When Mississippi Once Banned Sesame Street

[Johnboy60]

Since it began airing in the fall of 1969, Sesame Street has become an indelible part of millions of children's formative years. Using a cast of colorful characters like Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and Oscar the Grouch, along with a curriculum vetted by Sesame Workshop's child psychologists and other experts, the series is able to impart life lessons and illustrate educational tools that a viewer can use throughout their adolescence. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone—even Oscar—who would take issue with the show’s approach or its mission statement.

When Mississippi Once Banned Sesame Street

 

[Brightmoon]

I keep thinking of Nina Simone’s old song Mississippi [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] the whole time I read this. I doubt that CF will let me post the exact title but the song is on YouTube

 

[JackRT]

The very last sentence in the cited article broke me up.

 

[timothyu]

The very last sentence in the cited article broke me up.

Well at least they didn't look down on the fact they were different species. No sense knocking tradition.

 

[SkyWriting]

Since it began airing in the fall of 1969, Sesame Street has become an indelible part of millions of children's formative years. Using a cast of colorful characters like Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and Oscar the Grouch, along with a curriculum vetted by Sesame Workshop's child psychologists and other experts, the series is able to impart life lessons and illustrate educational tools that a viewer can use throughout their adolescence. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone—even Oscar—who would take issue with the show’s approach or its mission statement.

When Mississippi Once Banned Sesame Street

Just like the Wizard of Oz cast, Sesame Street was chock full of characters with no obvious sexual orientation. I can't imagine what gender would be attracted to Big Bird anyway.
I don't remember any family units at all other than Burt and Ernie living together. The writer claimed Bert was modeled after his own partner.

So I can imagine some people might object.

 

[d taylor]

Interesting how the article take the modern view of television (people just can not live with out it) and brings it into 1960,70's where back then we had three channels at most, and tv was something that was rarely viewed. We were outside, who cared about tv, not many.