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I was raised by Sesame Street and Mr Rogers, as a classic gen X latchkey kid. Pushing for the union!

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Sesame Street exec - what if we just mime everything? no need for writers if no one is speaking amirght?

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Ta, Sara. I'm too old to have grown up with Sesame Street, but I support paying writers and other creatives fairly.

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give cookie monster more cookies and money too.

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Considering that they now get HBO money, Children's Television Workshop has a big pot to pay them from!

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Pay these wordsmiths! Where would most of us be without Sesame Street?

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*claps*

I sometimes wonder how much of my turning out to be a decent human being was *actually* taking my Christian upbringing to heart in a genuine way despite the hypocrisy of most of the people around me, and how much was just things like watching Sesame Street and having a couple of great teachers.

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I'm up here in the middle of Pennsylvania, ya know, the "Alabammy" or "-tucky" part. Our PBS station - (the studio is about 40 miles away at Penn State though the transmitter is right here where there's a bit more elevation) shows Sesame Street every morning.

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If I know Sesame Street, the Count is going to wear the other side down in negotiations.

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Wow, if you thought they hated public television before! I can only imagine the Heritage Foundation is desperately scratching out a 200 page addendum to Project 2025 that details the layout and manning of dozens of internment camps for puppets.

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Good for the Sesame Street folks! For some reason, this story made me want to hear this great song again, with that inimitable funky psychedelic early 70s sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRmuN_CqCVs

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A good friend is a musical director/in-house composer for SS. Their music dept has been through this at least once, if not more.

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Bert is an Islamic terrorist and was friends with Bin Laden!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1594600.stm

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Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letters U N I O N.

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Apr 18·edited Apr 18

Oscar is a scab, and Elmo is child labor!

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OT: I'm going to apply to volunteer at the City of New Port Richey, which is right down the road from me.

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