Sesame Street mocks Fox

By Wednesday November 4, 2009

Pretty funny. More news on this dire controversy here.



29 Comments
  1. Olo Baggins of Bywater says:
    11/5/2009 at 6:09 am

    MacGuy, and my point is: so what? It’s satire. That’s what Oscar is. A grouchy, messy, whiny monster who hates everything. Go through all his appearances over the last 38 years and you’ll find hundreds of similar topical references. Oscar’s job is to hate everything. That what he is.

    This is a new low for the goofs who think this means anything. The right is enjoying its persecution complex far, far too much these last few months.

    (IMO the funny part is that Caroll Spinney is right, which is probably why you guys are freaking out.)

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  2. The0ne says:
    11/5/2009 at 7:28 am

    Even I have to agree with most people here. I grew up with Sesame Street and this bit is entirely not appropriate. Leave our kids alone dumbass adults!!!!

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  3. Mr. Fusion says:
    11/5/2009 at 9:09 am

    #20, Mr. Baggins,

    Quite true sir. Your post did remind me of how the right wing nuts like to toss crap around and then whine like little babies if some comes back to them.

    The best example is our very own big fucking asshole whiner Alphie. Regardless of the amount of slander and lies he tosses out there, he cried because someone said something nasty about him. Typical right wing nut method.

    Rush Limbaugh wanted drug addicts sent to jail for long terms of hard time until it was discovered he had his own stash and habit.

    Bill O’Rielly sends his camera crews out to stalk and then ambush people. Then cries the blues when a cameraman captures him.

    Chris Wallace constantly interrupts his guests when they make a point contrary to his (and FOX) position. Then he wails like a wounded woose when Bill Clinton called him on it.

    The list continues but I think that should get the message across.

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  4. gal416 says:
    11/5/2009 at 9:48 am

    What popular children’s show have conservatives come up with? Although when i was a kid I thought Industry on Parade was fascinating.

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  5. Angel H. Wong says:
    11/5/2009 at 3:07 pm

    Ugh, typical conservative bitching. They act like chimps throwing their feces at everyone but when someone fights back they go Rihanna Mugshot.

    What were you idiots were expecting from a show conceived in the 60s?

    The next thing they’re going to say is that it’s a socialist show because it teaches kids to read and cound FOR FREE.

    # 23 gal416,

    “What popular children’s show have conservatives come up with?”

    They came with the only thing they couldn’t deem as satanic in any ways: The Veggietales movie and tv series.

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  6. gal416 says:
    11/5/2009 at 4:01 pm

    #25 Angel H. Wong
    After I posted my comment I realized i had forgotten Veggie Tales. I think it is a very good children’s show and have watched it with my grandchildren. Although I can’t tell their political swing by watching it. I am a born again evangelical Christian and I am not conservative nor am I liberal. My only affiliation is Christ.

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  7. Angel H. Wong says:
    11/5/2009 at 5:56 pm

    #26 gal416,

    If your grandkids love anime, they’ll probably like this.

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  8. riggscm says:
    11/6/2009 at 9:31 am

    The conservatives have done a great job of playing the martyr every time that anyone says the slightest criticism of them, or one of their media outlets.
    Look people, are you really going to get so bent out of shape about a TV show for KIDS! Are you afraid that some how the liberals have invented some sort of mind control device that keeps children from growing up and forming their own opinions? Do you really think that children, the people that actually watch Sesame Street, know what Fox News is, or for that matter CNN? They might know they are TV stations but I seriously doubt that a skit that these kids see will some how effect their voting behavior in future.
    If those of you that have taken the time to attack PBS, Sesame Street, and free thought in general, spent time with your kids, watched TV with them, and were a active influence in their development toward adulthood – I would say that you have nothing to worry about.
    For those of you that choose to let TV raise your children… please invest in contraception for your child, and setup a trust fund to pay off all the mental issues they will be dealing with over the course of their lives.

    Remember garbage in, garbage out. Remember that when you are watching Glen Beck, or Bill Maher. Both are meant to amuse and provoke and entertain.

    Finally, if Sesame Street gets you more involved in your child’s life, then “yay sesame street”. If you are still pissed, then I dare you to watch the Disney Channel with your kids… tons of sexual situations, suggestive themes, racial stereotypes, ageism, sexism and on and on.

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  9. Mac Guy says:
    11/6/2009 at 1:29 pm

    #21 – Okay, so explain “satire” to a 3-year old. Good luck with that.

    Even the Ombudsman for Sesame Street criticized the producers for letting this air.

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