Your Thoughts: Sesame Street Season 39

[mikebennidict]

But if Sesame runs out of ideas, what will the state of the Street become?

It probably won't happen so let's even not go there.

And being on for so long we need to think possitively that they're always be something they'll come up with.

After all this is not some prime time entertainments series.

 

[wwfpooh]

After all this is not some prime time entertainments series.

Doesn't matter. The Street is pop culture family now. It's an institution. It's the teacher to many inner city children who couldn't afford the finer things or to those middle class kids whose parents now are too busy to do their freakin' jobs (but I digress on that second one).

 

[ISNorden]

But if Sesame runs out of ideas, what will the state of the Street become?

Stuck in reruns for several years before PBS drops it altogether, heaven forbid!

 

[Erine81981]

Stuck in reruns for several years before PBS drops it altogether, heaven forbid!

Maybe before long they'll start airing some of the older episodes. Being that with Mr. Rogers show starting airing older episodes thought out the 80's all we just need to start hoping that PBS will do the same with SS before long.

 

[wwfpooh]

Maybe before long they'll start airing some of the older episodes. Being that with Mr. Rogers show starting airing older episodes thought out the 80's all we just need to start hoping that PBS will do the same with SS before long.

But then that negates SW's whole "for adults" comment regarding the Old-School sets, doesn't it?

 

[muppet baby]

And yet, you do.

hahah opps sorry i was just doing it in a good way saying that i did not want it canceled

 

[fuzzygobo]

if Sesame street ran out of ideas

Chances are they won't run out of ideas for Sesame Street (running out of GOOD ideas is a matter of opinion) as long as they have a strong writing staff, and for as long as the cast are willing and able to keep going (Bob McGrath is 75, Carroll Spinney is 74, and Loretta Long is 68), and of course, as long as there is still funding to keep the show afloat.

I have an opinion that might not make me very popular, but here it is anyway. Maybe, JUST MAYBE, it could be a good thing to wrap up the show after Season 40. End on a high note. 40 is a nice, strong, even number. I even thought, before Jim died, they could have even called it a day after 20 seasons. Or 30.
Sesame Street would always have its reputation intact, instead of being driven into the ground, and having people comparing "Well, the last ten years were not as good as the first twenty" or such.

While it's admirable for Sesame Street to be on as long as it has been, I would hate to see it being continued just for the sake of keeping it going, even if it falls into mediocrity. Some people may argue it's already reached that stage; i.e. Elmo's World, Monster Clubhouse, etc. (Before you start writing your Congressman about how bad I must be, please hear me out).


Jim knew when enough was enough. Five seasons of The Muppet Show, five seasons of Fraggle Rock. He probably could have produced more, he had the financial resources to do so, but he knew when to wrap things up so that each episode of both series would stand as classics. There is very little filler. There is very little mediocrity. There is a standard of excellence that might not exist if either series were stretched out for another year or so.

He knew when it was time to end. So neither series (especially Fraggle Rock) were ever in danger of "running out of ideas". I hope the same can be said for Sesame Street.

Thank you for letting me preach my sermon. Brought to you through the gospel of the letters P,E,A,C, and E.

 

[Drtooth]

And what do you suppose they replace it with? Hmm? Another one of those minus minded Dora knockoffs where the cartoon characters ask the audience where the green rectangle is for 5 minutes before they answer their own question? Listen, it IS an institiution and it will keep going for as long as they're able. In a world of unbenificial, inexplicably popular, hyperactive, and candy colored pablum, Sesame Street stands out as some of the highest quality preschool programming. EVEN with Monster Clubhouse.... EVEN with Journey to Ernie.... EVEN with Elmo's World.

Ending it will serve no good. Maybe in 10 years or so.


And guess what... SS HAS repeated itself over and over. They have the same plot acted by different characters all the time. Remember when Cookie had the Cookie Flu? That was reused from when the Count had counting flu. It's no big deal, since it's new to new groups of preschoolers watching the show.

So there will always be a call for it, and always be an audience. It's not like the Simpsons, where the show desperately needs to end. It's more like Saturday Night Live. It'll be around forever, but the cast will change.

 

[The Count]

Erherm... Don't want any fighting, as civil as it may be taking place here. This thread is for discussion of the new season. Please check your overall Sesame thoughts at the 1-2-3 doors, take it to another thread if need be. If you can't say something nice, well, at least try to voice your concerns in as positive and respectful a tone as possible. If no new episodes are currently airing, then wait for the next new episode to air before coming here. We all thank you for keeping this in mind.

Have a sunny day.

 

[wwfpooh]

It'll be around forever, but the cast will change

Exactly. Bob, Gordon, and all the rest of the human cast may leave, but the Muppet cast will most likely remain intact until the performers pass the characters on to others, just like how many of the original Muppet performers have passed their characters on to then-inexperienced people.