Sesame Street Season 42 News

[The Shoe Fairy]

Ironic that a not for profit gets sponsored from a bank and then goes to promote capitalist sentiment...
I do think that this is a good idea, as I study economics at school and I can't help but think how this would have aided a couple of people in my class in understanding some stuff at the start of the year. However I'm also of the opinion that whilst possibly a good idea, the level of understanding that children have around these sorts of concepts is likely quite varied, and the importance of teaching such concept at the age of the (current) target audience can be debated.

 

[Oscarfan]

TO those who stated about Sesame Street new Financial bank sponsers this season....well look at this...
http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2011/06/08/pf_sesame_street.cnnmoney/?source=cnn_bin&hpt=hp_bn3

What is our world coming to when you teach a young child the financial backgrounds of a bank at an early age ?

They're getting taught the basics of money, such as saving, spending and sharing. They're not going to teach things like loans or mortgages.

 

[Drtooth]

They're getting taught the basics of money, such as saving, spending and sharing. They're not going to teach things like loans or mortgages.

And they're not teaching them the dangers of random bank fees that the stockholders make them impose to get more short term gains that hurt everyone BUT themselves. Yeah, it's just a small focus that's frankly a season later than it should have been.

How come no one complained that the first year they had the "Good Egg Project" as a sponsor, they had a "Where Eggs supposedly come from" segment?

 

[Oscarfan]

Sneak Peak at SpiderMonster, the Musical!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1DdMeVqTw&feature=feedu

Am I the only one who kinda enjoys parodies involving the regular characters more than AMs? I mean, Grover in a parody is great enough, but adding Mr. Johnson in the mix is extra fun.

 

[minor muppetz]

I can't wait to see the whole thing! Though I wonder if Mr. Johnson recognises Grover as Spider Monster.

 

[BobThePizzaBoy]

Sneak Peak at SpiderMonster, the Musical!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1DdMeVqTw&feature=feedu

Am I the only one who kinda enjoys parodies involving the regular characters more than AMs? I mean, Grover in a parody is great enough, but adding Mr. Johnson in the mix is extra fun.

Absolutely brilliant. I haven't laughed so hard at a Sesame Street clip in a long time. And also note Frank Oz is Grover. Pure gold.

 

[Canadian Fan]

Check it out - Three Muppeteers on a Couch

 

[Drtooth]

Sneak Peak at SpiderMonster, the Musical!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1DdMeVqTw&feature=feedu

Am I the only one who kinda enjoys parodies involving the regular characters more than AMs? I mean, Grover in a parody is great enough, but adding Mr. Johnson in the mix is extra fun.

I can't even comment on that. It's too perfect anything I said would be repeating the obvious and taking away for that joke.

Lemme just say, that is one epic backhand of a parody! I haven't seen them do something that delightfully snarky since the opening line in C Drives me Crazy: "Live from the Mojave Desert, with their greatest and ONLY hit ever, the Fine Young Camels!"

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Absolutely brilliant. I haven't laughed so hard at a Sesame Street clip in a long time. And also note Frank Oz is Grover. Pure gold.

So that's Frank as Grover? Good to see his still performing his characters on occasion. I look forward to seeing the rest of that. Those Grover/Mr. Johnson skits are always the best.

 

[D'Snowth]

So that's Frank as Grover? Good to see his still performing his characters on occasion. I look forward to seeing the rest of that. Those Grover/Mr. Johnson skits are always the best.

For a while, he was only performing Bert for new Ernie and Bert bits, but once they ressurected the old Grover/Mr. Johnson routine, he started doing Grover again for those bits only.