Sesame Streets current target audience question

[Drtooth]

I agree that it seems like television is being used as the parent. And there's stuff on TV that's not very beneficial for adults. All I can say is that Dinosaurs truly satirized that with Captain Action Figure. "Not advertising, children's programming."

I'll take toy based entertainment over half the stuff us adults are supposed to watch any day. Transformers Prime is better written and less Narmy than half the action shows geared to adults (cough cough Once upon a time cough). Freakin' love Transformers Prime. That's my LOST.

Still, there's just something about the big, for lack of a better word, Flim Flam of 0-2 year old entertainment. Teletubbies clearly has some strange British factor. Any attempt at subtle British style humor is destroyed by how annoying the freaking show is. You know that crap Falwel said about Tinky Winky? I'm absolutely convinced that the creators totally did that on purpose, and said loudmouth couldn't take a joke.

Plus, as a fan of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series, Teletubbies is a COMPLETE waste of Trillian. No... seriously... the actress that played Trillian did the voice of one of those horrid bug things. Pop up trivia track on the DVD said so.


But Baby Einstein is a money making scheme that Disney fell into and bought (literally... they totally bought the company and then dumped it the second it was discredited). Then there's the Tweeg's Medicine Wagon version "Your Baby Can Read." Parents are absolutely convinced they can create a race of super intelligent children that have the bright future of being the worlds most eloquent and educated Burger King employees after college (another rant for another day). Even if this thing actually did work (which it so didn't), let's say every parent actually bought it and it worked. It makes all those hyper intelligent kids that could read before they were able to see clearly all exactly the same and therefore not special. And like I said, Burger King.

Of course, at the risk of sounding hypocritical, I did watch SS at a very young age. Of course, I didn't stop watching. And the sad thing is, when I did, it was a brief period from 6th grade through High School, and I still watch.

 

[mupcollector1]

Then there's the Tweeg's Medicine Wagon version "Your Baby Can Read."

I noticed you were mentioning about that. I've never heard of it. But as a loyal listener to Bob Proctor (Law of Attraction, The Secret, etc) He has mentioned a book called "How To Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence" and from what he said about it, it certainly sounds very interesting. But not a lot of people believe in Law of Attraction like I do, and that's okay.

Anyway back to Sesame Street, yeah I think the lowering of the target audience most have been an indicator of the show's change in format sort of speak. Also the relation of Barney's popularity that started in 1992 when the show when from direct to video to television format. It's interesting.

 

[mr3urious]

However, the producers became less and less interested in Elmo's World over time, to the point that the last new episode was made back in 2009. So, they were stuck with it for a while. Didn't help matters that when they tried removing it for two eps a few years ago, it didn't work.

I'm glad Elmo: The Musical has replaced it. It's a lot more varied and interesting, and treats the little red monster like a character rather than a mascot. I can't believe some people actually want EW back.

But Baby Einstein is a money making scheme that Disney fell into and bought (literally... they totally bought the company and then dumped it the second it was discredited). Then there's the Tweeg's Medicine Wagon version "Your Baby Can Read." Parents are absolutely convinced they can create a race of super intelligent children that have the bright future of being the worlds most eloquent and educated Burger King employees after college (another rant for another day). Even if this thing actually did work (which it so didn't), let's say every parent actually bought it and it worked. It makes all those hyper intelligent kids that could read before they were able to see clearly all exactly the same and therefore not special. And like I said, Burger King.

It's not so much teaching babies to read as it is teaching them to memorize words. Also, I remember on that Penn & Teller show where the guy who created it tested it on a few kids and they couldn't recognize the words at all. They paid more attention to their toys than the TV screen.

 

[Drtooth]

Elmo's World was basically Sesame Street light. As I said before, it basically uses all the approaches Sesame Street uses to teach a subject, squashed down and simplified. But the thing is, Sesame Street uses those techniques to teach more than one subject at a time. Elmo's World came off too young, and drag the show down with it.

 

[mupcollector1]

How about Play with Me Sesame?

 

[Oscarfan]

Play With Me Sesame is basically just a framing device for reused Sesame material, and the new stuff is slightly more entertaining than your average EW episode. But, they have played a lot of vintage clips.

 

[FunnyBear]

Play With Me Sesame is basically just a framing device for reused Sesame material, and the new stuff is slightly more entertaining than your average EW episode. But, they have played a lot of vintage clips.

I kinda feel like Play with me Sesame was an exuse to put in classic clips