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I suppose it's all how you look at it. Pendulums swing and standards change. Maybe at some point, saying that Chanukah is not a real holiday and Jews are delusional to think so will become acceptable. Maybe saying that Jews have a purpose in this world, implying that such a thing was ever in...

I am well aware that "Jew" is not a slur. I was being polite by saying "comments about a 'Jew'". Below are the exact words from http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekxmasanother03.htm (These words are at least CLOSE to DISTURBING, even if they are posted by "a Jew") Danny: "Why does Bob wink...

My original avatar was a vintage Fisher Price Little Person of Bert from the classic FP Sesame Street Play Set of the 1970's. The second one was an old symbol for the CTW. Then I thought it would be cool to freeze frame the guy who takes the ladder in the classic Sesame Street L cartoon...

It did cross my mind that one or both of them could be Jewish, so I wanted to find out more about it. However, I still find it disturbing because when someone logs onto that web page, the first thing they're going to see are the big comments about "a Jew" and the additional dialogue about...

I don't know. The kind of things on that page seem to cheapen those specials to me. Regular irreverence aside though, what is the deal with those comments about Jewish people?

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Maria met Luis several years before they became romantically involved. Throughout most of the 70's and early 80's, Maria and David were an item and she was just friends with Luis. Also, I don't recall David and Olivia really pairing up any more than usual after Maria and Luis got together...

This was the first time I ever heard that Northern Calloway was asked to leave the show. It's been said that he retired on his own for medical reasons. Where did you hear that he was let go?

But if it comes down to that, didn't a large number of children watch Sesame Street through the 70's and 80's? And weren't parents pleased with the results in those decades too? If the old format had not produced positive results in entertainment and education, I doubt that the show would have...

There were at least two skits on the DVD set that edited things that were shown on Noggin. Gordon singing to the Anything Muppets and Stevie Wonder singing. The reasons, from what I've heard on here, were copyright issues.

As far as I can recall, the human children were always able to meet Snuffy and know he was real as well. They just didn't seem to be as concerned with proving his existance as Big Bird was.

Funny thing though, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, an equally successful educational show for children, never felt the need to change with the times, yet it's still being rerun today and its benefit for today's children is completely recognized. Guess it ultimately comes down to the philosophy of...

I'm all for protecting kids, but when it comes to the old Sesame Street episodes, I have to ask, "What exactly are the kids being protected from?" :confused:

Also, I had to laugh at the disclaimer they put on the DVD that it might not be appropriate for kids. I know I'm paraphrasing, but there were words to that effect. At first I thought they were going to make a joke out of it, but then I realized that they were serious. The funny thing is that...

Although I wish the DVD set had included episodes that were not shown on Noggin (or at the very least, unedited episodes from Noggin), the bonus material well made up for any disappointments. I loved seeing the vintage skits that I never saw before (or at least don't remember) with Big Bird and...

I think Jim Henson had much more influence on the show than people realize. No, he didn't run the show, but he owned all of muppets that made the program a success; that had to give him some creative control. Joe Raposo and Richard Hunt were definitely a huge part of the show's success...

As has often been noted before, Snuffy was never invisible to anyone back then. The grown-ups just missed his presence. The belief that Snuffy was unseen due to invisibility is a myth that has gotten perpetuated over the recent years and was further confused by the recent episode where he did...

I really think it was a combination of Jim Henson's death and Northern Calloway's departure and eventual death that made 1989 the end of an era for Sesame Street.

I think they were trying to emphasize Ernie's personality more than Bert's in that skit. Besides, at that time, I think Bert's love for paper clips and pigeons was not yet fully developed into his character.

Always comes back to that, huh?