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So was that an "official" sesame street video?

Seems like an odd topic for them to parody, given that most of their target demographic (hopefully) hasn't seen or read the Hunger Games. It's not exactly kid friendly stuff.

Still funny though

I think it was official. Sesame Street and a few other past and present "kids" shows often include a fully kid-friendly overt message while throwing in references to more mature material to help parents engage with it also while watching with their kids. Animaniacs comes to mind as another example -- parents can watch with their kids and be entertained even through multiple viewings, whereas watching something like Barney or Caillou multiple times might make you feel like stabbing yourself with a fork...

@ChaosEngine Yep, definitely official

WTF! Cookie monster is supposed to eat nothing but cookies. God damn it!

Pixar has done this in every single movie. The kids stuff that doesn't is only produced to sell toys and babysit the children of lazy adults.

They totally got Jennifer Lawrence to voice-over this.