somewhere in television history, a bald cartoon child grew up, went to college, and apparently left behind a family sitcom nobody was emotionally prepared for. “caillou: the college years” is already a wonderfully suspicious opening: the child we remember from a world of tiny problems has entered adulthood, where the problems now come with tuition bills, complicated family dynamics and parents who still haven't figured everything out. the sketch plays with the strange distance between the innocent world of children's television and the messier reality waiting on the other side. growing up is advertised as freedom, but sometimes it looks like childhood with a larger wardrobe and significantly worse decisions.