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mouseferatu mention this this morning, and I thought "surely he's gone mad!"
But, nope: Sesame Street is now for grown-ups.
It isn't referring to today's SS, lovingly crafted by the hardworking people at the Children's Television Workshop/HensonCo, a division of Disney. Apparently, a release of the first season of SS (and fuck, that's an unfortunate acronym) has been listed as for "grown-ups" (one letter from "Frown-ups", but I have no idea what those are) because of Cookie Monster's tendency to eat lots and lots of junk food and to smoke.
Amusingly enough, Cookie Monster was originally invented as a mascot for Frito Lays, which means he was designed to be an icon for people who smoked a lot and then ate junk food.
Now, personally, I can see how getting rid of smoking in a kid's show can only be considered a good thing. And I speak from personal experience when I say that a Grouch is not something you want to spend any time around. No, I'm not talking about my wife. Jesus, you people.
It seems silly for someone to list a kid's show as for adults, but it's not surprising. Things change, times change, and what people consider appropriate changes. So people don't think a smoking muppet is appropriate anymore? No big whoop. It's just a DVD, after all. Presenting Oscar's grouchiness as the attention getting passive aggressive bullshit it is, designed to love sponge off of the rest of the Sesame Street inhabitants, instead of as an acceptable personality trait, would be a nice change, but I can't see that being done anytime soon.
In any case, it's a pretty simple thing. Is it that stragne to consider that a kid's show from almost 40 years ago would be different from one from today?
Personally, I still think Cookie is less annoying (or at least less pandering to base instincts) than Princess Mermaid Barbie (Mermaid Princess Barbie?), but that's just one person's yadda yadda.
Edit: There is also going to be a new series of The Electic Company starting next year. I believe this has less to do with making edutainment for pre-schoolers and more with breeding the next generation's Joss Whedon.
mouseferatu mention this this morning, and I thought "surely he's gone mad!"But, nope: Sesame Street is now for grown-ups.
It isn't referring to today's SS, lovingly crafted by the hardworking people at the Children's Television Workshop/HensonCo, a division of Disney. Apparently, a release of the first season of SS (and fuck, that's an unfortunate acronym) has been listed as for "grown-ups" (one letter from "Frown-ups", but I have no idea what those are) because of Cookie Monster's tendency to eat lots and lots of junk food and to smoke.
Amusingly enough, Cookie Monster was originally invented as a mascot for Frito Lays, which means he was designed to be an icon for people who smoked a lot and then ate junk food.
Now, personally, I can see how getting rid of smoking in a kid's show can only be considered a good thing. And I speak from personal experience when I say that a Grouch is not something you want to spend any time around. No, I'm not talking about my wife. Jesus, you people.
It seems silly for someone to list a kid's show as for adults, but it's not surprising. Things change, times change, and what people consider appropriate changes. So people don't think a smoking muppet is appropriate anymore? No big whoop. It's just a DVD, after all. Presenting Oscar's grouchiness as the attention getting passive aggressive bullshit it is, designed to love sponge off of the rest of the Sesame Street inhabitants, instead of as an acceptable personality trait, would be a nice change, but I can't see that being done anytime soon.
In any case, it's a pretty simple thing. Is it that stragne to consider that a kid's show from almost 40 years ago would be different from one from today?
Personally, I still think Cookie is less annoying (or at least less pandering to base instincts) than Princess Mermaid Barbie (Mermaid Princess Barbie?), but that's just one person's yadda yadda.
Edit: There is also going to be a new series of The Electic Company starting next year. I believe this has less to do with making edutainment for pre-schoolers and more with breeding the next generation's Joss Whedon.
