Sesame Street rant...

[GoldenBear]

When I was a kid I was just couldn't possible get enough of it, I had all the toys, videos, etc. But now looking back, I don't think it's the best thing kids should watch to really learn about life. Actually it was...until Elmo came on. He signified the epitome of America that things that are cute and furry are just nice little things, and nice little things are always cute and furry.

I mean, if you look at the other previous characters, an obsessed vampire who cackles constantly and is accompanied by bursts of thunder and lightning, a filthy misfit who lives in a garbage can and insults everyone, a loner whose best friend may or may not be a hallucination, two "best buddies" who squabble endlessly, a ranting game show host, a neurotic who turns into an incompetent superhero, a furry blob with bad grammar and an eating disorder.

So yeah, Elmo in a figurative sense resembles three-year-olds as much as Barbie does a real woman.

That is all.

 

[skemlawn]

HAHA, maybe I should sit down and watch an episode or two. But.... you can't tell me you would rather your kids watch the teletubbies?

who is "a loner whose best friend may or may not be a hallucination", "a ranting game show host", and "a neurotic who turns into an incompetent superhero".

 

[dennilfloss]

Every time I see Animal in the Muppets orchestra, I think of Red Dawn.

I can hear Russ say this while diving into a mountain of money:

&quot;I am ze Count! One thousand dollars! Two thousand dollars! Three thousand dollars! Four thousand dollars! Bwahahahahahahahaha!&quot; <thunder &amp; lightning coming from his crack rack>



Rock &amp; Roll Bum (Daniel Boone)

 

[PCAddict]

who is &quot;a loner whose best friend may or may not be a hallucination&quot;, &quot;a ranting game show host&quot;, and &quot;a neurotic who turns into an incompetent superhero&quot;.

Big Bird, Guy Smiley, and Grover, in that order.



Damn, I am 29 years old and still know all of the Sesame Street characters. Hmmm...