the danger of a sanitized world
December 4th, 2007 by 
bkmarcus
My friend Carolyn pointed me to this:
Sesame Street is now brought to you by the letter P and the letter C — for political correctness, that is.
The fun police have slapped an “adults only” warning on a new DVD of classic episodes, which featured a world in which children played in the street, a monster gorged on cookies and a bad-tempered puppet lived in a bin.
The episodes, made between 1969 and 1974, have been released in the US with the caution: “These early Sesame Street episodes are intended for grown-ups and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.”
N.b.: “Andrew Fuller, a clinical psychologist and consultant on children’s television production, said a sanitised world was far more dangerous than the whacky world of Sesame Street.”
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3 Comments »
Sesame Street for adults? | the view from below said,
[...] File this one in the “you’ve got to be kidding” category. [...]
A.E.W. Sterling said,
As one who watched those episodes the first time around, I’d say I’m surprised at this, except that the way the world is today, I can’t say that I’m surprised. Absurd and tragic.
caj said,
There has to have a been a Sesame Street character who warned us against this type of behavior.