DVD of Early "Sesame Street" Comes With Warning: - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

pitbulllady · 11-21-2007, 11:51 AM

NOT FOR CHILDREN! No, I'm not making that up-it's real. Apparently, it was decided by some powers-that-be that the older "Sesame Stree" episodes, from 1969(the year it debuted on PBS)through the seventies, modeled "inappropriate behavior" for young children, like Cookie Monster's cookie addiction, Oscar the Grouch's, well, grouchiness and sarcasm, as well as Bert's, a little girl named Sally going home with an old man named Gordon for "milk and cookies", Big Bird "hallucinating" his Imaginary Friend, Mr. Snuffalupagus, and the New York inner city ghetto being depicted as a clean, safe wonderland full of happy people and monsters, instead of drug dealers and gang members. One of the scenes, in which Cookie Monster parodies PBS's "Masterpiece Theater", smoking a pipe and later eating it, was dropped because it promoted smoking and pipe-eating. Didn't make THAT up, either.

You can read the full article-a sad commentary on today if ever there was one- here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/ma...in&oref=slogin .

pitbulllady

some guy you dont know · 11-21-2007, 11:59 AM

i find it funny how everyone is trying to keep chlidren from being shown anything that might, by any one slight possible chance, send a bad message. well, funny isnt the word. more like depressing.

Cassini90125 · 11-21-2007, 11:59 AM

Oh my stars, that is a thousand miles beyond ridiculous; it's absolutely insane. Frankly, it makes me sick to my stomach.

Dragonrider1227 · 11-21-2007, 12:07 PM

"The following has been rated too creative and entertaining for our children"

I suppose next we're going to ban Mr. Rogers for making children thinking they don't have to follow rules because "they're special." Yes. I've HEARD this argument x_x

Cassini90125 · 11-21-2007, 12:37 PM

This is really starting to burn me up. Where the hell do people come up with this crap?? Children are not that fragile, period. There's nothing on Sesame Street that's going to warp their minds or turn them into drug-addled criminals; there never has been. The show that I remember was about learning, about friendship and sharing. What next? Shall we shield our kids from watching Foster's because Bloo and Blake Superior encourage belching? Maybe we shouldn't even let them go outside, hm? Why don't we try shielding them from things that encourage them to be intolerant bigots for a change? We've never tried that before. Who knows? It just might work!

It's things like this that explain why the U. S. is so reviled by much of the rest of the world, and I don't blame them. It makes me ashamed to be an American.

Invader Bloo · 11-21-2007, 04:47 PM

Cookie Monster ate a "cookie" pipe.
LOL.

Medikor · 11-21-2007, 05:04 PM

I wonder what Jim Henson would have say about this if he were still with us. At this rate people will be slapped a fine for saying politically incorrect things like "pink is a girls colour" or "blue is a boys colour".

Bloonan · 11-21-2007, 05:12 PM

Man, this is friggin' crazy! Sesame Street, not for children? This is downright insane. Saying Sesame Street is not for children is like saying Family Guy is the ideal show for PBS kids, or that cigarettes are best for those under 18. Well, maybe not that last one, but this is mega farfetched, and it's way too early for an early April Fool's joke.

vinny · 12-02-2007, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pitbulllady

One of the scenes, in which Cookie Monster parodies PBS's "Masterpiece Theater", smoking a pipe and later eating it, was dropped because it promoted smoking and pipe-eating.

pitbulllady

pipe-eating? no. stash it and run, it works better...and im sure its more healthy. (jk)

Partymember · 12-02-2007, 01:34 PM

hehe

anyone else seen "Super Troopers"?

"Eat it. Eat the whole bag."

