You are always welcome to our house! [Creepy]

Started by Malthus, March 12, 2009, 03:22:31 PM

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Jacob

And just because, here are some more Shel Silverstein links:

"Father of a Boy Named Sue": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dEUUaFbJqU&feature=related
"I was stoned and I missed it": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F15thKUEECQ&feature=related


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Quote from: Malthus on March 12, 2009, 03:22:31 PM
I was looking up old Sesamie Street clips on Youtube to entertain Carl with, when I came across this gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-EJNz2AoE&feature=related

*Shudder* I don't think he'll be seeing this one.  ;D

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A couple weeks back I also went through Sesame Street things I grew up with. Part of ours was home produced, part were puppet sketches and cartoons bought from the U.S. version. Looking at it today, some of the scenes are still very surreal and some of the dialogues (esp. Ernie/Bert, or the classical here/there thing) makes you wonder just what the heck people were smoking back in the day.

Today's kids tv is so harmless by comparison. :(
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Quote from: Malthus on March 12, 2009, 03:22:31 PM
I was looking up old Sesamie Street clips on Youtube to entertain Carl with, when I came across this gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-EJNz2AoE&feature=related

*Shudder* I don't think he'll be seeing this one.  ;D
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Quote from: Syt on March 14, 2009, 02:44:48 AM
A couple weeks back I also went through Sesame Street things I grew up with. Part of ours was home produced, part were puppet sketches and cartoons bought from the U.S. version. Looking at it today, some of the scenes are still very surreal and some of the dialogues (esp. Ernie/Bert, or the classical here/there thing) makes you wonder just what the heck people were smoking back in the day.

Today's kids tv is so harmless by comparison. :(
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Quote from: Syt on March 14, 2009, 02:44:48 AM
A couple weeks back I also went through Sesame Street things I grew up with. Part of ours was home produced, part were puppet sketches and cartoons bought from the U.S. version. Looking at it today, some of the scenes are still very surreal and some of the dialogues (esp. Ernie/Bert, or the classical here/there thing) makes you wonder just what the heck people were smoking back in the day.

Today's kids tv is so harmless by comparison. :(
I listened to an interview with the guy who is a sort of "Sesame Street biographer" recently, and apparently Bert and Ernie were a direct creative outlet for Jim Henson and Frank Oz, and were caricatures of them. No wonder they are some of the best characters in the series. :D

Also, a big reason why Sesame Street got sorta "dumbed down" is because it has began to cater to a younger and younger audience as the years passed (largely due to Barney the Dinosaur, who was much dumber but apparently started to seriously threaten the Sesame Street merchandize sales, because it was addressed to younger kids who loved him, and as they grew they would have become a "captive audience" rather than switch to Sesame Street).

So, similarly to Copernicus' monetary law, bad entertainment pushes good entertainment out of the market, sadly.

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Quote from: Martinus on March 12, 2009, 05:08:22 PM
Speaking of bizarro Muppet/Sesame Street stuff, here's outright promotion of homosexuality :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDaszN9ByxM

I love barney... He is a great character

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Quote from: Jacob on March 12, 2009, 06:35:24 PM
And just because, here are some more Shel Silverstein links:

"Father of a Boy Named Sue": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dEUUaFbJqU&feature=related


I love the original song, and this is a great song too, :lol:

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