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- p0ss, on 11/20/2007, -1/+142Sanitise the children! They must not see the real world! Do not let them learn!!
- EnjoyFailure, on 11/20/2007, -1/+90Hah! Bert and Ernie lived in a friggin crack house in season 1. Awesome.
- MasterThief117, on 11/20/2007, -1/+75"Homicide: Life on Sesame Street: This show contains adult content and is brought to you by the letter H."
- Zarokima, on 11/20/2007, -1/+66Your imaginary friend is a terrorist. Why else would he refuse to be shown? You're in league with terrorists, aren't you? Why do you hate America?
- jennmae, on 11/20/2007, -1/+65What we're not allowed to have imaginary friends?
- hulez, on 11/20/2007, -1/+58Me: - Mum, can i watch sesame street?
Mum: - not until your 18 dear!
15 years later......
Me: - Mum, can i watch sesame street?
Mum: - no cos thats for little kids.
WHAT?!!!!!!!! - casper1066, on 11/20/2007, -8/+65reminds me of the family guy where cookie monster is in rehab
- MCam, on 11/20/2007, -0/+52Seriously, no one ever tried to eat a pipe because Cookie Monster did. Maybe kids wouldn't be so ***** clueless and superficial if they weren't spoonfed some sanitized crap from the day they were born. Sesame Street was such genius because it wasn't about giving kids a fantasy world where they could escape, it was about showing them that they didn't need to escape. Even if you lived in a little apartment, even if you met annoying and grouchy people, even if Mr. Hooper died, you were okay -- you had a community and an imagination, there was always a solution to the problem and a safe place to go, and you were okay.
Man, remember when we had Punky Brewster and The Torkelsons and Ghostwriter? When family shows were about like, orphans and single moms and normal people who sometimes didn't have enough money? And now they're about chicks who are secretly pop stars, or rich brats who want to be the star of the school musical. Whatever. - sghod1212, on 11/20/2007, -0/+42Doesn't this kind of remind you of Brave New World? People are starting to control everything about kids and their childhood. They can't watch Oscar because he's depressed, they can't watch Cookie Monster because he eats junk food, and they can't see Ernie's apartment because it's crappy. Can't wait to see this gen grow up!
- mt066, on 11/20/2007, -4/+38I think the big deal is that cookie monster was smoking a pipe and then he ate it or something. That's all. You can still buy the DVDs if you don't care about that sort of thing. You want to try and socially scorn smoking out of existence then these things are going to happen.
The old Looney Tunes DVDs are the same way with different aspects, like some of them would be considered racially insensitive today. Everyone is acting like the PC police have ruined the world here but you can still buy these anywhere for your kids. But we should probably freak out about it anyway. - mrferg, on 11/20/2007, -0/+33Sometimes I really hate what the world has become.
- pdotnet, on 11/20/2007, -0/+32This generation of kids are going to grow up to be pansies. They are so sheltered and parents are so paranoid. They're not going to learn to take risks and feel consequences in the poor excuse for jungle gyms these days. Remember the 8' monkey bars? That was a long fall! And damn it hurt when you did, but the rush you felt making it across... the reward was well worth the risk! Kids these days aren't growing up that way.
Sesame Street didn't hide what life was really like, it just showed you in a way that children could understand. - inactive, on 11/20/2007, -0/+30“We might not be able to create a character like Oscar now,” she said.
/How sad, Oscar rocked - p0ss, on 11/20/2007, -4/+31Seasame Sreet was brought to you today by the letter R and the number 18+
- kingcool1432, on 11/20/2007, -6/+29Right, now lets also block out Walt Disney because Donald Duck doesn't wear trousers.
- scallon, on 11/20/2007, -3/+22"You guys are freakin' Nazis!!!"
- LastSight, on 11/20/2007, -1/+18let your kids watch it! builds character!
- Grivako, on 11/20/2007, -1/+18I really really hope this was written with sarcasm in mind. For the love of Henson will the constant berating of our past not only in media and television but as a society as a whole stop for cripes sake? It was just a show about imaginary monsters and people in a fantasy type world to help kids learn and stuff. Do we REALLY need to get that damn critical about it?
- oogee, on 11/20/2007, -2/+19this is why it's not safe for kids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVktxm3p7gI
but here's a couple of classics:
Capital I - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRPZ-6bLC6g
Lower case N - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24enegT7T7s - jmpeagle, on 11/20/2007, -0/+13R is for 17+
- chronichyjinx, on 11/20/2007, -0/+11Teletubies forsure
- betobeto, on 11/20/2007, -1/+12Reminds me of a quote by Mel Blanc, the voice talent behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and many other unforgettable Looney Tunes characters, about the charges the PC mafia held against Warner Bros. cartoons because of "excessive violence": "Yes, Wile E. Coyote will fall off an 8.000-foot cliff, but it's not like he hasn't been killed 1.000 times over - In the next scene, he's up and chasing the Road Runner. It's just slapstick comedy, and kids understand that. No kid is going to jump off an 8,000-foot cliff because of a cartoon".
At least I never did, and I had Looney Tunes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I feel pitiful by this generation of children. - venom8599, on 11/20/2007, -1/+12Actually he lost me at "liberal commune hippies."
- bigtizzle, on 11/20/2007, -1/+11"Burt. You're shouting again Burt."
