# Sesame Street (older shows) not suitable for kids?!?!???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-older-shows-not-suitable-for-kids/427071>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 19, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-older-shows-not-suitable-for-kids/427071 "2007-11-19T20:03:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-older-shows-not-suitable-for-kids/427071/101 "2007-11-27T21:08:35Z")

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[QUOTE=dotchan]  
:rolleyes:

Like any reasonable adult could argue that the “hidden” gag in [Special Letters Unit](http://youtube.com/watch?v=S2CSkLR6mUQ) was intended for kids.  
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Ernie: What’s the matter Bert?  
Bert: Some poor bastard got himself killed down at a place called Hooper’s last night.  
Ernie: I wish you wouldn’t drink so much, Bert.  
Bert: And I wish you would quit eating cookies in the damn bed!  
Ernie: You’re shouting again, Bert. You scare me when you do that.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-older-shows-not-suitable-for-kids/427071/102 "2007-11-27T21:29:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]  
Ernie: What’s the matter Bert?  
Bert: Some poor bastard got himself killed down at a place called Hooper’s last night.  
Ernie: I wish you wouldn’t drink so much, Bert.  
Bert: And I wish you would quit eating cookies in the damn bed!  
Ernie: You’re shouting again, Bert. You scare me when you do that.  
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I remember that spoof! What was it from…“The Critic”?

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-older-shows-not-suitable-for-kids/427071/103 "2007-11-27T22:56:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Jolly Roger]  
I can’t remember where i heard it, but I once heard the character of [Roosevelt Franklin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Franklin) was dropped because he was I guess an insult to minorities  
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Specifically that he was a disruptive rebel against The System. And Black. Which, if you think about it, a black character openly and successfully bucking the system is what America is (or was before we all got sensitive) all about.

Maybe he was eliminated to heed the “NO FREE THINKING” laws.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-older-shows-not-suitable-for-kids/427071/104 "2007-11-28T00:35:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Zoggie]  
I remember that spoof! What was it from…“The Critic”?  
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_Family Guy_.

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