I hope Sesame Workshop never sells the company

[salemfan]

You know what might be cool? A DVD series called "Big Bird Meets Mickey Mouse." Each one would contain new footage of Big Bird and Mickey as the masters of ceremony, introducing vintage Sesame Street episodes and vintage Disney cartoons.

I know this is an old thread, but it recently occurred to me that a sensible thing would be that if Disney bought Sesame Street, the Birdketeers, the Grouchketeers, and all other "-keteers" clubs that appeared on Sesame Street would unite with the Mouseketeers. I mean, it was an adaptation of Disney material that Sesame Workshop used. Muppet Wikia says the original adaptation, the Grouchketeers, first appeared in 1978, and the Birdketeers first appeared in 1985. I wonder if the writers decided to introduce the Birdketeers because they realized Big Bird had become the Mickey Mouse of the Sesame Street franchise, so Big Bird fit the adaptation better than Oscar.

 

[LittleJerry92]

if Disney bought Sesame Street

Please don't give them any ideas.

 

[salemfan]

Please don't give them any ideas.

Why don't you want me giving Disney any ideas?

 

[Muppets02]

Why don't you want me giving Disney any ideas?

Because Disney has become known to make a lot of greedy mistakes with handling their franchises, especially when it comes to the Muppets. While I am not pleased with the current direction of Sesame Street, I do fear that things would get even worse if Disney took control of it. After all, Disney is continuing to make pointless live-action remakes, and making sequels that nobody is asking for, including Toy Story 5 and Ice Age 6.

 

[salemfan]

While I am not pleased with the current direction of Sesame Street

Why are you not pleased with the current direction of Sesame Street?

 

[Muppets02]

Why are you not pleased with the current direction of Sesame Street?

Personally, I feel that Sesame Street has really been declining in quality since Season 46, especially as there was a huge change in direction for the show during that time. The street stories are not as engaging to watch anymore, and I do miss so many of the cast members and performers who are no longer on the show, including Alison Bartlett, Desiree Casado, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, Roscoe Orman, and Emilio Delgado. In addition, there is not any humor left in the show at this point, and so many of the Muppet characters have been sidelined, while Elmo in particular has been pushed even more excessively during recent years.
Even though there were also format changes during Season 33 and Season 40, I was still able to adjust to them, and continue to enjoy watching the show. However, with all of the changes that have happened since Season 46, I hardly even recognize it as the same show I knew growing up.

 

[salemfan]

Personally, I feel that Sesame Street has really been declining in quality since Season 46, especially as there was a huge change in direction for the show during that time. The street stories are not as engaging to watch anymore, and I do miss many of the cast members and performers who are no longer on the show, including Alison Bartlett, Desiree Casado, Steve Whitmire, Roscoe Orman, and Emilio Delgado. In addition, there is not any humor left in the show at this point, and so many of the Muppet characters have been sidelined, while Elmo in particular has been pushed even more excessively during recent years.
Even though there were also format changes during Season 33 and Season 40, I was still able to adjust to them, and continue to enjoy watching the show. However, with all of the changes that have happened since Season 46, I hardly even recognize it as the same show I knew growing up.

So why do you bet that Disney would make Sesame Street worse if they became the owner of it?

 

[CoolGuy1013]

Because Disney has a track record of buying the rights to beloved franchises only to ruin them.

 

[salemfan]

What would Disney do with the rights to long out of print Sesame Street books from the 70s that were published by Random House (now part of Penguin Random House)? Is that something Sesame Workshop has a better likelihood of allowing to be reissued?

 

[LittleJerry92]

If you really think Disney wouldn’t absolutely ruin the show in some way then it really shows what little you know of the company.