Old School Sesame Street Will Warp Your Child!!

33girl · #1 11-20-2007, 02:58 PM

And this, my friends, is why the upcoming generation of children will suck more than anything has ever sucked.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/ma...-medium-t.html

nikki1920 · #2 11-20-2007, 03:07 PM

Get out of my head, I was just about to post this!!!

WTF is going on?
TOO Much dayum analysis!!

DSTCHAOS · #3 11-20-2007, 03:43 PM

Well, I agree that the cartoons and shows of the 70s and 80s had some things in them that were inappropriate. Didn't notice them as children, but part of maturing is becoming more conscious.

I don't know how entertained many of today's kids would be from these older shows. Instead of parents ruling them out, just *gasp* stop letting TV babysit your kids and watch shows with them. Then you can talk to them about what they're seeing, appropriate or inappropriate.

33girl · #4 11-20-2007, 03:47 PM

They just go overboard. I certainly never thought that I could eat cookies all day because a blue puppet did.

I think part of the point of early Sesame Street was that a parent COULD watch it with their child and not hate it. Even if the 3 year old didn't understand who "Alistair Cookie" is, they could enjoy it on the level of a big funny blue monster and the parents would be entertained by the pop culture references and the puns.

But SS now....yeech, if I had a child and had to watch that Elmo ridden dreck, I'd throw up. Elmo is almost as loathsome as Scrappy Doo and that's saying a HELL of a lot.

DSTCHAOS · #5 11-20-2007, 03:56 PM

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I certainly never thought that I could eat cookies all day because a blue puppet did.

Why not?

LaneSig · #6 11-20-2007, 04:09 PM

I remember when they finally let all the SS residents see Snufflelumpagus(sp?). The reasoning: Kids would think that adults wouldn't believe them since the SS adults didn't believe Big Bird.

DSTCHAOS · #7 11-20-2007, 04:33 PM

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I remember when they finally let all the SS residents see Snufflelumpagus(sp?). The reasoning: Kids would think that adults wouldn't believe them since the SS adults didn't believe Big Bird.

SS was one big adult acid trip. Just like Scooby Doo and those other shows.

nittanyalum · #8 11-20-2007, 04:36 PM

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SS was one big adult acid trip. Just like Scooby Doo and those other shows.

Electric Company was the best of all!

MysticCat · #9 11-20-2007, 04:42 PM

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Electric Company was the best of all!

No, the best of all was Captain Kangaroo.

{sigh} Now my hip is cracking.

nikki1920 · #10 11-20-2007, 04:44 PM

Is it inappropriate or has the culture changed?
I think its the latter. Remember all the hype about Bert and Ernie being gay?

nittanyalum · #11 11-20-2007, 04:44 PM

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No, the best of all was Captain Kangaroo.

{sigh} Now my hip is cracking.

Doh! Good one. I did love the Cap'n too.

I'll send you my extra coupons for Ben-Gay and orthopedic hose later...

33girl · #12 11-20-2007, 04:45 PM

Kukla Fran & Ollie.

MC, feel better now?

MysticCat · #13 11-20-2007, 04:47 PM

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Kukla Fran & Ollie.

MC, feel better now?

Much!!

SydneyK · #14 11-20-2007, 05:01 PM

Personally, I was a big fan of School House Rock! Conjunction Junction, what's your function?

Oh, and I'm just a Bill.

MysticCat · #15 11-20-2007, 05:12 PM

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Oh, and I'm just a Bill.

LOL. Our Cub Scout den is working on the Citizenship achievement for Webelos, and I had the boys watch "I'm Just a Bill" and "The Preamble to the Constitution."

I think the boys spent as much time laughing at the parents as they did watching School House Rock. (And then there was the one kid who said "this is rock?")