Sesame Street needs to end

[LittleJerry92]

I honestly see it as a way of disrespecting a public figure who can’t otherwise speak for themselves since…… well, they’re dead.

To me it’s no different than so many SpongeBob fans continually putting words in Stephen Hillenberg’s mouth saying he didn’t want spin-offs to happen and Nickelodeon disrespected his wishes the minute he died, in which the reality is he said he never SEES spin-offs happening, which honestly only makes the fans look disrespectful to their idol rather than them trying to “defend” him from the company they’re vilifying.

 

[Oscarfan]

I think people just over estimate Jim's actual involvement with the show. Yes, he developed those first Muppet characters and helped set the tone of what their bits were. Yes, he made little films. But that was pretty much it. Virtually every creative decision about the show comes from the writers, producers, curriculum people, etc.

 

[TimzUneeverse]

Not only that, I've seen a couple of Family Guy and Simpsons fans beg their shows to end. Sesame Street is an everlasting PBS Kids show.

 

[YellowYahooey]

I agree that the show's new direction and fewer classic segments is what would have ended my interest in the show, if I had continued watching beyond 1985.

Also, whoever is complaining about the show needing to end, I hate to be the barrer of bad news... but the show is likely going to continue through Season 60, as the show's writers ratified a strike-averting deal last May.

 

[Any Del]

Might be far-fetched, but I see the show going on for many decades to come. Even after we're all long gone. Just like what some people on the forums stated, Sesame Street does know how to keep up with the times and the creative team will do whatever that'll help kids academically and socially for not just school but for life as well.

 

[YellowYahooey]

There are other shows that tend to keep up with the times as well. For instance, the game show The Price is Right, that's had almost as long a run as Sesame Street, and the producers know how to keep with the times and the show does quite well in the ratings to this day - and there is no end in sight (and that's a good thing). Despite Bob Barker's popularity during his tenure, many people seem to like the show more with Drew Carey at the helm.

Though recently on Facebook, I read comments about the long-running daytime soap, The Young and the Restless, and how much people dislike it now. Based on the comments, the storylines are said to be horrible and some people have stopped watching some time ago. To be fair, daytime soaps are dying in popularity. Yet, strangely enough, CBS is not giving up on soaps - they have planned to launch a new daytime soap in the new year, The Gates.

 

[salemfan]

In my eyes, technically, the current Sesame Street TV show can be considered a reboot. What was the original show in my eyes ran for 32 seasons and what has been made since season 33 is a different version, even if season 35 was loved. Reboots can be loved also. It's not whether it's the same structure and/or same intro theme as the first version, it's how good the material is.

 

[ernierocks]

I think Sesame Street "WAS" a great show until like 2010. I am not saying Elmo "RUINED" the show, I just think that the new episodes are not fun with 0% humor. I always watch the old videos (season 1-37 era) and I love it and the good memories of course. When I watch the new ones, I just want to fall asleep when 1 minute passes. I love when many Muppets and people appear, not just focusing on one Elmo. I get bored but I do not want Sesame Street to "END", just getting better with a variety of Muppets, more human characters, and of course we need more humor.

 

[ssetta]

I do have to say that as of Season 56, the show has officially **** the bed. I've gotten upset about a lot of the changes they've made over the years, from when they changed the theme for the first time in Season 24, to when they added Around the Corner in Season 25, to when they added Elmo's World in Season 30, to when they changed the format in Season 33, to when they changed it again in Season 40, to when it went from an hour to a half hour and they let go of all the original human cast members in Season 46 ... to now. I got upset about all those changes I mentioned, but now when I look back on all those changes, I think it was a lot better then than it is now. And I've been thinking that for a long time. Because for a lot of that time, at least they were showing a good amount of old clips. But then they hardly showed any old clips, and now they basically don't show any clips at all. But I will admit that even with all these changes, I would still be very sad if the series were to end its 56+ year run.