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Elmo talked to children like babies. Before elmo, Sesame Street treated children as adults. They still do at times.

• ronilan 7y ago
  Come on. Elmo did some awesome music videos. With Norah Jones: https://youtu.be/FEzxchU4RUY https://youtu.be/FEzxchU4RUY With Katy Perry: https://youtu.be/PwZnCkoX5gI https://youtu.be/PwZnCkoX5gI And my absolute favorite, better than the original, with the Goo Goo Dolls: https://youtu.be/uGohKgNOXnU https://youtu.be/uGohKgNOXnU Edit... but... yes... the Elmo Numa Numa tops everything: https://youtu.be/2rAKszSX2tU https://youtu.be/2rAKszSX2tU (which btw, was indeed uploaded 11 years ago, but I think has an erroneous view count..)
  • whatshisface 7y ago
    Children's entertainment from the Mr. Rodgers era combined lessons from therapy and child psychology to act as a supplement for parenting. I'm not sure what it is now, and it's especially confusing to me why PBS would be so interested in merchandising when they're supposedly a government agency.
    • darkengine 7y ago
      PBS receives some funding from the US government, however it is an independent non-profit corporation. My guess is they are trying to generate much-needed funds from toy sales, as well as compete for eyeballs with other more engaging children's programming ("bombardment" as Fred Rogers once called it).
    • js2 7y ago
      PBS is not a government agency. It's a non-profit funded in part (about 50%) by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The rest of its funding is through donations and sponsorships. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is also a non-profit, funded solely by the federal government, but is independent from PBS and doesn't produce any programming.
  • js2 7y ago
    Those all make the OP's point - none of them has grown-up lyrics. Compare to Dave Matthews and Grover singing about feelings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5lHYJJQfw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5lHYJJQfw
    • ronilan 7y ago
      “Everybody make like a train now” https://youtu.be/E4TRvYAyt3k https://youtu.be/E4TRvYAyt3k
      • js2 7y ago
        That's not Sesame Street. The Sesame Street Muppets were unique to the show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sesame_Street_Muppets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sesame_Street_Muppets Here's Johnny Cash on Sesame Street: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75eQX006jA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75eQX006jA
        • ronilan 7y ago
          “Come on you guys, Let’s have a beach party” https://youtu.be/yUcWNz4YXlA https://youtu.be/yUcWNz4YXlA
        • hindsightbias 7y ago
          All good, but the Stevie Wonder episode changed my life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE
        • op00to 7y ago
          apparently your take on childrens TV is wrong! i hope you are sufficiently corrected!
  • Wistar 7y ago
    Ah, that Nora Jones piece is gold.