I think they are targeted at the most basic level at the kids -- but the longest running kids shows also put in stuff for the parents, so they can watch with their kids without their brains running out of their ears from boredom.

One name for that is "Parental Bonus" content, and it makes the difference between shows like Animaniacs, Sesame Street (with stuff like this), Pixar movies, etc. and shows like Caillou -- the bane of every parent's existence.

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It also taught us to not have an attention span of no more than a few minutes - then Much Music come in and finished the job.

The other thing I noticed is that, what was purely meant to be a learning tool, Sesame Street has become a monolith of marketing mayhem. Today, it's just a money maker, less about teaching and more about marketing it's wears to children.

Anyone else remember when Sesame Street had segments like this back in the 90s? I wonder if that was the beginning of the creepy dog puppet meme or if it was earlier than that.

http://youtu.be/wgQNx_aRZgk

Beautiful exposé by Sirota on PBS's contribution to the war on public employees’ retirement benefits: The Wolf of Sesame Street.

Britain is still one step ahead...

Awww, what happened to the Count's voice? I loved the old one as seen in this sift.

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My pleasure. I would have thought that anyone who is a fan of The Hunger Games movies and grew up watching Sesame Street would love it. It is surprising it doesn't have more views.

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...

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

Nope - doesn't seem I lose any star points for that - see http://videosift.com/video/If-love-and-sex-were-taught-on-Sesame-Street-Whose-Line
I'll let the baked bean canister do the backup in the future, then.

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