a realization I had one day about sesame street
a realization I had one day about sesame street
You understand some things from childhood better as you grow older.
Take Sesame Street.
I remember hearing how they decided to change mr snuffalupagus(sp) from imaginary to real, at least as far as the adults were concerned. apparently they thought that by having the adults not believe he was real, that would make kids not want to tell grownups things because they'd think they wouldn't believe them.
now..
I always had my suspicions, even as a child, about the adults of sesame street.
first of all, they talked to puppets and treated them like they were real. that was my first indication that something was a bit strange there.
as far as the whole mr snuffalupagus controversy went, I always found it strange that when the kids would talk about him and the adults would say "oh your imaginary friend" I'd always think, you know, it's weird but he just ran off when the adults were coming, and from where they came from they would've been able to see him the whole time. what kind of person wouldn't see a 2 ton shaggy brown wooly mammoth standing in the middle of the street?
and then it hit me.
a dope fiend!
remember that family of insects on bert and ernie's windowsill? they wanted you to concentrate on the insects, not on the type of plant they were making their home in. look at the cookie monster. the reason he's got the munchies all the time isn't because he's high on life. try and tell me the Count's unhealthy fascination with numbers isn't a symptom of reefer laced with lsd. he's orgasmic after counting to 10, a sure sign of someone tripping.
they may as well have renamed it Poppy Street.
as far as bert and ernie go..
we know what sesame street did to quell the mr snuffalupagus problem. they had the kids prove that he was real.
so..
for years now bert and ernie have lived under the cloud of suspcted homosexuality.
I wonder what sesame street is prepared to do to prove that wrong.
I think a visit from miss piggy is in the works.
giving new meaning to the phrase ham sandwich.
and it was pointed out once the reason oscar is so unhappy is he's obviously a crack addict. he's homeless and has to root in the trash for his existance.
I'd be grouchy too.
don't even get me started on mr rogers.
Take Sesame Street.
I remember hearing how they decided to change mr snuffalupagus(sp) from imaginary to real, at least as far as the adults were concerned. apparently they thought that by having the adults not believe he was real, that would make kids not want to tell grownups things because they'd think they wouldn't believe them.
now..
I always had my suspicions, even as a child, about the adults of sesame street.
first of all, they talked to puppets and treated them like they were real. that was my first indication that something was a bit strange there.
as far as the whole mr snuffalupagus controversy went, I always found it strange that when the kids would talk about him and the adults would say "oh your imaginary friend" I'd always think, you know, it's weird but he just ran off when the adults were coming, and from where they came from they would've been able to see him the whole time. what kind of person wouldn't see a 2 ton shaggy brown wooly mammoth standing in the middle of the street?
and then it hit me.
a dope fiend!
remember that family of insects on bert and ernie's windowsill? they wanted you to concentrate on the insects, not on the type of plant they were making their home in. look at the cookie monster. the reason he's got the munchies all the time isn't because he's high on life. try and tell me the Count's unhealthy fascination with numbers isn't a symptom of reefer laced with lsd. he's orgasmic after counting to 10, a sure sign of someone tripping.
they may as well have renamed it Poppy Street.
as far as bert and ernie go..
we know what sesame street did to quell the mr snuffalupagus problem. they had the kids prove that he was real.
so..
for years now bert and ernie have lived under the cloud of suspcted homosexuality.
I wonder what sesame street is prepared to do to prove that wrong.
I think a visit from miss piggy is in the works.
giving new meaning to the phrase ham sandwich.
and it was pointed out once the reason oscar is so unhappy is he's obviously a crack addict. he's homeless and has to root in the trash for his existance.
I'd be grouchy too.
don't even get me started on mr rogers.
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Well I always wondered where Bert and Ernie's parents were. I ALWAYS thought they were just two kids whose parents didn't seem to be around for some strange reason. I NEVER considered either Bert OR Ernie to be adults. I mean COME ON what adult would play with a RUBBER DUCKY in a bathtub?! I figured he HAD to be a kid still.
I always thought Big Bird was mentally retarded
I always thought Big Bird was mentally retarded
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Well...it's just a kid show. It managed to educate many, many children over its run. It might still be going.
It's like trying to apply modern historical terms to the Middle Ages (like women's issues)...the fact is, the terms are incompatible.
It's like trying to apply modern historical terms to the Middle Ages (like women's issues)...the fact is, the terms are incompatible.
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That's nothing. Think about Mister Rogers for a moment.
Fifty plus year old bachlor, lives at the end of a street by himself, fantasizes about hand puppets daily, takes frequent trips to the neighborhood of make believe, goes to visit his special friends at their places of business, and wants to be your "special" friend. You make the call.
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Fifty plus year old bachlor, lives at the end of a street by himself, fantasizes about hand puppets daily, takes frequent trips to the neighborhood of make believe, goes to visit his special friends at their places of business, and wants to be your "special" friend. You make the call.
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Mr. Rogers was probably the crazy old man of his neigborhood. The land of make believe really came from the DTs.
