scrapper
11-28-2007, 12:07 PM
I normally don't post news articles here but I thought this was hilarious. Political correctness has taken over.
http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=b751ea11-3e37-4dbc-bcfc-9e3d83bcbbad
Warning Labels Placed On "Sesame Street" DVDs
Contributor: Travis Bard
Email: tbard@myeyewitnessnews.com
Last Update: 7:37 am
Parents who grew up watching the first episodes of "Sesame Street" will be shocked to hear that they're now for adults only.
The first two DVDs of the earliest episodes have warning labels on them that say they're "intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child."
Executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente tells the New York Times that some things that were OK then, are not now.
Like the Cookie Monster eating all those unhealthy cookies or smoking a pipe while playing Alistair Cookie. And what about Oscar the Grouch being so mean to everyone?
She says they might not create a character like him now.
Remember when Big Bird was the only one who could see Snuffleupagus? that suggests hallucinations, which is a no-no.
Even in the first episode ever aired, Gordon befriends a lonely girl named Sally, holds her hand and takes her home to meet his wife and eat cookies with milk.
http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=b751ea11-3e37-4dbc-bcfc-9e3d83bcbbad
Warning Labels Placed On "Sesame Street" DVDs
Contributor: Travis Bard
Email: tbard@myeyewitnessnews.com
Last Update: 7:37 am
Parents who grew up watching the first episodes of "Sesame Street" will be shocked to hear that they're now for adults only.
The first two DVDs of the earliest episodes have warning labels on them that say they're "intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child."
Executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente tells the New York Times that some things that were OK then, are not now.
Like the Cookie Monster eating all those unhealthy cookies or smoking a pipe while playing Alistair Cookie. And what about Oscar the Grouch being so mean to everyone?
She says they might not create a character like him now.
Remember when Big Bird was the only one who could see Snuffleupagus? that suggests hallucinations, which is a no-no.
Even in the first episode ever aired, Gordon befriends a lonely girl named Sally, holds her hand and takes her home to meet his wife and eat cookies with milk.