'Sesame Street' turns 35 - What are your favorite memories?

BigNewsNetwork.com ^ | November 10, 2004

[diamond6]

I watched it as a child, I am now a staunch conservative :)

[perez24]

Nobody remembers that episode but you and me.

I think Oscar got his come uppance in the next episode in "the rape in the prison shower scene." Who'd've thought Grover was in the pen for armed robbery?

[Porterville]

My favorite memory was when the strange looking animal had HIV... heart warming for a 3 year old... wait- that wasn't me.

[Rutles4Ever]

This was a particularly inappropriate episode.

[reaganaut]

Not sure I have 'a' favorite moment, I have so many of them. I wore out the box set of LP's of Sesame Street songs. Fave characters are Kermit and the Count and Grover and Cookie Monster. I loved Cookie on Martha Stewart's Kitchen and I hate MS. Fave line from THAT episode: Cookie: "I'll get you date with Bert."

[AJS]

>>I loathed "Sesame Street" as a kid and loathe it now for their attempt to indoctrinate pre-schoolers in liberalism.<<

Agree on both counts.

[the invisib1e hand]

always thought the show a bit weird, even if the tunes were catchy.

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[Angry Republican]

Does anyone remember the space aliens? They were my favorite.

[Fledermaus]

My favorite memories are never having watched it since I was already 10 when it first came on and I thought it was juvenile. It still is.

[Psycho_Bunny]

[spinestein]

My favorite was the "Muppet News" with beat reporter Kermit the Frog. He would go to some newsworthy event, like when Humpty Dumpty had his accident, and interview people at the scene and tell the viewing audience just what happened.

He was so much more professional than the journalists we have today. They could learn a lot from him.

[CitadelArmyJag]

NEW YORK—A spokesperson for the letter D announced Monday that the consonant is withdrawing sponsorship from Sesame Street following a Children's Television Workshop announcement that a homosexual muppet will soon join the show's cast.
Above: Embattled homosexual muppet "Roger" (center).

"The letter D is proud to have brought you many wonderful Sesame Street episodes throughout the program's 28-year history," said Patricia Willis, public-relations director for D. "But the letter D does not condone the sort of morally questionable lifestyles that Sesame Street is advocating with the introduction of this new character. It can no longer in good conscience associate itself with the show."

Willis said D's withdrawal is effective immediately, and applies to both capital and lower-case versions of the letter.

The gay muppet, "Roger," will be introduced on Sesame Street Dec. 23, CTW director Leslie Charren said. Thus far, no other sponsors have pulled out, though the number seven has requested an advance tape of the episode before it makes a decision.

Many public-television insiders believe D's withdrawal was motivated by a desire not to alienate religious conservatives, a section of the population that employs the letter frequently.

"D is for, among other things, demagoguery, dogma and doctrine, words crucial to right-wing groups like the Christian Coalition," said Yale University political-science professor J. Wright Franklin. "It is likely that D felt it could ill afford to offend such a large segment of its users."

While a long-term replacement for D has not yet been secured by Sesame Street, the number three will temporarily fill in for it in a number of the show's animated shorts. Other pieces will simply skip from C to E, with vocalists stretching out C into two syllables to match the rhythm of the alphabet song.

Sesame Street is stung by the sudden departure of its longtime supporter. Speaking to reporters, cast member Cookie Monster said: "Me disappointed letter D choose to end relationship with Sesame Street due to pressure from extremely vocal minority. We accused of endorsing deviant lifestyle. Me say homosexuality natural, not immoral. Diversity and enrichment. That's good enough for me."

[The Hollywood Conservative]

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[The Hollywood Conservative]

Man I suck at this!

[keat]

One of my favororite episodes from Das Vaterland:

http://www.muchosucko.com/video-germansesamestreet.html

[diamond6]

Yech!!!

Thanks for informing me.

[Still German Shepherd]

Personally, I am a Captain Kangaroo girl.

[nutmeg]

When Ted Nugent shot Big Bird.

Aww... I missed that episide! ;-)

I just remember watching Sesame Street fairly regularly for awhile with my younger sister, and thinking that - at the time - it was by far the most creative and original children's show I'd ever seen. I haven't seen Sesame Street in years, but have heard it's taken a pretty leftward turn since its humble beginnings...

Thanks for the heads up... I'll ping the Misc. list.

[nutmeg]

ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[cgk]

Here you go. (get rid of the spaces, other than that your tags were fine).

(and if it doesn't show up past my preview I can see now.. it's because angelfire might not allow pic links).