Everybody knows the show with the greatest consumption of drugs was Scooby Doo. Just look at Shaggy. I mean, his name is Shaggy, come on; he's a stoner. And Scooby was a stoner too. Ever notice how it was usually only those two who saw the ghosts and UFOs and stuff like that? Do you really think the active ingredient in "Scooby Snacks" are cakey goodness? Hell no, it's synthetic THC, with a LSD chaser. And come on, all that non-stop eating. Read between the lines. Besides, why would these guys be driving around in a van cross country all the time? And how can they afford to constantly live on the road? They were dealers, that's how.
And it also featured the most sex. Think it was mere coincidence that Fred and Daphne would disappear for about 20 minutes of the show and we never saw what they were doing? They always showed up later on, and for some strange reason, they usually never found anything during their, ahem, "investigation"
That's why Velma was the one who did all the work. She was pretty much straight-laced, though occasionally she did wonder off with Fred and Daphne. Take a wild guess what happened there. And Shaggy and Scooby would sometimes slip her some dope just for their own amusement. They'd all get high and then then Shaggy and Scooby would watch Velma's stoner antics, because straight-laced people are funny to watch when they get high, especially when you're loaded too. You know they were laughing their asses off every time she lost her glasses.
Everybody knows the show with the greatest consumption of drugs was Scooby Doo. Just look at Shaggy. I mean, his name is Shaggy, come on; he's a stoner. And Scooby was a stoner too. Ever notice how it was usually only those two who saw the ghosts and UFOs and stuff like that? Do you really think the active ingredient in "Scooby Snacks" are cakey goodness? Hell no, it's synthetic THC, with a LSD chaser. And come on, all that non-stop eating. Read between the lines. Besides, why would these guys be driving around in a van cross country all the time? And how can they afford to constantly live on the road? They were dealers, that's how.
And it also featured the most sex. Think it was mere coincidence that Fred and Daphne would disappear for about 20 minutes of the show and we never saw what they were doing? They always showed up later on, and for some strange reason, they usually never found anything during their, ahem, "investigation"
That's why Velma was the one who did all the work. She was pretty much straight-laced, though occasionally she did wonder off with Fred and Daphne. Take a wild guess what happened there. And Shaggy and Scooby would sometimes slip her some dope just for their own amusement. They'd all get high and then then Shaggy and Scooby would watch Velma's stoner antics, because straight-laced people are funny to watch when they get high, especially when you're loaded too. You know they were laughing their asses off every time she lost her glasses.
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...remind me which one of us adults has a fetish for a whiny jet?Originally posted by Sheba
COME ON what adult would play with a RUBBER DUCKY in a bathtub?! I figured he HAD to be a kid still.
Daphne was sooo hot. Mind you, so was Cheetara.
Let's face it, all quality kids TV was the product of our parents' generation on drugs. Things went waaaay downhill after the 80s...
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Ummm . . . rubber ducky is another term for a condom.Originally posted by Sheba
I mean COME ON what adult would play with a RUBBER DUCKY in a bathtub?!
Daphne went to "visit" me, and Fred liked to watch. Poor guy, I could tell that he had a thing for me, but I just didn't swing that way.Originally posted by Snake
And it also featured the most sex. Think it was mere coincidence that Fred and Daphne would disappear for about 20 minutes of the show and we never saw what they were doing? They always showed up later on, and for some strange reason, they usually never found anything during their, ahem, "investigation"
She liked to watch, too.That's why Velma was the one who did all the work. She was pretty much straight-laced, though occasionally she did wonder off with Fred and Daphne. Take a wild guess what happened there.
Uhm......, Getaway does! -- or so I've heard.....Originally posted by Sheba
I mean COME ON what adult would play with a RUBBER DUCKY in a bathtub?! I figured he HAD to be a kid still.
hmmmm...., some people think that about meOriginally posted by Sheba
I always thought Big Bird was mentally retarded
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Re: 'K...
LOL that is totally different.Originally posted by Stuart Denyer
...remind me which one of us adults has a fetish for a whiny jet?
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I don't know about him, but I'll go kicking and screaming, please!Originally posted by Strafe
Would you like to go quietly, or kicking and screaming?
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You people might be on to something. Look up Sesame Street on your music download software. DL the "Sesame Street on crack" file and those similar.
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Laugh D@mn you! Laugh!
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Uhm......, is that really a question?;)Originally posted by Grandizer
yes, Bert is evil
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no, it's a statement/joke. he got that pic from a website called Bert is Evil.
incidentally, one of the funniest things I've ever seen was after 9/11 some of the muslims supporting bin laden were waving posters around with his picture on it. and standing next to him was.... Bert! apparently they'd done a search on the web for bin laden pics and found the one at bert is evil and blew that up to make a poster out of it. I laughed and laughed.
incidentally, one of the funniest things I've ever seen was after 9/11 some of the muslims supporting bin laden were waving posters around with his picture on it. and standing next to him was.... Bert! apparently they'd done a search on the web for bin laden pics and found the one at bert is evil and blew that up to make a poster out of it. I laughed and laughed.