11-21-2007, 11:51 AM	#1
pitbulllady Co-Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,276	DVD of Early "Sesame Street" Comes With Warning: NOT FOR CHILDREN! No, I'm not making that up-it's real. Apparently, it was decided by some powers-that-be that the older "Sesame Stree" episodes, from 1969(the year it debuted on PBS)through the seventies, modeled "inappropriate behavior" for young children, like Cookie Monster's cookie addiction, Oscar the Grouch's, well, grouchiness and sarcasm, as well as Bert's, a little girl named Sally going home with an old man named Gordon for "milk and cookies", Big Bird "hallucinating" his Imaginary Friend, Mr. Snuffalupagus, and the New York inner city ghetto being depicted as a clean, safe wonderland full of happy people and monsters, instead of drug dealers and gang members. One of the scenes, in which Cookie Monster parodies PBS's "Masterpiece Theater", smoking a pipe and later eating it, was dropped because it promoted smoking and pipe-eating. Didn't make THAT up, either. You can read the full article-a sad commentary on today if ever there was one- here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/ma...in&oref=slogin . pitbulllady

11-21-2007, 11:59 AM	#2
some guy you dont know Just a Poor Boy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: some building in some city of some state in some country. Posts: 826	i find it funny how everyone is trying to keep chlidren from being shown anything that might, by any one slight possible chance, send a bad message. well, funny isnt the word. more like depressing. __________________ I just became a member of a club known as the bumbling fools Botching the game and the best things in life is the motto and the rule

11-21-2007, 11:59 AM	#3
Cassini90125 The Postmaster Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saturn Posts: 6,652	Oh my stars, that is a thousand miles beyond ridiculous; it's absolutely insane. Frankly, it makes me sick to my stomach. __________________ "Frankie! That weird kid is using a flower pot for a cup!" Sailor Moon. Best Anime EVER.

11-21-2007, 12:07 PM	#4
Dragonrider1227 At Home Major Frankie fan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 103	"The following has been rated too creative and entertaining for our children" I suppose next we're going to ban Mr. Rogers for making children thinking they don't have to follow rules because "they're special." Yes. I've HEARD this argument x_x __________________ [center] Last edited by Dragonrider1227; 11-21-2007 at 12:09 PM.

11-21-2007, 12:37 PM	#5
Cassini90125 The Postmaster Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saturn Posts: 6,652	This is really starting to burn me up. Where the hell do people come up with this crap?? Children are not that fragile, period. There's nothing on Sesame Street that's going to warp their minds or turn them into drug-addled criminals; there never has been. The show that I remember was about learning, about friendship and sharing. What next? Shall we shield our kids from watching Foster's because Bloo and Blake Superior encourage belching? Maybe we shouldn't even let them go outside, hm? Why don't we try shielding them from things that encourage them to be intolerant bigots for a change? We've never tried that before. Who knows? It just might work! It's things like this that explain why the U. S. is so reviled by much of the rest of the world, and I don't blame them. It makes me ashamed to be an American. __________________ "Frankie! That weird kid is using a flower pot for a cup!" Sailor Moon. Best Anime EVER.

11-21-2007, 04:47 PM	#6
Invader Bloo Elder Spam Teh Merc with teh Mouth Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Weapon X Posts: 1,268	Cookie Monster ate a "cookie" pipe. LOL. __________________ JOIN THE CAUSE! Become a Spam Role-Player!

11-21-2007, 05:04 PM	#7
Medikor Robot Master I'm a bubble man! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 1,428	I wonder what Jim Henson would have say about this if he were still with us. At this rate people will be slapped a fine for saying politically incorrect things like "pink is a girls colour" or "blue is a boys colour". __________________

11-21-2007, 05:12 PM	#8
Bloonan Banned No sudden movements... I'm watching you. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In the dark corner of my room, with my computer and my video games. Posts: 259	Man, this is friggin' crazy! Sesame Street, not for children? This is downright insane. Saying Sesame Street is not for children is like saying Family Guy is the ideal show for PBS kids, or that cigarettes are best for those under 18. Well, maybe not that last one, but this is mega farfetched, and it's way too early for an early April Fool's joke.

12-02-2007, 01:34 PM	#10
Partymember super-scientist GO TEAM VENTURE! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lake George Posts: 1,500	hehe anyone else seen "Super Troopers"? "Eat it. Eat the whole bag." __________________ Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?