Ahhh... Sesame Street. You know, the place where kids who grew up in the 70's & 80's and learned about colors, numbers, the alphabet, friends, sharing, music, etc?? Well, apparently, the early episodes are too dangerous for today's kids. Seasons 1-5 of the PBS educational show are now out on DVD, with this warning on the box: "These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child." Adult-rated.
Ex-squeeze me?? Adult-only? Apparently at a recent screening for all ages, adults were shocked. Bert & Ernie SHARING a bedroom in a run-down apartment who sew and plant flowers in their spare time. Big Bird hallucinates a big furry elephant-looking thing named Snuffleupagus. Oscar The Grouch is depressed and angry. The Cookie Monster is on the road to obesity. Elmo is a little shy. Farmers milk cows one at a time without wearing gloves. One of the very first episodes shows an old man taking a little girl by the hand and leading her away from a park. Really, he's just taking her to his house to meet his wife and have some milk & cookies. Funny how innocent it all seemed back then. Nowadays, that strange old man is probably on the sex offender registry. Machines are milking dozens, if not hundreds, of cows at a time. Elmo is much more outgoing. The Cookie Monster is 2 years into a healthier-eating lifestyle. There's Prozac if Oscar wants it. Snuffleupagus is real. And Bert & Ernie can be as gay (whether they want to admit it or not) as they want and it's totally cool.
Yes, the show had a subtle adult-sense of humor to it, but it was created that way so that parents would watch it with their kids and be INVOLVED in the learning process, not just a bystander. I loved Bert & Ernie and never once thought about the two of them butt-fucking. I also never thought it was weird or creepy that no one else but Big Bird could see Snuffleupagus. It's called "imagination" people!! Elmo was a little weird, and I was more of a Grover-girl anyway. Never liked Oscar because he was so mean. I loved the show so much, I went to the theater to see "Follow that Bird" where the gang goes cross-country to rescue Big Bird from the evil carnies who kidnapped him.
Mixing real adults and kids in with the show, from all types of backgrounds, ethnicity, sizes and looks, also made for good television. People with real lives, real problems, real issues, real relationships. They've even introduced puppets who speak different languages (Spanish) and ones with diseases (HIV). Things you can later discuss as a family, or possibly use as a jumping-off point for parents to talk to their kids about touchy issues.
I had a pretty decent childhood. Besides the occasional spanking for misbehaving (which I can say I totally deserved), I was never abused. I was taken care of, had dinner and a warm place to sleep with loving parents to tuck me in every night. I know not everyone can say the same and my heart goes out to them. But watching Sesame Street certainly didn't corrupt me. I didn't turn out so bad. Yeah, I got in trouble growing up, but it wasn't because of the show's "scary and frightening" images. To me, it was fun and educational and I looked forward hanging with my friends from Sesame Street. I know times have changed, but jeez-us-christ people, lay off. Are those episodes really THAT bad? Aren't parents letting kids be kids anymore? Where's the innocence? The make-believe? Who wants their kids to be serious at the age of 5, 8, or 10? Give me a break. I watched hundreds of episodes and turned out just fine as far as I'm concerned. It wasn't because of what I watched on TV, but because my parents raised me right. I scoff at Sesame Street's "adult-rated" warning. I don't think there's anything wrong with letting my kids learn about the letter E and the number 2 from a presumed-gay Bert & Ernie who can't afford a nice apartment and a big yellow bird who has conversations with someone no one else can see.
Ex-squeeze me?? Adult-only? Apparently at a recent screening for all ages, adults were shocked. Bert & Ernie SHARING a bedroom in a run-down apartment who sew and plant flowers in their spare time. Big Bird hallucinates a big furry elephant-looking thing named Snuffleupagus. Oscar The Grouch is depressed and angry. The Cookie Monster is on the road to obesity. Elmo is a little shy. Farmers milk cows one at a time without wearing gloves. One of the very first episodes shows an old man taking a little girl by the hand and leading her away from a park. Really, he's just taking her to his house to meet his wife and have some milk & cookies. Funny how innocent it all seemed back then. Nowadays, that strange old man is probably on the sex offender registry. Machines are milking dozens, if not hundreds, of cows at a time. Elmo is much more outgoing. The Cookie Monster is 2 years into a healthier-eating lifestyle. There's Prozac if Oscar wants it. Snuffleupagus is real. And Bert & Ernie can be as gay (whether they want to admit it or not) as they want and it's totally cool.
Yes, the show had a subtle adult-sense of humor to it, but it was created that way so that parents would watch it with their kids and be INVOLVED in the learning process, not just a bystander. I loved Bert & Ernie and never once thought about the two of them butt-fucking. I also never thought it was weird or creepy that no one else but Big Bird could see Snuffleupagus. It's called "imagination" people!! Elmo was a little weird, and I was more of a Grover-girl anyway. Never liked Oscar because he was so mean. I loved the show so much, I went to the theater to see "Follow that Bird" where the gang goes cross-country to rescue Big Bird from the evil carnies who kidnapped him.
Mixing real adults and kids in with the show, from all types of backgrounds, ethnicity, sizes and looks, also made for good television. People with real lives, real problems, real issues, real relationships. They've even introduced puppets who speak different languages (Spanish) and ones with diseases (HIV). Things you can later discuss as a family, or possibly use as a jumping-off point for parents to talk to their kids about touchy issues.
I had a pretty decent childhood. Besides the occasional spanking for misbehaving (which I can say I totally deserved), I was never abused. I was taken care of, had dinner and a warm place to sleep with loving parents to tuck me in every night. I know not everyone can say the same and my heart goes out to them. But watching Sesame Street certainly didn't corrupt me. I didn't turn out so bad. Yeah, I got in trouble growing up, but it wasn't because of the show's "scary and frightening" images. To me, it was fun and educational and I looked forward hanging with my friends from Sesame Street. I know times have changed, but jeez-us-christ people, lay off. Are those episodes really THAT bad? Aren't parents letting kids be kids anymore? Where's the innocence? The make-believe? Who wants their kids to be serious at the age of 5, 8, or 10? Give me a break. I watched hundreds of episodes and turned out just fine as far as I'm concerned. It wasn't because of what I watched on TV, but because my parents raised me right. I scoff at Sesame Street's "adult-rated" warning. I don't think there's anything wrong with letting my kids learn about the letter E and the number 2 from a presumed-gay Bert & Ernie who can't afford a nice apartment and a big yellow bird who has conversations with someone no one else can see.
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