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Title: Sesame Street - Adults Only
Post by: Sigyn on November 20, 2007, 06:31:52 PM

I'm not sure if this means the 60's were a bad time for children or now is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Title: Re: Sesame Street - Adults Only
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on November 20, 2007, 08:48:51 PM

i'm not sure why every time sesame street does something everyone gets their panties in a bunch.

I think that they've simply learned how to program for children a little better. The typical fatherly figure just before that was made was always smoking a pipe. It was a warm and comforting figure for most. Why would it be obvious then that Cookie Monster shouldn't smoke a pipe?

Of course we know better the dangers of smoking now. So of course it's a bad idea to broadcast it like that to children.

Title: Re: Sesame Street - Adults Only
Post by: 42 on November 20, 2007, 11:43:01 PM

The irony for me is that my coworkers and I were trying to get onto the Sesame Street website today. BYU's servers blocked it citing it as a pornographic site.

Title: Re: Sesame Street - Adults Only
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on November 21, 2007, 01:31:40 PM

and that makes me giggle. A lot.

Title: Re: Sesame Street - Adults Only
Post by: Sigyn on November 21, 2007, 05:23:30 PM

Oh, BYU, how I miss you but not your filters.