Sesame Street DVD Deemed Adult-Only Entertainment

theodp writes "The earliest episodes of Sesame Street are being made available on DVD, but the NYT notes Volumes 1 and 2 carry a rather strange warning: 'These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child.' So why are they unsuitable for toddlers in 2007? Well, in the parody 'Monsterpiece Theater,' Alistair Cookie — played by Cookie Monster — used to appear with a pipe, which he later gobbled. 'That modeled the wrong behavior,' explained a Sesame Street executive producer, adding that 'we might not be able to create a character like Oscar [the Grouch] now.'"

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Also not suited for today's preschoolers:

[nofrak]

Life. The observant parent will keep their child shielded until about the age of 47.

Re:Also not suited for today's preschoolers:

[couchslug]

"Life. The observant parent will keep their child shielded until about the age of 47.

At which time he is ready to inherit the basemet he post from.

tobacco is a sometimes food

[jollyreaper]

Well, in the parody 'Monsterpiece Theater,' Alistair Cookie -- played by Cookie Monster -- used to appear with a pipe, which he later gobbled. 'That modeled the wrong behavior,' explained a Sesame Street executive producer I suppose that would represent a choking hazard.

I'm gonna start my own kid's show, Darwin Street. It will feature lots of colorful characters doing dangerous, emulatable things. If your kid kills himself doing something he saw on the show, we didn't need him in the gene pool anyway. Better yet, video tape whatever your kid did to off himself and you might win something in our sister show, America's Funniest Home Fatalities.

Re:Madness

[grub]

I'll be 42 in December. After having my mind polluted by Sesame Street as a youngster I started to gobble down cookies, hid in garbage cans and dreamt of living with a male life-partner when older.

Sadly, my life went to shit and I'm none of those things. I don't like cookies, dislike taking out the trash and live with a WOMAN and our child. Ick!

Re:Madness

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't like cookies

There is something deeply wrong with you.

Re:Risk aversion?

[badboy_tw2002]

Yeah, and apparently they're using these body armour shields in helmets instead of just biting down on some leather and cauterizing the wound with the cigarette they were chomping on as they mowed down bad guys with a minigun. What a bunch of pussies!

Re:Madness

[kaizokuace]

I dont think cookie monster liked cookies either. He just terrorized the cookie community using his mouth to crush them leaving cookie crumbs behind, cookie crumbs and destroyed lives.

Re:Madness

[timmarhy]

did you turn out as the bert or the ernie though?

Re:Madness

[Macthorpe]

Depends on the day ;)