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What Ho, Nostalgia?
I watched a lot of Sesame Street when I was a kid, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I had a record featuring Kermit the Frog singing "It's Not Easy Being Green" and Ernie's hit "Rubber Duckie"... I seem to recall a song about having two eyes ("and they're both the same size") as well.
I remember Sesame Street quite fondly, really, though I won't touch the stuff now. Elmo's voice makes me want to do terrible, terrible things and I got disgusted when Cookie Monster became a spokesperson for the virtues of vegetable eating (no one can convince me that Cookie Monster isn't a better sinner than he is a saint). But in spite of these changes, I was a little surprised to see a piece in the New York Times Sunday Magazine about how the DVDs of vintage Sesame Street carry a warning: "These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child."
It's a really interesting article, and I can't say I don't still prefer old Sesame to new.
This is not to say that I don't understand how looking back can be painful. I happily got a copy of The Story of Babar for Felix and nearly choked when I started reading it to him (I loved it but it had been quite a large number of years since I last looked at it) that Babar's mother is shot to death by hunters on the second or third page. Felix is in a bit of a clingy phase right now and I suppose that gives me a heart of marshmallow because I have been fudging the story. I told myself I wouldn't do that but I just can't do the death thing with him. Cookie Monster is certainly welcome, however. Light vice I can handle. I commit it constantly anyway.
posted by Elise at 11:44 AM
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