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pineapple peteSILVER Member
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia


Posted:
arg. it cannot be. i heard a rumor. . .but. . . arg!!!

"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"

*proud owner of the very cute fire_spinning_angel, birgit and neon shaolin*


.:star:.SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
there was a thread about this aggess ago....but its still truely terrible!

thegreatnonamemember
58 posts
Location: under your bed


Posted:
it is a sad world.......

Isn't sanity a one trick pony? Rational thought is all you get but when you are crazy the sky is the limit.


Fine_Rabid_DogInternet Hate Machine
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...


Posted:
oh good god no!

why! Why god!

When will this crazy PC censoreing for the sake of the children stop?

And since when was there an owl?

The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."


linden rathenGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK


Posted:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

sad world .... *crawls off to become a hermit

back


.:star:.SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
does anyone else find the frit with faces in the pic disturbing?? they are freaky!

DragonFuryBRONZE Member
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia


Posted:
it's going to scar some poor little kids mind, and then seseme street will be sued.
"mummy the fruit is watching me eat it"

Do we sleep when we die?


PeleBRONZE Member
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA


Posted:
The song is lame too.

And I dunno about you all, but I grew up with cookie monster shoving cookies in his face, and most of it not making it in, and I still eat healthy.

I think it is stupid.
*shrug*

Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK


DragonFuryBRONZE Member
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia


Posted:
I remember copying him shoving cookies into my face, and i'm healthy. Though i think has to do with the fact my mum helped me understnad healthy eating a bit better than seseme stret.

Do we sleep when we die?


SocksBRONZE Member
Arf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA


Posted:
C is for Cookie.

that's good enough for me.

Socks

I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz


JauntyJamesSILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


Posted:
.:polishes the barrel of his rifle:.

.:speaks to said wepon:.

Sooon my dear, soooon.

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"


DragonFuryBRONZE Member
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia


Posted:
I like the little kid blowing of elmo's head thing

"la la la la, la la la la Elmo's song, la la la la, la" *Bang* "shut the F##k up"

and the winnie the pooh cartoon "satan, satan" Lou showed her mum that, and her mum was going on about it for days. Was very funny.

Do we sleep when we die?


Sic Kittymember
167 posts
Location: Richlands, North Carolina, USA


Posted:
Bah! I watch Sesame Street everryyyy day (I have a 2 yr old) and it's still the same. They even show the same cartoons and what not that I remember from when I was a kid.

Well...except there's Elmo's World now...but there's nothing I can do about that. Hey! Shouldn't someone tell them that teaching kids to draw on the wall is wrong?

You've just been attacked by:
SIC KITTY!
*cackles maniacally*
I suffer...*sob*...because I am better.

I don't really believe that.... *coughs*


Singed Piper (formerly Mark1)resident bagpiper
342 posts
Location: Vermont, USA


Posted:
cookie monster's change of habit is a bad thing, because it ignores the purpose of the character. cookie monster had a controlling vice, and in a world where no one smokes/drinks/does drugs/commits crimes a character with an addiction is important. the sketches where he ate cookies were never implying that he was right in his actions, they had him do things, like eat other peoples cookies or eating an entire jar when he was trying to resist, the disappointed other characters and himself. the message was that he had a problem that children should avoid developing. removing the eating habit makes the character traits and life lessons from sesame street makes it just another worthless distraction for kids in their formative years.

Q:What's the difference between the Great Highland Bagpipes and the Northumbrian Pipes?
A:The Great Highland Pipes burn longer.


Ash Blackstarmember
177 posts
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA


Posted:
I have to say Piper, that you have made a very logical argument about the changes being made with Cookie Monster. My boyfriend and I have decided that when we finally get married and have children, that we are going to get classic Sesame Street, and our kids will grow up watching that, and shows such as Mister Rogers Neighborhood, as opposed to shows such as Barney and Telletubbies.

