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baka-san

2009-11-04 03:26:20 PM

"Brothers and Sisters, let us bow our head and weep for the useless pile of Sh*t Sesame Street is now, and remember fondly the Street of our youth, the street that actually taught us something"

PainInTheASP

2009-11-04 03:33:30 PM

baka-san: "Brothers and Sisters, let us bow our head and weep for the useless pile of Sh*t Sesame Street is now, and remember fondly the Street of our youth, the street that actually taught us something"

Yes, those were sunny days, like sweepin' the clouds away. We were on our way to where the air was sweet. I wish we knew how to get, how to get back to Sesame Street...

whistleridge

2009-11-04 04:01:52 PM

baka-san: "Brothers and Sisters, let us bow our head and weep for the useless pile of Sh*t Sesame Street is now, and remember fondly the Street of our youth, the street that actually taught us something"

That would be the Street that Jim Henson made and worked on. His legacy has not been treated kindly by his executors.

I miss most of his work: the Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, the real Sesame Street...RIP, Jim Henson:

www.dwtickets.com

/hot like Piggy's lust for Kermit

Dorf11

2009-11-04 04:45:16 PM

I remember Sesame Street when it was only 1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10, 11 twelve!

7!

/funking out

Saracuda

2009-11-04 04:48:10 PM

Did you see the Sesame Street episode of Dinner Impossible? It was kinda cute.

Gunny Highway

2009-11-04 04:55:17 PM

Little kids still love the show and that is what matters most.

Rubber Biscuit

2009-11-04 04:57:24 PM

WhyteRaven74

2009-11-04 04:57:47 PM

paging TMS, TMS please report to the Sesame Street threada

mentallo69

2009-11-04 05:09:48 PM

Sesame Street! God I wish my kid would watch Sesame Street. My 4 year old son loves Power Rangers a little too much.

\Seen every one!
\\Know the damn song by heart.
\\\Someone kill me now, that damn sing is stuck in my head! Here come this power rangers Jungle Fury!

Jedekai

2009-11-04 05:20:07 PM

mentallo69: Sesame Street! God I wish my kid would watch Sesame Street. My 4 year old son loves Power Rangers a little too much.

\Seen every one!
\\Know the damn song by heart.
\\\Someone kill me now, that damn sing is stuck in my head! Here come this power rangers Jungle Fury!

Every little kid needs Kaiju.

www.kaiju.com

/Nothing will ever beat season 1 and 2 of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Yeah, MIGHTY-FARKING-MORPHIN'-WITH-THE-FARKING-APOSTROPHE-POWER-RANGERS-FOR-THE-WIN.

//Was excessively happy to hear that it wasn't being canceled. Joy!

coco ebert

2009-11-04 05:27:08 PM

I love you forever Sesame Street.

mentallo69

2009-11-04 05:30:21 PM

Jedekai: mentallo69: Sesame Street! God I wish my kid would watch Sesame Street. My 4 year old son loves Power Rangers a little too much.

\Seen every one!
\\Know the damn song by heart.
\\\Someone kill me now, that damn sing is stuck in my head! Here come this power rangers Jungle Fury!

Every little kid needs Kaiju.

/Nothing will ever beat season 1 and 2 of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Yeah, MIGHTY-FARKING-MORPHIN'-WITH-THE-FARKING-APOSTROPHE-POWER-RANGERS-FOR-THE-WIN.

//Was excessively happy to hear that it wasn't being canceled. Joy!

LOL! Thats all I got!

AlgaeRancher

2009-11-04 05:35:43 PM

While seasame street was pretty lousy for a long time Its actually been improving in recent years murray is awesome!

/Parenthood is about learning to appreciate the little things that you thought you were to cool for as a kid.

FirstNationalBastard

2009-11-04 05:36:20 PM

Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip

Coooow. COW.

soupnyc807

2009-11-04 05:40:42 PM

Bring back:

Teeny Little Super Guy
That typewriter-on-wheels dude
The "Yip Yip Yip" aliens

Feed Elmo to Snuffleupagus, and bury his shiat next to Mr. Hooper, and have Bob and Gordon take turns urinating on it

pounddawg

2009-11-04 06:06:44 PM

We own SS 1969-1979 on DVD. It actually contains parental warnings.

FirstNationalBastard

2009-11-04 06:15:42 PM

pounddawg: We own SS 1969-1979 on DVD. It actually contains parental warnings.

Of course. The old school Sesame Street isn't suitable for the learning needs of today's child.

