Toddler Togs

In this--what's the delicate phrase I'm looking for here?--oh yeah, "patent rip-off" of Anne Geddes' photographic work, toddlers are dressed up in animal suits and placed in fantasy-lite (i.e., not terribly imaginative) settings where they are essentially left to founder while the camera rolls and we hear the equivalent of elevator lullaby music. Not surprisingly, much of the time the children look more than a little baffled as to what exactly they should be doing--so they mostly stand and wait (very patiently, I might add). Lest my comments smack of Scrooge-like meanness, let me add that I am easily engaged watching my own grandson cavort around (in plain street clothes, no less; I just wouldn't dream of trying to sell you a videotape of him). The brainchild of Linda Warwick, whose last video Babymugs! was a huge commercial success, Toddler Togs may be popular as well. However, unlike the Geddes photographs which seem to have "inspired" it, there's no art here, and, frankly, not even that much craft. Not recommended. Aud: P. (R. Pitman)