This makes me mad. In the 70s and 80s (I'm only 16, but as a kid I watched reruns/tapes from that era), you had Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Lefty the Salesman, Sherlock Hemlock, Snuffy, Oscar, Biff and Sully (if you don't remember them, they were the construction workers, I think they were on the show sometime in the late 70s/early 80s), Gordon, Susan, Bob, David, Luis, Maria, and Mr. Hooper, along with any of the other cool people I may have forgotten to mention. Now you have Elmo, Elmo, Elmo, and some Baby Bear, Zoe, and Rosita occasionally thrown in for good measure. What happened to the diversity on Sesame Street? I also hate how it's become a weight loss ad; this morning I randomly watched it, and we had a Cookie appearance where he asked Bob if he could show him how he eats a cookie. His reply? "No, but I'll show you how I eat an apple." What happened to this show?
2007-07-06 16:07:13 · 8 answers · asked by Lycanthrope777 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Other - Television
I know it's still around- did you even read all the details? My problem with it is that it's not even the same show anymore, it's the Elmo Weight Loss Hour...
2007-07-06 16:17:31 · update #1
By "diversity", I meant not only racial diversity (which the old show was a lot better with than this new stuff), but also things like jobs, character types, etc., like you had different species (humans, Muppet people, animals, monsters, etc.), and there were various jobs, like Lefty the Salesman, Sherlock Hemlock (a detective, if you couldn't guess), Mr. Hooper (who owned the store), and Bob, who was a music teacher. It did a lot better job of teaching about different people than the new stuff does; everyone's all nicey-nice and stuff now.
2007-07-06 16:24:04 · update #2
Kids are fatter now....with a health conscious America they are just trying to keep up.
2007-07-06 16:54:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm with you.
I can't stand Baby Bear and Rosita. I guess Sesame Street fans might become like Trekkies. You and I like the classic Sesame Street, and others like the new, more PC Sesame Street.
(The actor who played Mr. Hooper passed away some time ago.)
2007-07-07 08:54:06 · answer #2 · answered by nowyouknow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's still around. Check out http://www.pbskids.org
My kids love it. It comes on at 7:30 am here. It is very culturally diverse, but it's also become socially responsible. What's wrong with that?
2007-07-06 23:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by tchrnmommy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think It was The President's Doing !! He Never Learned Any thing from the show, You can Tell By The Way He Runs The Country !! ??
2007-07-06 23:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by kunde. 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
but Mr. Hooper is not on the show (i think it is still hooper store )but it has changed hands
2007-07-07 04:25:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what are you talking about?
2007-07-06 23:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by BOB H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you ever think of unpluging youre computer.....
2007-07-06 23:14:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i kno wat ur sayin..im suprized it still comes on after all these years...i guess things just change...classics are history
2007-07-06 23:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by eff dis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