tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post9143591947948283395..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame St?nappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-56347814199937848822009-11-16T10:04:30.639-05:002009-11-16T10:04:30.639-05:00Aly - at last! A Brit who knows what I'm on ab...Aly - at last! A Brit who knows what I'm on about....good for you.<br /><br />Susanna - did you know Michelle Obama was on it last week for the anniversary? Can't imagine Nancy Reagan would have done the same in the 80s....<br /><br />Christine - yes, i think there are so many other shows for kids now that Sesame Street probably needs to do more to keep up...<br /><br />Vinogirl - my children's favourite here is currently The Wonder Pets, which features a superhero guinea pig in a cape(!)<br /><br />Fourdownmumtogo - sounds like it was similar to Hong Kong then, Sesame Street was really the only decent kids' TV for a while. The only other thing I remember watching was Scooby Doo....<br /><br />Metropolitan Mum - yes, I don't think kids really want to be preached at all the time, do they. Or if they are, it should be in a less worthy way. (Like the 'Yo Gabba Gabba' song 'don't bite your friends', which I think is brilliant.)nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-89678585425709895592009-11-15T17:46:31.597-05:002009-11-15T17:46:31.597-05:00I grew up with the German version of Sesame Street...I grew up with the German version of Sesame Street and wanted to buy a DVD for my own little baby daughter - was put off by it's too hard trying topics like recycling, recycling, recycling and leading a healthy life. Boooring.Metropolitan Mumhttp://www.metropolitanmum.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-54557851467008195882009-11-13T17:15:53.966-05:002009-11-13T17:15:53.966-05:00I just missed Sesame Street mania, as I moved to B...I just missed Sesame Street mania, as I moved to Brussels the year that BBC 1 & 2 were beamed abroad. I am told that before then the only English language programme was Sesame Street and every expat, young and old, watched it religiously.Fourdownmumtogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514505371212340284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-28838728467691624482009-11-13T12:30:46.181-05:002009-11-13T12:30:46.181-05:00Oh, you don't have to feel sorry for me, I lea...Oh, you don't have to feel sorry for me, I learned to count on my own quite well thank you...and thoroughly enjoyed the Englishness of such programmes...who wouldn't love a guinea pig in a power boat?Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-53184317067261804222009-11-12T11:19:52.309-05:002009-11-12T11:19:52.309-05:00I grew up in Canada, and in Quebec, I don't kn...I grew up in Canada, and in Quebec, I don't know if Sesame Street was ever on. I remember watching Chez Helene, the Gentle Giant, and Casey and Finnegan. I think when we moved to Toronto we did have Sesame Street on TV, but I was a little older. I do remember thinking it was cool.<br /><br />It was so sanitized when my son started watching that he even didn't like it much. We got some old episodes and he liked them better, but Barney and Teletubbies were his toddler favourites.<br /><br />ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-23568502675719377802009-11-12T05:28:19.623-05:002009-11-12T05:28:19.623-05:00Sesame Street was to me what I think Blue Peter wa...Sesame Street was to me what I think Blue Peter was for Brits. I'm not going to psycho analyse it (the Seasame Street in your face, always something new, entertain me vs. Blue Peter's subdued making crafts....) Despie, I loved it as a child and I still do. Especially love all the celeb guest appearances. Happy Anniversary Seasame Street!A Modern Motherhttp://www.amodernmother.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-40119128593269372622009-11-11T14:37:02.023-05:002009-11-11T14:37:02.023-05:00Bring back Sesame Street! I've been showing my...Bring back Sesame Street! I've been showing my kids clips on YouTube over the last week.Me and brother watched it as kids and so did my friends.It was a world away from living on a council estate.<br /><br />Aly <br />My Hodge Podge LifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-85207006232142445742009-11-11T08:58:00.871-05:002009-11-11T08:58:00.871-05:00Mud, Iota, Expat Mum and Vinogirl - you didn't...Mud, Iota, Expat Mum and Vinogirl - you didn't know what you were missing! <br /><br />Conuly - that is hysterical. I think I realised about Baa Baa Black Sheep at the same time as making the Twinkle Twinkle/ABC link. But I wonder just how many people it has never occurred to....<br /><br />Matt - insipid princess Muppets sound AWFUL. That's never what SS was about. Glad to hear they still use the 70s material though. (And is seems odd that they have homogenised it more when you have shows like Dora and Diego that are all about including the Hispanic culture.)