One of my problems with the change to Cookie Monster, is that I have grown up watching him sing C is for Cookie, and they are now taking one of the most beloved characters and changing him, simply because they believe for some reason that parents cannot teach their children. Sesame Street and other shows of that nature, were originally intended as supplemental education, in addition to what the parents were teaching their children.

It seems to me that the producers of these shows, are trying to take the position of main teacher out of the parents hands, and trying to take it into their own hands. I see a fundamental problem with that, more so than my problem with their changing of my favorite character.

My entire childhood, when I watched the PBS childrens shows, my mother always watched them with me, and I intend to do so with my own children.

But yeah, its sad whats been happening.

Ash Blackstar

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, But Whips and Chains excite me"
"Only way to deal with Drama, heavy weaponry and a strong does of grow the Hell up"

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" Adam Savage - Mythbusters


IcerSILVER Member
just a shadow of my former self...
205 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand


Posted:
i think this is a classic case of PC gone mad. i always loved cookie monster, he wasnt perfect and that made him more real (as real as a puppet can be). my fav one was always grover, i dread the day when, becasue of all the times he tickled lil kids and them tickle him, he is taken to court for child molestation. and im not saying this as a joke, it just might happen...

It took a while, but once their numbers dropped from 50 down to 8, the other dwarves started to suspect Hungry.


DragonFuryBRONZE Member
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia


Posted:
I dont think that the producers are trying to take the role of the main teacher, i thinks more of the fact that they have been given that role by a large majority of parents out there. Both myself and my older sister could count to 10 and say the ABC before we went to school, as could most of our class mates. When my little sister started, 10 years later, she was classed as avanced because she could do it and hardly anyone else in the class could. From what i can gather, parents are expecting tv and teachers to do everything, even teach children manners, but thats another thread.

Do we sleep when we die?


Singed Piper (formerly Mark1)resident bagpiper
342 posts
Location: Vermont, USA


Posted:
Given, i'm from a bit of a "different" subculture, being Roman Catholic, but I believe that this issue plagues public schools as well. Many parents are not willing to adequately teach morals and lifestyle to their children, so children don't learn their parents' values. the children then ignore those values and the government is told that "children need more education in these areas." thus we have health class teaching morality and lifestyle, television teaching anti-smoking/drugs, and children not learning, because their REAL authority figures take no stance on the matter. I believe public school can serve to educate all subcultures/religions/lifestyles if they stop trying to cater to any of them, teach just factual subjects and allow parents to teach their beliefs to their children. currently, public schools are not under a "seperation of church and state" because they teach values and lifestyles to children. these curriculums say what is ok, what is wrong, and what is healthy based on national standards, not on individual beliefs of the students or parents. I taught a catechism class for a summer, and saw children who knew nothing about the faith they were supposedly raised in, yet when questioning the rules of catholicism could quote health teachers word for word. this is not an issue that is limited to Catholicism, however. any religion with set morals will see problems with allowing majority rule to define our childrens' values. somehow, society must change to place more importantce on parents.
I realize that there are parents who will not impart values and morals in their children, but that is not an excuse to deny the others the chance.

Q:What's the difference between the Great Highland Bagpipes and the Northumbrian Pipes?
A:The Great Highland Pipes burn longer.


SocksBRONZE Member
Arf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA


Posted:
Children are a product of the environemtn they grow up in, as much as any other factor. If you want to go to sociatal ills, it's been a long progression. I can go back to the 70's when kids weren't really handled "hands on". Teach them, and get them into society.

NOW the probelm is that society wants to raise the children. You can't spank your children,t ht's child abuse. You can't scold them, that'll hurt their feelings and make them grip up with issues. You can't punish them by confining them to their room, as that's emotional abuse. You can't do much of anything without having authority figures tell you you're wrong, and possibly putting you in jail for it. Heck, if a child has bruises on his body from playinhg outside, teachers have to report it to their school districts as possible child abuse! (My sister is a teacher, I get stories...)

So parents aren't teaching values, teachers are tired of parenting students, the system is more interested in dealing out justice when teens / kids do bad things for attention... and in the end you get a generation that says "I won't let my children grow up like I did" and htey pass even DUMBER laws to prevent adults from raising children.

