PBS: Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers's 'hood, and so much more!

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1472539066184912898

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1495879194810925056

I don't think anyone is surprised that DW grew up to become a cop.

I think myself and a lot of people are surprised that Arthur was still producing new episodes in the 2020s.

 

[MFer]

I assume this should hit most toddlers of the early 80s right in the feels.

Late 80s here, but I watched this many times as a kid on VHS.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1496892547855233029

Jeeeeeeeeeessussss

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1502052816654901251

Tonight's glass of milk will be raised in Luis' honor.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1538215457613918217

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[BruiserBrody]

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From the looks of it, Big Bird is about to commit a hate crime inside.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

That's a screen cap from the banned episode. He's protecting Hooper's Store from the Wicked Witch of the West.

In any case, we know which Sesame Street episode @Laz will show Laz Jr next. Big Bird is FN extreme.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I will now commission a stuffie made of Big Bird with a blood trickle down his face, wearing a shirt that says "SESAME F'N STREET." Thanks for the idea, bro.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I genuinely forgot that there was an episode of Arthur where Arthur decked DW (and that was the origin of the Arthur clinching his fist meme!)

Which is a weird thing to forget cause I feel like a scene where a little girl gets smacked would be very jarring even 10-20 years earlier let alone in the late '90s.

I'll never forget the episode of Arthur guest starring Art Garfunkel though.

 

[Valeyard]

It only is jarring if you're an only child.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I only had brothers. If I had a sister (especially one as annoying as DW), I'd probably want to punch them but it's still weird to see on a light kids show!

Come to think of it, I can't think of many instances of kids of any gender getting punched when I was watching cartoons. And if it did happen, it was usually as very special episode about how fighting is wrong.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1556446083273875456

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Come to think of it, I can't think of many instances of kids of any gender getting punched when I was watching cartoons. And if it did happen, it was usually as very special episode about how fighting is wrong.

I remember an episode of Doug about a schoolyard fight that showed Doug knocking one of the nerd twins out cold.

 

[Valeyard]

Link was bullied by Zelda a bunch of times.

 

[Fall of Epic]

There was that episode of Rugrats where Chuckie thought he was a super hero. He wound up spearing Angelica at the end because she teased him.

Edit -

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

"Sesame Street" Fans Expressed Outrage On Social Media After HBO Max Included Episodes Of The Series As Part Of Its Purge

"Ding-dong, you’re wrong," fans said, basically.

www.buzzfeednews.com

I wonder if Children's Television Workshop regrets selling out. Maybe if Democrats can hold onto the White House, Biden can buy back Big Bird in 2025.

 

[BruiserBrody]

The arrangement is HBO pays for production and gets first dibs, then PBS gets to air it without having to incur costs IIRC. So HBO Max was just gravy.
The poors who Sesame Street is designed for likely don't have HBO Max.

 

[alkeiper]

HBO Max has rights to air classic episodes. It's not difficult to find the new stuff. But HBO put everything pre-2007 or so behind a paywall and then purged most of it from the service. I'm not likely to do a Sesame Street binge in the near future but it's frustrating.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1562515076665421824

Eh. I am sure Brody will let us know how it is.

 

[alkeiper]

Looking forward to the conservative version of Lawrence Welk reruns.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Red Green, except everyone is old school racist. And Harold is battered by homophobia.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1572320410158465025

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

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Here is one for all of us ‘90s boys...a documentary about Barney hate!

 

[BruiserBrody]

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Here is one for all of us ‘90s boys...a documentary about Barney hate!

My niece was born in 92 so 10 year old Brody spent 2 or 3 years babysitting while Barney was at the height of his powers.
We had a VHS we taped off PBS that was a mix of Barney and random WWF Superstars feature matches I taped in between. I will always associate Barney w/the Bushwackers facing the Quebeccers (Ok, that was a random RAW I apparently was able to see at my brothers apartment or something), and Doink vs Crush from Superstars (from the same weekend where Crush was facing Yoko on RAW and did the injury angle).

I can still sing several of the Barney songs by heart.
I found the plush Barney (my niece loved at the time) at a flea market several years ago. My niece didn't give a shit when I showed her.

 

[alkeiper]

The dark side of Barney is that they aired a television show.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1598634186931195904

 

[BruiserBrody]

Bob McGrath, original 'Sesame Street' cast member, dead at 90 | CNN

Bob McGrath, an original cast member of the beloved children's program "Sesame Street," has died, according to statements from his family and Sesame Workshop shared on social media.

www.cnn.com

 

[alkeiper]

I may have mentioned something like this before, but when Noelle was born I started watching Sesame Street again. Before the HBO purchase Bob, Gordon, Maria and Luis would pop in occasionally and that kind of continuity was comforting. Seeing Emilio Delgado (Luis), Carroll Spinney (Big Bird/Oscar) and now Bob pass away in the last five years is just a brutal reminder that you can't go back.