa. Fond memories

28. Ron Daise's book Reminiscences of Sea Island Heritage was published in 1987. He and his New York-born wife, Natalie Daise (née Eldridge), followed by creating and touring with a multimedia show, Sea Island Montage, based on the book as well as stories from oral histories of elderly St. Helena Island residents. After one of their performances, the Daises met with an executive producer from Nickelodeon. Creator Maria Perez-Brown had planned on building a multicultural program featuring a "magical island" and was inspired by the Daises to use the Sea Islands and elements of Gullah culture. Part of Nickelodeon's initiative to broaden its preschool programming, Gullah Gullah Island was the first show of its kind to star an African-American family set in an indigenously black community. The show's originality caused some upfront concerns. "We were apprehensive about naming it 'Gullah Gullah Island'. We wanted to make sure the portrayal was positive and didn't in any way poke fun at the culture or the community," Ron Daise said of creating a show based on an existing culture.

29. Ok, I CANT be the only one who stayed up late trying to watch this…

30. This was easily one of my favorite shows growing-up. Glad to see it getting more awareness now🙂

31. About 20 years ago I was in Dubai with my daughter and she’d swim to the pool bar and sing Gulla Gulla Island and I didn’t know what that was so we called the bar Gullah Gullah Island, I never knew the history about the show or nothing until now as I just watched an old video and Google what it was. So it was a programme on tv! This you learn!

32. They are saints pretty much

33. The boy on the show always looked like he was high on heroin or something

34. Gullah Gullah island books series and movies

35. Show positively

36. Show for preschoolers

37. Explores emotions

38. How to deal with jealousy

39. I loved watching the show as a kid. I still remember some of the episodes I watched. Didn’t even know Gullah Gullah island was based on a real place.

40. I’ve watched so many episodes of Gullah Gullah doing my sick days and fake sick days from school.

41. This show was before my time, I’ve seen two episodes of this show so far, both on the NOGGIN app (doubt it’s on there anymore. Probably on Paramount+ now). It’s Barney & Friends done right.

42. I remember this show! Their songs were so catchy! I didnt realize I was learning about a culture as a kid haha! It was fun

43. Wow, this is such an amazing video! I love the story of Ron and Natalie's lives how they met and how the show came to be!

44. This and The Busy World of Richard Scarry are the earliest shows I can remember watching on TV. I was born in Puerto Rico so in my very young mind I thought Gullah Gullah Island was Puerto Rico.

45. @Defunctland : I rarely comment on things, but I want to thank you for giving us such a great documentary about such a charming and wholesome show. A lot of folks wouldn't be as aware of accepting different ideals and traditions if not for shows like this. You have encapsulated that idea wonderfully, and you often do in other videos. Thank you for all you do~

46. Oh my god! This show! I used to babysit my little cousins sometimes for a few hours during the summer and I would watch this with them, and I'm not going to lie, I secretly almost loved this show as much as the kids lol As a girl of color I loved this family and loved that they looked like us and that they were colorful, proud, happy and beautiful.

47. 6:17 her name is Shaina

48. I absolutely loved this show! So glad to know their history. I tried okra for the first time because of them. Still a favorite. What a great couple.

49. I want me some South Carolina style BBQ, right darn now!

50. Holy shit I remember this show playing on Noggin very late at night! I had no idea about the origins of this show, it was an amazing story

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