Why no, I don't hold a lot of faith in humanity.

Socks

I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz


MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom


Posted:
So now Cookie monster is gonna EAT. nooooo!
The fact that everything that went into his mouth came out again was great but I siuppose the next factor would be that he was bulemic coz he binged then every crumb came back out.
LEAVE OUR PROGRAMS ALONE!!!!
*mourns the loss of a hero to the people* frown

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


JauntyJamesSILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


Posted:
I'm watching Seaseme Street right now. It's an old episode featureing Cookie Monster. I love him so much, "me glutton, not lier!" He had been accused of stealing Maria's cookies, you see. He hadn't, so he was very insulted, and he had his feelings hurt.

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"


Sir Nuggit....is a liability
899 posts
Location: playing with traffic


Posted:
Has anyone seen "Meet the Feebles"? It's like watching Seaseme Street on Acid! Outragious (and directed by Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame)

Pull my pin out, roll me in to a room and see what happens ubbloco


MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom


Posted:
I HAVE...
don't know anyone else who has...
Mixamitosis, Nasal sex, all very bizarre. saw it 7 years ago at uni.

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


Hubert_CumberdaleSILVER Member
[psylocibin fingerbobe].
479 posts
Location: London, United Kingdom


Posted:
has society gone mad?

So it's no cookies now for cookie monster...and yet they say that frogs and pigs can be "girlyfriend and boyfriend"

No wonder kids grow up with funny attitudes.

Sir Nuggit....is a liability
899 posts
Location: playing with traffic


Posted:
"Heidi! You've been overeating again haven't you?
Uh, no I haven't.
Then explain to me why there is black forest cherry cake in your cleavage!"


Genuis ubblol

I've got it at home - much funage to be had after a night out; spins people right out wink

Pull my pin out, roll me in to a room and see what happens ubbloco


MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom


Posted:
Indeed... ubblol
Need to find a copy to watch with mates...teach them what muppets do on the weekends ubbloco

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


JauntyJamesSILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


Posted:
Anybody seen the musical Avenue Q? It's still on broadway, it's a Seaseme Street parody with numbers like "it sucks to be me" and "the internet is for porn".

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"


SocksBRONZE Member
Arf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA


Posted:
Sorry for the revival here, but there's PBS news of interest.

"The House (of Representatives) is threatening to slash half of the public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow" and other commercial-free children's shows. Sign our petition to Congress opposing these massive cuts to public broadcasting. Tell your senators and representative: "Congress must save NPR, PBS and local public stations. We trust them for in-depth news and educational children's programming. It's money well spent." "

https://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/
to see the petition.

Moveon.org is a watchdog (heh heh) group. They do support candidates, but the main group just keeps tabs on the current government.

I realise most of the readership of this board does not live in the USA, but I want everyone to know what's going on stateside.

Socks

I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz


DragonFuryBRONZE Member
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia


Posted:
good luck with teh petition dude!

Do we sleep when we die?


The Tea FairySILVER Member
old hand
853 posts
Location: Behind you...


Posted:
*bumpety-bump*

Sorry for the ancient revival, but I have a question!

Years ago now (around August 2002 I think), me and my friend were sat watching tv at about 3 in the morning and we were quite wasted. There was this fantastic show on starring these three little muppets, one of whom had just hit sexual maturity and couldn't stop wanking all over the place. The other 2 muppets were trying to help him by taking him to strip clubs and hookers and trying to help him get laid. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life, but to this day we've never met anyone else who's seen it!

Is it possible it was this 'meet the feebles'? Has anyone else here seen it?

Idolized by Aurinoko

Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....

Bob Dylan


The Tea FairySILVER Member
old hand
853 posts
Location: Behind you...


Posted:
ok I just checked and it wasn't 'meet the feebles', the muppets looked much more like, well, muppets, cute and furry rather than slightly scary...

Idolized by Aurinoko

Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....

Bob Dylan


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