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Awww, thanks, guys...{{{group hug!}}} :flirt: I've made a lot of good friends here...Oscarfan, Mokeystar, and Bill the Bubbleguy among them. Great to hear from you all!

I can't believe I made it! Yep, my latest post in "What would you like to see on Sesame Street?" has brought the official post count up to four digits. Hard to believe I would get there without spamming, but then again I've stuck around for a few years: that's why we're called seniors, I guess.

You've got a point; I bet some still exist in New York, too. Maybe the reason Sesame Workshop hasn't shown new material about those signals, is that they think teaching about both kinds might confuse the kids.

Sometimes "no" IS a warning to kids that age--when Mom feels it's too urgent to say "don't touch that" or "don't go in there". I have a hard time imagining anyone using "yes" in a similar context, though!

Kids today could definitely use updated street-crossing material; I haven't seen a crosswalk signal with words since I was in grade school. :o The countdown timers would be good to mention in a film about listening, or one about how people with disabilities cross a street. (I've heard the...

Well, there are specialized schools for cooking, karate, and the arts--and in New York City, some of those schools probably offer classes for kids. I'd give Sesame Workshop the benefit of the doubt here, myself.

Bingo! One thing that sets Sesame Street apart from other kids' shows with animation, is that not every animated segment uses the same style. (Anybody got a letter T? :) Moving right along...) Granted, the Workshop does produce two shows (Sagwa and Dragon Tales) which use only 2-D animation...

I agree that Elmo's overexposure (not the character himself, or his performer) is ONE thing among several which have sent Sesame Street's quality down the drain. Sesame Workshop has been hit hard--by competing TV producers, a shrinking budget, and popular opinion about what preschoolers...

I think the idea that sickened Redsonga wasn't being vegetarian, but imagining the Swedish Chef as a monster who'll eat everything in sight. (Did I interpret your answer correctly, Red?) To get this back on topic, though...Sesame Street already has several characters obsessed with food...

I doubt that an animated version of Sesame Street would keep viewers for very long. Live-action scenes--on the street itself, and in the outside world with ordinary people--make Sesame Street feel like home; a show done only with cartoons or claymation loses much of that you-are-here realism.

Although a "Muppet Show visit" crossover sounds good in theory, some characters' quirks really aren't appropriate for Sesame Street--especially these: Sesame Street is aimed at children who are still learning to stay safe and to trust adults; having characters encourage nudity (outside a...

A friend of mine on YouTube wrote to ask whether anyone else remembers a folk band called Deadly Nightshade appearing on Sesame Street during the 80s or 90s. If you do, do any of you have clips of those appearances? (My friend mentioned that they performed a version of the "Old McDonald" song on...

It did fit the Word on the Street lesson pretty well, but recycling clips that way still feels like a cop-out to me. Sounds as if the producers have a series of clips in mind, all right: a modern sequel to the "Typewriter Guy" cartoons, but not quite as funny. :-| Agreed; the way Curly...

Murray and Ovejita decided to make artwork depicting each other; his was a childish-looking watercolor painting, and hers was a very realistic clay sculpture. Almost reminded me of that Global Grover sketch where Grover's donkey turns out to be the better sculptor...:D

Yeah, he hadn't been in any new material since that "zero fish" segment with Zoe...although this might be his last appearance, just as Mumford's last appearance was part of a street story. I personally wish that even more regular cast members (Muppet and human) had joined the talent show; too...

Muppets: Almost any character who wasn't retired for being "dated"; Mumford and Herry are my particular favorites, with Little Bird coming in a distant third place. Humans: Linda and Olivia both left the show because their actresses got better jobs, but there was no "in-story" explanation...

I'd agree that the dog was a collie and that the Flying 5's were probably CGI (not puppets). As for the P, I could swear I saw a different color each time--yellowish during the "Letter of the Day" spot, but orangish during the final announcement. The color change could've been a fluke of the...

True; some kid may get the idea that "yes" is some kind of warning, like "danger" or "I'm gonna get you". :concern: Not a very good lesson!

Yes, that's exactly what feels wrong with Sesame Street now: toddlers may need orderly structure, but carried too far the structure becomes dull and predictable. Some classic characters (Simon Soundman and the Count) were designed for single roles, but that shouldn't happen to everybody in the...

Spotted on a Flix comedy this morning This morning I was watching an old movie called "My Brother the Pig", in which a girl's younger brother gets transformed into a pig--and has to travel to Mexico with her nanny to find the one person who can reverse the spell. What does this have to do with...