Recently the owners of Sesame Street released the first season from 1969 on DVD. They have curiously placed a warning label on the DVD stating that some of the content is dated and now not suitable for young children. As many of us know that when you make DVD's out of classic programs from the 40's, 50's and 60's sometimes you get some politically incorrect material that is either racial or sexist or just downright mean spirited. The Looney Toons vault set comes to mind.
So the
New York Times listed a few of the scandalous things going on at Sesame Street in the late 60's. In the 60's there was a popular show hosted by English actor Alistair Cook called Masterpiece Theatre. Sesame Street's version was Monsterpiece Theatre hosted by Alistair Cookie or as we lovingly know him Cookie Monster. This is bad people, really bad, "Cookie Monster is making fun of America's favorite old fart sitting next to a fireplace, reading a book!" (
Scrooged) What really makes this bad is that Mr. Monster is holding, gasp, a pipe! Call the Police! Then this insane crazed monster does the unthinkable he eats the pipe! Oh my god this should be x-rated no child should see an imaginary blue creature eating a fake pipe. Honestly I don't think little children today would know what a pipe is, do you see people smoking pipes anymore, but that is beside the point. What the hell is wrong with these people!!? It's Sesame Street!! I grew up on Sesame Street I would like my son to grow up on Sesame Street there is nothing controversial about it, plain and simple.
We live in a very reactionary country now, where everything, no matter how innocent or non-threatening somehow appears nefarious if taken from a slightly skewed perspective. I mean one of the other complaints was that Oscar the Grouch was too grouchy. That Big Bird plays with an imaginary friend Mr. Snufalufagus and the kids make fun of him for it. Cookie Monster eats too many cookies and it apparently sets a bad example for children. It came to my attention now that Cookie Monster doesn't eat cookies at all anymore he just eats vegetables. WTF? He's the Cookie Monster!!! You see this is very simple, as parents we show our children these things to entertain them and sometimes to educate them. No responsible parent that I can think of would just hand a kid a giant cookie jar and tell little Junior to act like the cookie monster and feed his fat little face!! Parents and especially these damn action groups need to stop nitpicking every little thing in children's programming. Be parents, set rules for your own kids but stop ruining the experience for others because their parents are actually involved with their kids lives. There is nothing wrong with Sesame Street except that now, apparently, it is so PC that it sounds like it lost the fun and wonder that it used to have. This is really sad, I will admit that Sesame Street was created in simpler times, before Columbine type horrors but why do we have to shield children from that innocence of old? Our children are young and impressionable but they aren't stupid unless we as parents make them that way.
So I want to give this Celebrity Bucket O' Dumb to Sesame Street and Overprotective Parents everywhere! Because life is too short and the world is filled with real issues and problems that we, the normal ones, in this society are forced to just put you in your place and tell you to relax and enjoy the damn show!
Everyone knows his popular song Sweet Caroline, well recently he has added a new twist to the creation of a song that, now, doesn't sound so sweet but downright creepy. During a concert for Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party Neil Diamond revealed to the crowd that the Caroline pic below was the inspiration for his most popular song-- from the early 60's.
Um, now I know Caroline Kennedy is 50 now but she was like 10 or 11 years old in this photograph. Neil says, "It was such an innocent, wonderful picture, I immediately felt there was a song there." Yeah a song for a Pederast. In this song that fans sing during the eighth inning of every game at Fenway Park you can hear phrases like "Hands, touchin hands Reaching out touching me, touching you." And if you thought that was creepy listen to this part "But now I look at the night and it don't seem so lonely we fill it up with only two." Neil what the fuck were you thinking admitting this one. This song is an American Classic now it's an anthem for Pedophiles--and it doesn't stop there. I was just listening to your other song Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon, and wow it's like listening to new lyrics or something, they have taken on a whole new meaning. I guess you really like them young Mr. Diamond. I was never a huge Neil Diamond fan but now the old coot just freaks me out. So on behalf of all children everywhere I bestow to you Neil Diamond this Celebrity Bucket o' Dumb, and Neil do us all a favor and stay away from the playground.
