CherryPizza
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After finally finding a copy on the shelves in Australia, I am currently watching volume 2 of the Old School DVDs.
Yes, the discs are wonderful, and the purpose is clear. Yes, it's wonderful to see (mostly) intact episodes from years gone by. You've heard the praise from many people on this forum, and it will be echoed by me.
However, I must draw your attention to a vital issue that nobody has been brave enough to raise. I must expose the suspected conspiracy. Is Sesame Workshop trying to corner a niche market of those who have an unhealthy fetish for... the number two?
Why must just about every episode included be sponsored by the number two? How many times can I (and my fellow viewers) see the number 2 Baker sketch or the 'two little girls, two little dolls, two cats' song before appreciation turns into monotony or, even worse, being sucked in to the twisted number 2 cult?
Has Sesame Workshop been possessed by a group of loons who spend their nights around the campfire, reciting tales of Noah's Ark and praising its message about going through life two-by-two? Are we not meant to notice that 2 is the atomic number for helium, a substance which can make the most devoted Old School SS viewer sound like the New School attention hog that is Elmo? Are we meant to be sucked into series of dichotomies, where everything is either good or bad, and we see no shades of grey? Is it something much less sophisticated, trying to lure us away from intelligent humour to lowbrow toilet jokes about 'number twos'?
Or is it all just a big coincidence?
Yes, the discs are wonderful, and the purpose is clear. Yes, it's wonderful to see (mostly) intact episodes from years gone by. You've heard the praise from many people on this forum, and it will be echoed by me.
However, I must draw your attention to a vital issue that nobody has been brave enough to raise. I must expose the suspected conspiracy. Is Sesame Workshop trying to corner a niche market of those who have an unhealthy fetish for... the number two?
Why must just about every episode included be sponsored by the number two? How many times can I (and my fellow viewers) see the number 2 Baker sketch or the 'two little girls, two little dolls, two cats' song before appreciation turns into monotony or, even worse, being sucked in to the twisted number 2 cult?
Has Sesame Workshop been possessed by a group of loons who spend their nights around the campfire, reciting tales of Noah's Ark and praising its message about going through life two-by-two? Are we not meant to notice that 2 is the atomic number for helium, a substance which can make the most devoted Old School SS viewer sound like the New School attention hog that is Elmo? Are we meant to be sucked into series of dichotomies, where everything is either good or bad, and we see no shades of grey? Is it something much less sophisticated, trying to lure us away from intelligent humour to lowbrow toilet jokes about 'number twos'?
Or is it all just a big coincidence?