...That is roughly what the warning says, right? I don't have the DVDs with me right now. I also think it's bullshiat, and the little farks today could use more old Sesame Street instead of whatever they're watching now. I am also an old man (at heart) and set in my ways, so get off my farking lawn.

Oh, and next week, there's a 2 disc Sesame Street set coming out. Just greatest hits this time, I don't believe there are any full episodes.

IMDWalrus

2009-11-04 06:15:57 PM

pounddawg: We own SS 1969-1979 on DVD. It actually contains parental warnings.

That's par for the course now, although probably completely unnecessary on Sesame Street. I have a Popeye set and the third Tom and Jerry set, and they each have the same kind of warning.

1lastcall

2009-11-04 06:25:39 PM

Anyone else seen the google logo with Big Bird Legs??
/Loved loved loved Jim Henson
//Happy Birthday, Sesame Street!

McStubbins

2009-11-04 06:32:27 PM

40 yrs? Dang. I remember that first year of the show. My mom turned the channel and said "Here's a new show you might like."

And I dug it.

\You can stay on my lawn, I don't mind

T.M.S.

2009-11-04 06:52:01 PM

WhyteRaven74: paging TMS, TMS please report to the Sesame Street threada

Sad to say my kid has moved on to Yo Gabba Gabba. She gets to meet the whole gang when we do the show in LA next week.

I hope to hip her to the muppets again soon.

McStubbins: 40 yrs? Dang. I remember that first year of the show. My mom turned the channel and said "Here's a new show you might like."

And I dug it.

\You can stay on my lawn, I don't mind

My mother did exactly the same thing.

GrizzlyAdamsRox

2009-11-04 06:53:11 PM

IMDWalrus: pounddawg: We own SS 1969-1979 on DVD. It actually contains parental warnings.

That's par for the course now, although probably completely unnecessary on Sesame Street. I have a Popeye set and the third Tom and Jerry set, and they each have the same kind of warning.

It really bugs the hell outta me that the ones who are making these decisions grew up watching these shows.

T.M.S.

2009-11-04 07:05:18 PM

GrizzlyAdamsRox: IMDWalrus: pounddawg: We own SS 1969-1979 on DVD. It actually contains parental warnings.

That's par for the course now, although probably completely unnecessary on Sesame Street. I have a Popeye set and the third Tom and Jerry set, and they each have the same kind of warning.

It really bugs the hell outta me that the ones who are making these decisions grew up watching these shows.

It's not that the people who did that wanted to. It's just that some of the old stuff has things that are no longer considered appropriate to a pre-school audience.

Some of the early Muppets smoked cigarettes, drank booze etc.

Also, fear of modeling (children enacting behavior they see on TV shows) is a huge issue for this type of programming. All the kids shows are endlessly checked for possible problems.

I can tell you that the decision to put the warning label on the DVD's was not an easy one for the folks at Sesame Street and no one loves that show more than the people who create it.

Didgeridon't

2009-11-04 07:39:07 PM

soupnyc807: Bring back:

Teeny Little Super Guy
That typewriter-on-wheels dude
The "Yip Yip Yip" aliens

Feed Elmo to Snuffleupagus, and bury his shiat next to Mr. Hooper, and have Bob and Gordon take turns urinating on it

Link (new window)

Teeny Little Super Guy rocks my socks.

/It's a damn shame what they did to Cookie Monster. >=(

baka-san

2009-11-04 07:51:08 PM

Didgeridon't: It's a damn shame what they did to Cookie Monster. >=(

Someone, needs, to, die.

Ape Shiat Nuts

2009-11-04 08:12:56 PM

baka-san: Didgeridon't: It's a damn shame what they did to Cookie Monster. >=(

Someone, needs, to, die.

Didn't you know? C is for Lettuce. (new window)

Good Behavior Day

2009-11-04 08:14:41 PM

Sesame Street hasn't been the same since Bert got arrested.

www.sfgate.com

Kirk's_Toupee

2009-11-04 08:26:04 PM

DaWormyPimpsta

2009-11-04 08:39:03 PM

oblig (new window)

Six_By_Nine

2009-11-04 08:49:42 PM

McStubbins: 40 yrs? Dang. I remember that first year of the show. My mom turned the channel and said "Here's a new show you might like."

And I dug it.

\You can stay on my lawn, I don't mind

I'm only 30, but I grew up on it, too.

\"carton of milk, loaf of bread, and a stick of butter"
\\Y'all aint the only ones who loved Henson. I was just watching The Muppet Show last weekend.
\\\A friend intended to get me this shirt (new window) for Christmas, but decided against it, because he didn't know what size to get me.

good_2_go

2009-11-04 08:50:31 PM

Fireproof

2009-11-04 09:24:52 PM

T.M.S.: GrizzlyAdamsRox: IMDWalrus: pounddawg: We own SS 1969-1979 on DVD. It actually contains parental warnings.

