Sesame Street Through The Eyes of an Adult Mommy

*Not suitable for Kids*

Since My Snickerdoodle has been on the scene I've been reacquainted with the familar faces of Sesame Street and even some new ones. It only seems natural that the show, while maintaining it's wholesome and educational values, that it update some of the skits and even add new characters to the mix to fit the current surroundings.

By the way - I'm loving the Meal or No Meal skit - a parody of the TV show Deal or No Deal and even the the fairy-in-in-training muppet Abby Cadabby with pigtails that remind me of pom-poms.

Nevertheless, in the midst of their same-ness and updated features there are things about Sesame Street that have been swirling in my mind.  The things more than likely would matter or even make sense to a kid. Henece why I didn't think of this stuff until 20 something years later. Actually, some of the things I'm about to mention, I wish I mentioned them in a class I took in college "Media and Psychology." I was involved in a fun and perhaps twisted project of listing some effects on a program. My partner and I choose children's cartoons, where I labeled Charlie Brown as a manic depressive, Garfield as a glutton and the whole Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck thing...... racial; Daffy could tap dance while dressed in drag, drinking a glass of water and standing on his hands, even blow himself up and still would't get any recognition. Bugs......hmph. Yet, I looked at the whole Warner Brother cartoon line-up and laughed my ass off...still do.

Note: If anyone has ever watched the movie Who Frame Roger Rabbit, please take a closer look at the Donald Duck vs. Daffy Duck scene. Donald blantingly calls Daffy a "Doggone Stupid N****"

Gotta love the whole Sylvester vs. the "Mouse" (the baby kangeroo he honestly believes is a giant mouse) and Marvin the Martian with his (in my best Marvin jerk sounding voice) Space Modulataaaar!

Okay.. I'm going off on a tangent.

As for Sesame Street.. here are some weird, non-important, just my observation items.

1. Telly seems to need prozac. He worries and frets over things too much, even for a kid.

2. Elmo is really annoying .. well not like he use to be. Back in the day he use to pop up always wanting to play games at the wrong times - yanno like when grown-ups like Bob, Maria or Gordon were always working. Maybe they gave Elmo some Ritlin?

3. Speaking of Elmo.. what's up with talking about himself in 3rd person?

4. Well for years the "adult" rumor has been that Bert and Ernie are more than just an odd couple. Hmmm.

5. Who in Jim Henson's workshop gave Bert that damn unibrow?

6. Cookie Monster is a straight up addict (this I know).

7. Cookie Monster was/is always paired with Prarie Dawn in a skit. It's really hilarious to watch them.

8. One of the latest features towards the end is Oscar the Grouch reading a story to his worm on the Adventures of Trash Gordon. I was paying close attention the other evening when Oscar read how Trash Gordon was faced with an nasty bowl of spaghetti. To get rid of it he "pulled out two large meatballs." 

Picture - Gordon producting two brown balls and holding them up like..... yeah.

Not a good look.

9. All the grown ups are old as dirt, but they still look good.. even though I think Bob dyes his hair.

10. Speaking of the "grown-ups,"  I'm waiting for the day when one of them smacks the crap out of one of those muppets for interrupting their wor, mainly Maria. Sometimes she does look a little annoyed.

11. Where is Guy Smiley? He was a Rock Star.

My observations are not to be taken seriously.  These were just some items swirling in my warped mind. I still love the show. I really get a kick out of watching my daughter giggle uncontrollably at Cookie Monster or Elmo. Hell, I still love looking at the Cookie Monster and Prarie Dawn skits myself. 

I still remember seeing my one of my favorite dancers get his start on the show.... Savion Glover.

As always, Sesame Street will be number one in my book for children's programing. Thank God mind warped adults - perhaps like me - don't taint it for children.

Note: Please excuse any bad grammar on this page.... no time to edit... motherhood calls.