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  1. Sparkina

    What sketches scared you as a kid?

    I loved that skit! It was a sendup of gangster movies and heist films. I did wonder, though, why they were wearing cowboy hats. When I was three, four, five, six, gangster hats and cowboy hats looked alike to me
  2. Sparkina

    The Goblin King

    Were any of you folks disappointed that Sarah didn’t stay underground with Jareth in Labyrinth? Hey. It’s David Bowie, at his most gorgeous. But it wouldn’t have worked. Jareth was not supposed to be a potential partner. He was a representation of the world of little-girl fantasy. Sarah...
  3. Sparkina

    When you outgrew Sesame Street...

    I guess for kindergartners and first graders
  4. Sparkina

    The Official "I'm looking for/trying to remember a sketch" thread

    I think — I don’t know but I think it’s possible that they made a second Rapunzel news flash skit because in the first one, the Prince came across as too abusive, even telling Rapunzel to “shut up”
  5. Sparkina

    What Oscar's done to avoid being bothered

    Once, he disguised himself as a bush. “I am not Oscar. I am a BUSH.”
  6. Sparkina

    Sesame Street Season 1 Episode 1 - Gordon Introduces Sally to Sesame Street

    Let’s not forget that in the very early going of the show, The Birdster was portrayed as not the brightest bulb in the marquee. Later in the show’s run, the character’s childlike innocence would supplant his “doofus” persona.
  7. Sparkina

    S is for SAD — Classic SS content that you found DEPRESSING

    As every Tom, Dick and, er, Gordon on here knows, S is for SESAME STREET — and for SKITS and for STORIES, and for SCENES and for SEGMENTS. It’s also for SAD. What classic SS skits, stories scenes and segments made you sad when you were little? The “A Flower Grows” “pageant” skit with Prairie...
  8. Sparkina

    Too old for Sesame Street

    I’m a grown *** woman, no kids as of yet, who was of the first generation to watch the show. I watch the classic episodes (anything up through 1974, mostly.) Ditto classic episodes of Mr. Rogers and the Electric Company. I already know my letters,numbers, colors, shapes, hygiene and manners, and...
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    Too old for Sesame Street

    Better yet, why not explain to children that CM is a make-believe character from the world of make believe but real kids in the real world need nutrients to have healthy bodies?
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