- vguard, on 11/20/2007, -0/+10The old programing is incompatible and must be deleted from the hive mind.
- hulez, on 11/20/2007, -3/+13Umm yess, trippy videos help develop the imagination. That video was not impure in any way. I don't see what your problem is so ur getting dugg down.
- phantomcrawl, on 11/20/2007, -3/+13I had to comment.
So what did they do to us, if they are attempting to make it their job to protect us then can we sue them for not protecting us?
secondly, none of us ever thought anything more of a "pretty" girl "sally" getting more than milk and cookies and to think different makes me weary of anyone looking at a childrens program like that, they shouldn't be judging programs they should be seeking theropy or perhaps looked at in advance before they become a child molester
I don't think we really looked into so far what cows were eating nor what kind of milk they were drinking milk was milk childrens minds are not corrupt until adults get to them
allergenic feather pillows makes me feel like someone might have a compulsive disorder, perhaps the people using them didnt have allergies not everyone does, go outside a little, oh wait you cant you are scared of dust. I'm surprised the episode was even grabbed covered in dust and all
I didn't see anything wrong with Ernie and Bert's apartment, its actually pretty close to the way some people are forced to live now
i don't even want to continue reading because i am in a bad mood and its already just a big flame, but i will exit in saying, yes lets follow this and sugar coat the world for children, hide depression and invisible friends and run down apartments from them because they dont exist, lets let them discover it on their own so they are ***** later
peace - radial, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9OMG You just brought back many many memories. I loved this video as a kid, and it's even better now. What a groove on that song I love it
- Muncher, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9No, that's The Muppet Show. This is Sesame Street. They were made by the same guy, and they have some of the same characters, but they're two different shows.
- Andy1369, on 11/20/2007, -1/+10Do you think all this is happening because of 9/11? I dunno, it seems like America changed A LOT after 9/11.
- potterboy, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9This is sad. When I was 4 we went to an anniversary screening of the first 3 episodes, it didn't corrupt me. But the show died as soon as they introduced Elmo's World.
- badassninja, on 11/20/2007, -0/+9Let's not baby our kids. Take adventure movies for kids, never ever scary any more. Remember how freaken awesome the goonies were as a kid? That's because there was real danger. Everything turned out alright mind you. This level of protection of children I use to only ever see with some of the other family I went to church with. That's right, they are acting like over protective Christians.
- sw33tsarin, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8I'm in love with you.
- thespiff, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8These are from before my time. Capital I is amazing. The song sounds awesome and has a great message. I somehow don't feel like it would have the same effect being sung in a silly voice by a purple dinosaur.
- hulez, on 11/20/2007, -4/+12Then its your job to expose YOUR kids to EVERYTHING.
I would and i will. I will even swear in front of my kids because thats human nature - Smight, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8What?
I refuse to believe that. There are just some symbols of pure innocence and goodness that they simply cannot be sexualized. Like double stuffed oreos splattered with thick creamy warm milk rolling over your tongue and sliding deep into your throat. Don't even try to sexualize that! - BOFH2, on 11/20/2007, -1/+9and no one should drive mercedes or volkswagens either
- dcipjr, on 11/20/2007, -0/+8Here's a clip of Monsterpiece Theater where Cookie Monster eats the pipe.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hB2u_wjdyCI
I can't believe they took it out, it's hilarious. - ZenMojo, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7He's not. This stuff is actually in the show.
- yndy, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7The author was being ironic...
It's sad that we feel the need to consistently 'protect' not just our children but our adults from the real world these days.
The "wussification" of America is getting bizarre - don't play cops & robbers or you'll grow up to be a Columbine-style killer... don't watch anything even mildly controversial on TV or you'll need years of therapy... don't run or play tag on the play ground - you might fall and sue the school!... just sit there passively, eating your pre-processed food, watching syrupy bland pre-approved television, and only playing computer games that are educational and pass your 'no child left behind' tests, because we don't want healthy, imaginative, thinking, objective citizens, we want sheeple. - Bahimiron, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7I know it's in the show. I watched it.
I can't decide if he's being ironic when he seems to condemn the content. - arcticblue, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7Part of me wants to do a google image search, but the other part of me is completely disgusted by this thought.
- hulez, on 11/20/2007, -0/+7that was psychedelic to the max.
definitely makes me wanna watch sesame street - lolgamoff, on 11/20/2007, -1/+7BOOBAH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ-IIOXyMTA
christ on a bicycle wont someone think of the children! - BOFH2, on 11/20/2007, -2/+8You were doing great until the fox thing.
- trioxylon, on 11/20/2007, -0/+6That is definitely the case for Boohbah. It is one of the most freakiest shows I have ever seen and I'm pretty sure if any kid saw that, he would be traumatized for life.
- vanbacon, on 11/20/2007, -0/+6Screw National geographic. I'm teaching my kids with south park all the way. I loved the old sesame street I grew up with them to and I think I would've been worse off if I was born today and had to endure the ***** My little cousins watch.
- Gir53457, on 11/20/2007, -0/+6BAck then that was super healthy and happy.
- jmpeagle, on 11/20/2007, -3/+9maybe we should ban Fords too given that Henry Ford was idolized by Hitler and was a known anti-semite
- mrfreeziexp, on 11/20/2007, -1/+7"Oh if you were gay... That'd be OK."
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