# They changed The Sesame Street Song! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 9, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180 "2001-06-09T15:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/1 "2001-06-09T15:30:27Z")
To rap-style??? (A friend at work told me this). Now please don’t misunderstand me: I **like** some rap music (_Funky Cold Medina_ comes to mind), but some things are better left alone and the theme from _Sesame Street_ in my opinion is one. There is something very sweet about those slightly off-key youngsters singing the theme, and as my American grandmother used to say, “I ain’t havin’ it!” I’m gonna watch the next new episode, and if it’s true, I’m writing 'em a letter. Any of y’all with me on this one? Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/2 "2001-06-09T16:19:42Z")
The cads! How dare they! You bet your ass I’m with you. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/3 "2001-06-09T17:00:37Z")
Don’t feel bad. I had the same reaction. But you know what? It’s not rap. Not really, anyway. They have also re-vamped the Canadian version. It is now called “Sesame Park” and it’s only a half hour long. I’m so glad my son doesn’t watch it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/4 "2001-06-09T17:02:05Z")
Sign me up! ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/5 "2001-06-09T17:45:16Z")
I don’t like Sesame Park. It’s only purpose seems to be differentiating Zee from Zed. No Burt or Ernie. No Big Bird. I liked it better when they added Canadian segments on the US version. I usually put the US version on instead for my kids. We haven’t watched in a couple of weeks or so. I’ll have to check out the new theme song pretty soon. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/6 "2001-06-09T22:44:12Z")
Sign me up too. Some things are sacred. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/7 "2001-06-09T22:56:24Z")
Uh huh, uh huh, yepyepyepyepyep. Er. Which is to say, count me in. But these things happen; as long as the format doesn’t mutate into something like “Xuxa.” ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/8 "2001-06-10T01:24:11Z")
I watched an episode of Sesame Street a few weeks ago, and I gathered that their key demographic is now urban children. I guess the new music is a way to be hipper, too. I mean, what’s hipper than hip-hop? ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/9 "2001-06-10T16:39:49Z")
Wait…just wait…I bet you haven’t really heard the [truth](http://wcotc.com/wcotcwf/sesame.html) about Sesame Street. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/10 "2001-06-11T07:19:54Z")
Jeez, Beagle! You could have warned me that that link was to a white supremacist website. Now I’ve got god knows what kind of cookies, and the thing’s in my history file. That’s really inconsiderate. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/11 "2001-06-11T19:45:37Z")
Yeah, Beagle! That will teach me to click on a link without reading the whole thread (if the university checks my machine, between this and the [dolphinsex.org](http://dolphinsex.org) page, i may be in trouble!) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/12 "2001-06-12T23:34:08Z")
**NEWSFLASH** \* Sydney, Australia\*. The Sesame St song seems to have gone back to the classic 70s one. I put it on this morning for my stepson, and there it was. WOOHOO! ---
**Author:** ![PRNYouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PRNYouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRNYouth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-sesame-street-song/68180/13 "2001-06-13T02:43:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skwerl \* > **I watched an episode of Sesame Street a few weeks ago, and I gathered that their key demographic is now urban children.** Just a nitpick here … Sesame Street’s target audience has ALWAYS been urban children. Joan Ganz Cooney’s original idea was for a show that would help underprivileged inner-city children without access to preschool prepare for school. Whether or not it has achieved its goal is open to debate, but that’s been its major mission always.