That's par for the course now, although probably completely unnecessary on Sesame Street. I have a Popeye set and the third Tom and Jerry set, and they each have the same kind of warning.

It really bugs the hell outta me that the ones who are making these decisions grew up watching these shows.

It's not that the people who did that wanted to. It's just that some of the old stuff has things that are no longer considered appropriate to a pre-school audience.

Some of the early Muppets smoked cigarettes, drank booze etc.

Also, fear of modeling (children enacting behavior they see on TV shows) is a huge issue for this type of programming. All the kids shows are endlessly checked for possible problems.

I can tell you that the decision to put the warning label on the DVD's was not an easy one for the folks at Sesame Street and no one loves that show more than the people who create it.

I heard that it also had something to do with the show originally being focused on kids about 8 years old, as opposed to its current target audience of preschoolers.

Gyrfalcon

2009-11-04 11:01:40 PM

Rubber Biscuit: baka-san: "Brothers and Sisters, let us bow our head and weep for the useless pile of Sh*t Sesame Street is now, and remember fondly the Street of our youth, the street that actually taught us something"

Seems like you skipped a few lessons about growing up, huh?

All the smart people did. You know, the ones posting here on Fark?

leadmetal

2009-11-04 11:23:56 PM

baka-san: "Brothers and Sisters, let us bow our head and weep for the useless pile of Sh*t Sesame Street is now, and remember fondly the Street of our youth, the street that actually taught us something"

ahh... 1970s Sesame street... with the grit and matted fur. When the muppets had character instead of being sanitized.

"I Love Trash" (new window)

EL_FABREZ

2009-11-05 01:13:21 AM

How cool.

Scorpinock

2009-11-05 02:55:48 AM

Some of the best bits, in my opinion.
ABCDEF-Cookie Monster! (new window)

John John (new window)

Dealing with Mr Hooper's Death (new window)

Times have changed, and Sesame Street has to compete with a lot of newer, more commercial shows, but these clips represent the show at its best. It still has its moments of greatness.

solitary

2009-11-05 06:59:09 AM

baka-san: "Brothers and Sisters, let us bow our head and weep for the useless pile of Sh*t Sesame Street is now, and remember fondly the Street of our youth, the street that actually taught us something"

You got that right. I loved it, my 2 preschoolers won't even look at it. All its charm has evaporated.

OtherLittleGuy

2009-11-05 08:03:51 AM

I wasn't there at the dawn of Sesame Street. I was there when it was on Farkin' N-E-T (new window).

Texaco Saves

2009-11-05 08:13:16 AM

Sesame Street pushed children into being gay by showing men living together while constantly having fists up their butt

it's about time this show stopped pushing it's gay agenda. there were almost no gays before Sesame Street

good_2_go

2009-11-05 08:44:49 AM

Very cool (new window)

WienerButt

2009-11-05 09:00:14 AM

Texaco Saves: Sesame Street pushed children into being gay by showing men living together while constantly having fists up their butt

it's about time this show stopped pushing it's gay agenda. there were almost no gays before Sesame Street

I know you're trolling, but growing up I didn't even THINK about that. I can't imagine what, if any, kid asked their parents about the logistics of Bert and Ernie living together.

Texaco Saves

2009-11-05 09:41:48 AM

WienerButt
back then you thought about it subconciously. Now you think about it conciously.

Weirdnjfan1

2009-11-05 09:51:06 AM

Thanks to the count, I learned to count to 12.

God, I can't wait till I have 1,2, 2 kids and they start to watch the awesomeness which is Sesame Street

/Ah ah ah ah

HopScotchNSoda

2009-11-05 02:44:30 PM

I caught the show a couple of times a year or two ago, hoping for some nostalgia, but it was awful. The whole second half was "the Elmo show," and that anoying bastard was in much of the first half as well. I read that the programme was re-tooled for a younger crowd, barely able to speak.

Cookie Monster decided that "cookies are a sometimes food"; Elmo replaced Grover (meanwhile, no new hottie has unseated the antiquated Maria); Oscar's not an a-hole anymore; Bert killed off Mr. Hooper; there's no Don Music bashing his head into the piano; inter alia.

As with anything, there have been a few bright moments.
Law and Order: Special Letters Unit, complete with Munch, the intro narrator, and the chung-chung noise.

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