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I grew up watching Sesame Street. In fact, the PBS station in my community was broke so all they could afford to show during the day was reruns of SS, five hours at a time. Because of this over-saturation (and plenty of help from MommaHomie), I entered kindergarden knowing how to read.
Here are some other thoughts:
The whole urban/diversity thing that they were focusing on sometimes didn't translate very well in white-bread central Illinois, where I grew up. I remember I used to get extremely annoyed when they would show clips in Spanish. Neither I nor any kids in my city (at the time) spoke a word of Spanish.
I also remember the deaf woman (Linda). There was an episode when she spoke, and to my wee little ears her speaking sounded more like someone moaning & screaming. I was scared and turned the TV off!
Here are some clips to get you in the mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVjNX73l858
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf7uo9UTa2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-YcBVEnLT8
Here are some other thoughts:
The whole urban/diversity thing that they were focusing on sometimes didn't translate very well in white-bread central Illinois, where I grew up. I remember I used to get extremely annoyed when they would show clips in Spanish. Neither I nor any kids in my city (at the time) spoke a word of Spanish.
I also remember the deaf woman (Linda). There was an episode when she spoke, and to my wee little ears her speaking sounded more like someone moaning & screaming. I was scared and turned the TV off!
Here are some clips to get you in the mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVjNX73l858
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf7uo9UTa2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-YcBVEnLT8