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Post by Ziska on Nov 19, 2007 21:59:44 GMT -5
Found this on imdb.com
Early 'Sesame Street' Deemed Unfit for Today's Kids
DVDs of early seasons of Sesame Street bear a warning to parents that they may not be appropriate for small children, the New York Times observed today (Monday). Carol-Lynn Parente, executive producer of Sesame Street noted that in the early days of the show, a regular feature was a parody of Masterpiece Theater, featuring Alistair Cookie, played by Cookie Monster, who appeared with a pipe. "That modeled the wrong behavior," Parente observed. Oscar the Grouch appeared too grouchy. "We might not be able to create a character like Oscar now," she said. The Times also noted that in the DVDs (Volumes 1 and 2) Cookie Monster can be seen "in his former inglorious incarnation: a blue, googly-eyed cookievore with a signature gobble ('om nom nom nom')."
Am I the only one who thinks this is, well, dumb? I watched re runs of the original back in Germany (mixed in with skits featuring German actors and German characters) And remember some things well such as Cookie Monster's gluttony. Besides, not like kids don't see the pipe or smoking in general elsewhere.
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Post by dotxom on Nov 24, 2007 7:15:44 GMT -5
I found this incredibly stupid. I'd like to think that our generation, in general, grew up to be a pretty well-adjusted bunch and I can't find one person in my age group who DIDN'T watch Sesame Street. I think that kids these days are waaay too overprotected.
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Post by Ziska on Nov 24, 2007 12:15:21 GMT -5
Thank you. Maybe it's a concern that parents would actually have to monitor what their kids watch?
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Post by Corey Blake on Nov 24, 2007 15:11:04 GMT -5
I couldn't figure out if that news article was meant to be funny because it just seemed so silly that it would really be rated PG-13.
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Post by Ziska on Nov 24, 2007 18:23:56 GMT -5
I added the pg 13 part. It's not listed anywhere in the article. Still, it won't be "G" and ithat's dumb anyway.
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