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Realized how indoctrinated I was after watching a 1st season ep

posted 10 years ago by Vega_Lyra
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First thing, I'm a parent of a 4 year old.

I watched the show in the late '70s and early '80s as a kid.

On a whim, I searched for Sesame Street on Amazon Prime the other night and watched the first episode that came up.

It's the episode with the little girl Sally being taken by Gordon around the neighborhood and up to his apartment for milk and cookies. While watching that scene I kept wondering where the parents were.

The other part that stood out was the kids walking on the boards while playing follow the leader. I actually cringed watching the kids walk on those boards.

I realized how indoctrinated I am to modern helicopter parenting. It is actually a depressing realization. Our parents wouldn't have thought much of either of those scenes back in the day.

While I still probably would have a hard time letting my 4 year old go to a stranger's house unescorted, I need to lighten up...

Conquer your fear, and I promise you, you will conquer death.

[–] hillbrian2005 10 years ago

That whole Gordon and Sally thing was strange for modern viewers. But this was forty five years ago in a fantasy world

[–] mactach 10 years ago

Think your just silly Vega and you're making more out of it.

It's probably more similar to the time you were watching.

Plus how do know what your parents would of thought of it?

If they watched it back in the day and were the target age, they wouldn't of made a big to do about it.

You obviously have too much time on your hands.

[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 10 years ago

It stood out to me that Oscar was red. All my life he was green.

Green Goblin is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L4ZuaVvaw

[–] mactach 10 years ago

He was orange.

[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 10 years ago

It's been a long while since I saw the first episode. But you're right. Though to be fair Orange is a mix of Yellow and Red.

Green Goblin is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L4ZuaVvaw

[–] Rockhound6165 10 years ago

I grew up in a neighborhood like this. We were one big family.

[–] Andthatismytwocents 10 years ago

The show was finding it's footing then

As the years went by the show figured out what it would try to be

then came the eighties

That decade had mor impact on the show then any other
Flood of new characters the death of Mr Hooper the film Follow that Bird the deaths of David and composer Joe Raposso
The revelation that Snuffy was not imaginary

Then came 1990 and the death of Jim Henson

which created the Elmo show

till this point Elmo's greatest achievement was helping Big Bird prove Snuffy was real

but as the decade continued the show was not the show it was

Example the counting sequence 1 through ten that featured the clumsy baker

One of Jim Hensons favorite bits After he was out of the picture that segment dissapeared

Also competion from other networks and PBS itself eaffected the show

[–] joshwinkler87 9 years ago

I truly hated Big Bird in the very early days of Sesame Street. He was just a dumb hick that was so ugly and annoying. I'm glad they changed him.