That... I... what...

I'm pretty sure they replaced everyone involved with the show in the last 3 years...Its just gotten weird..the set is very happy and shiny, they have cgi fairies...Sandra Oh was the magic cookie fairy...Its not the show i remember watching 25ish years ago. Not that that alone is a bad thing, just the whole tone has seemed to change.

//CGI Ernie and Bert rocks
//I have small child..don't watch for me

There used to be "Sesame Street for Grownups" on late night TV. It was basically just a compilation of all the awesome bits that SS used to do, without the educational crap.

That, and the bong kept me entertained for hours on end.

Oh god the Mad Men one was great. I love how he calls them sycophants at the end. No way does any 5 year old know that word.

Introducing the newest member of Sesame Street, Dark Passenger.

/Now we cut the corpse into pieces for easy disposal. One piece! Two pieces! Three pieces, ah-hahaha!

vrax: The most inappropriate Sesame Street.

I think you mispelled The Count censored.

Jim from Saint Paul: vrax: The most inappropriate Sesame Street.

I think you mispelled The Count censored.

Yeah, that's a great one too.

Jim from Saint Paul: vrax: The most inappropriate Sesame Street.

I think you mispelled The Count censored.

Holy fark, I can't breathe!

I don't think this aired NSFW maybe

Elmo and Gervais (new window)

Just this morning I watched "Cast Iron Cooks," which was pretty funny.

http://gothamist.com/2011/11/17/watch_jason_schwartzmans_gonzo_iron.p h p

My favorite snark of late was their iPogo episode.

Link (new window)

Dave Chapell Seaseme Street

Non-broken Link (new window)

List is missing this Rocky Horror-inspired (new window) skit.

The one that haunts me from my childhood is a cartoon short they had that was basically a bunch of gay rabbits running a train on each other trying to pull a carrot out of the ground.

Sarcastica75: muppetcock

PuppetCancer??

Grover is the man...

That said, WTF happened to my Sesame Street?


plushpuppy: I don't think this aired NSFW maybe

Elmo and Gervais (new window)

THAT was hilarious...

I have tears in my eyes...


Sarcastica75: muppetcock



Alfred HitchCOCK!

Dexter parody - are you watching this year? It's a total joke.

plushpuppy: I don't think this aired NSFW maybe

Elmo and Gervais (new window)

This one did and it's even funnier.

Spider Monster and Law and Order SLU gave me the lulz.

I'm waiting for the Breaking Bad parody!

The idea has always been that you don't talk down to the kids, and that they are at least familiar with what the grown-up are watching. It was easier back in the day of three networks, PBS, Independent Channels, and UHF, when the whole family had a more common reference pool, but CTW/Sesame Workshop has always been hip to the contemporary.

Optimal_Illusion: The idea has always been that you don't talk down to the kids, and that they are at least familiar with what the grown-up are watching. It was easier back in the day of three networks, PBS, Independent Channels, and UHF, when the whole family had a more common reference pool, but CTW/Sesame Workshop has always been hip to the contemporary.

I agree! I remember these

Letter B (new window)

Born to Add (new window)

Sesame Street Fever (new window)

/just off the top of my head

Maybe it's because I don't have children or that I'm just jaded, but I fail to see how a single one of those is "inappropriate." The writer of the article comes off as a douchey prude countless times in that article. It's even worse than "o noes, think of the childrens." I imagine even the president of some group with the word "family" in their name would read that article and go "Seriously? What's this guy's problem?"

Twin Beaks confused the HELL outta me as a child- my mom had to explain it to me; she thought it was hilarious.

Now, I think it's hilarious.

/feels old

The Fat Cat song features this line:

See a red head being fed bread as he sped on a sled of lead on his way to be wed but he fled instead.

(or something to that end)

It still takes me by surprise that kids were listening to boppadotta telling a story of a man running away from his wedding.

/oh.
/man.
/yeah.

While not a parody, the other day my daughters were watching Sesame Street and to my surprise I found myself enthralled with the fact that Neil Patrick Harris was on. Playing an egotistical "shoe fairy" that wasn't very good at his job and didn't particularly like his wings touched.

I was laughing much harder than the kids were.

What!? No Breaking Bad "Face Off" parody?

/I leave disappointed.