<br /><br />Kit - Ah, so that's when it was on in the UK. Clearly only for insomniac toddlers!nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-62805034264892541762009-11-11T02:46:23.170-05:002009-11-11T02:46:23.170-05:00Sesame St only impacted on our life when we had ou...Sesame St only impacted on our life when we had our first child. As a toddler he was an early waker - 5/5.30 every morning. Sesame St saved our life - we discovered it on ITV or something at 6 am every morning, so one of us would read to him till it came on and then doze on the sofa next to him until it was proper getting up time. And we've used the ABC song every since even though the next two kids never got to watch it.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-43277256898578124642009-11-10T23:19:05.310-05:002009-11-10T23:19:05.310-05:00I'm with Mud...Play School and Blue Peter (dow...I'm with Mud...Play School and Blue Peter (down Shep) featured largely, but also programmes such as Pogle's Wood and Tales from the Riverbank etc. I saw Sesame Street now and again, but it wasn't significant...I suspect I'm just a little bit older :)Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-46622800770764693332009-11-10T21:46:24.233-05:002009-11-10T21:46:24.233-05:00I suspect Sesame Street prompted me to migrate fro...I suspect Sesame Street prompted me to migrate from the Great Lakes to New York, though the unemployment rate out in flyover country may have played a role as well. Either way, I ended up not merely in *a* Sesame Streetesque nabe but in *the* original setting for the show, which it turns out was at first to be called "123 Avenue B." <br /><br />About the show's decline -- it's sad. The newer characters are awful. Forget Elmo, the lisping bear, all the irritating celebrity guests -- now they're making one of those insipid princessy ones the top muppet. But they still have to cut the new crap with a lot of '70s and '80s material, so it's not so bad.<br /><br />The thing that made Sesame Street pop is that it was designed (by mad hippie geniuses run amok) to give disadvantaged black and Latina NYC kids a show with a recognizable perspective. I think that's some of what's been lost in the gentrification of Sesame Street. Which is a loss for kids of every tint and tongue.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147146321519383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-47196297440614530602009-11-10T18:37:26.640-05:002009-11-10T18:37:26.640-05:00Sesame Street taught me the ABC song (which, it on...<i>Sesame Street taught me the ABC song (which, it only occurred to me recently, is set to the same tune as 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' - slow, aren't I?) that even now I sing to the Littleboys.</i><br /><br />Was at a toddler program once where the coordinator was singing the ABCs. And then she sang Twinkle, Twinkle. And then, as a request, she sang Baa Baa Black Sheep. The look on her face when she realized, midway through the second "baa" that they all have the same melody? PRICELESS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-14955274728419250792009-11-10T15:47:31.937-05:002009-11-10T15:47:31.937-05:00Yup - never had anything to do with Sesame Street,...Yup - never had anything to do with Sesame Street, but then I don't really remember watching much kids tv as a little child - The occasional Andy Pandy, Woodentops and Mary, Mongo and Mitch. Blue Peter of course, was must-see after school viewing.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-62679906035427071202009-11-10T13:42:05.218-05:002009-11-10T13:42:05.218-05:00Oh gosh how different my relationship with Sesame ...Oh gosh how different my relationship with Sesame St has been. It didn't feature in my childhood at all. When we moved here, I tried to get my daughter interested in it, because I thought it was the quintessential American preschool tv show. She just wasn't keen at all (in that period of time, her heart belonged to the Wiggles, and they reigned pretty supreme till Lazy Town and the Imagination Movers came along). I have just passed on the Sesame St movie I bought that first Christmas we were here, and no-one is going to miss it. It was Elmo in Grouchland.<br /><br />And do you know what? I had never noticed that about the ABC song. Twinkle Twinkle. Obvious, really - except not to you and me. It's like seeing a friend in a different context, and being completely flummoxed as to who they are.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-26727091462324748382009-11-10T12:38:11.917-05:002009-11-10T12:38:11.917-05:00Isn't that funny - Sesame St didn't featur...Isn't that funny - Sesame St didn't feature at all in my childhood! I definitely remember Play School (through the ROUND window!) and Blue Peter, but Oscar et al are an alien world....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com