Sunny Days

[alivemagdolene]

Remember when children's television was good for something other than pushing merchandise?
Thanks for helping me learn to read, Sesame Street.
Here's the bit that terrified me to tears as a child, much to my parents' vast amusement and enjoyment.

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Also, props to Bert and Ernie for being gay before it was even allowed. Duh, I knew that at age

Comments

[myownghost]

my sons would've been scared by that, too. sometimes i think SS goes for amusing the parents at the expense of the wee ones.

props to bert and ernie, indeed. one of my favorite things in the world:
poor long-suffering bert.

[alivemagdolene]

"Ernie, the sheep are tap-dancing!!!" Oh, that's epic. XD I wonder how many little kids tried that after seeing it.

Oh, Bert and Ernie... separate beds. You're not fooling anyone. Rubber Duckie indeed has two daddies.

[punkishgrin]

All I could focus on was the guy groping him with a U puppet XD

[alivemagdolene]

I swear to god, as a child, I was certain at any moment a giant U would come out and attack me. Poor Smokey. Not just a singer, a cautionary example. *shakes head*

[punkishgrin]

Iiiiiiii'm fairly certain I had the same fearXD Yes, he must be remembered for his valiant fight against the unctuous usurper... much like Patti Labelle's painful breakup with her "x".

That one kinda creeped me out tooX)

[alivemagdolene]

OMFG I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT UNTIL THIS MOMENT!!!!!

I was on YouTube earlier when I went to link imoldfashioned to various musicians that have appeared on the show, and I realized if I ever was to have children (which I won't), that would be one of maybe three television programs they could watch. Such a sweet show. That and the commercial-free stuff is nice (especially since I have to wad through all these goddawful toy ads since Commercialmas is coming up and the usual these-are-the-gender-roles-don't-try-to-fuck-around-and-let-your-kid-grow-up-anything-less-than-clearly-"defined" sexism is particularly nauseating).

I cannot tell now if in your icon, Jon is singing with Elmo or Gitmo. ;^) I wonder what the Jim Henson workshop thinks of Gitmo? *cackle*

[imoldfashioned]

Smokey, what a good sport!

"Bein' grabbed by a letter is (beat) unappealin'" So good!

[imoldfashioned]

Forgot to add--the color of his outfit makes me so sad.

[alivemagdolene]

But his pants match the trim of his shirt!

Yeah, seriously, that is horrid, even by the "standards" of the era. The gold chain ain't helping.

[alivemagdolene]

I have extra respect for musicians that don't have a stick up their ass about performing on Sesame Street... Feist (but I liked her already), Norah Jones, REM... there's so many others. And to say nothing of Jon, Amy, and Anderson (bless his heart!).

To say nothing of the fact Jon is a srs pundit fond of the eff word who sang a song with Elmo.

FUN FACT to round out this rambling comment: I never cared for Elmo. I thought he usurped Grover, the much more fun monster. Ernie was always my favorite, though, tied with Kermit and Big Bird.