These early ‘Sesame Street’ episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.
i'm just going to leave that sentence to hang there for a second, but for a more comprehensive appraisal of the situation, virginia heffernan has written a corking piece on it for the new york times. have a look here.
sesame street started in 1969, so maybe things were a bit different back then. more tumultuous. fuelled by hallucinogens. rife with invisible woolly mammoths. still, surely times haven't changed that much. even back then sesame street really just wanted to teach kids how to count.
and while we're getting nostalgic here's a clip of the now deemed inappropriate 'monsterpiece theatre'. absolutely sublime.
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sesame streets is one of those things that just go right over your head if you grew up anywhere to the east of the Berlin Wall.
instead we had "Laku Noc, Deco" ("Good Night, Children"). it aired at 7.30pm every night.
and it went a little something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rsAzeKumGE
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