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Sesame Street - Not Suitable for Children?

Valadius Nov 20 2007 01:53 PM

Take a look at this article in the Times: [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html[/url]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 20 2007 02:14 PM

I was born into the original Sesame Street demographic -- I was 3 when it debuted and watched it every day. I don't know if I would have had Elmo been as irritating as he is today, I mean, GAWD.

Elster88 Nov 20 2007 04:26 PM

I remember Elmo when he first came out, he wasn't as bad as he is now, not that I've really seen the show in the past 15 years.

Edgy DC Nov 20 2007 05:51 PM

It was a horrible time. The juveniles were kicking the old schoolers to the curb left and right. Muppet Babies busting in on the Muppets. Tiny Toons giving the bum's rush to the Loony Tunes crowd. At the center of it all was Elmo. The 'Mo, as he was known in the bunco circuits up and down the East Coast. And they're all nephews and nieces, see, 'cuz the original crowd was always sex-free. How's that for a bum deal? He controls the the PBS territory whit his network of strong-arming juvies, up to his gills in chippys and blow. But he'll meet his match, from some mug whose stronger, or one who's cuter. His kind always do.

seawolf17 Nov 20 2007 06:54 PM

The show had to grow; of course it's different now than it was then. We rented the "Sesame Street: Old School" DVDs, and were, quite frankly, somewhere between horrified and confused. Considering it's part of our daily TV diet, I'm a big fan, and I've even grown to love and appreciate Elmo. Recently, though, MiniWolf has spent a lot more time responding to Cookie Monster and the Count, his two favorite characters, than he does with Elmo, who was the old favorite. It's a step in the right direction, although I can't get him to fall in love with Grover the way I did when I was a kid. (Of course, Grover seems more marginalized these days.) I feel like we've had this discussion here before.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 20 2007 07:38 PM

Yabbut, last time, Junior Bucket wasn't too familiar with Sesame Street. Now he knows more characters than I do. He also seems to like the Count. And he's down with Grover.