AIBU?
to demand the return of Sesame Street?
roundtable · 17/04/2013 15:57
I'm in the USA at the moment and whilst switching channels noticed Sesame Street was on so settled down for a watch with my ds1.
I'd forgotten how brilliant it is, why did they take off the tv?
Anyone else used to love watching Sesame Street or am I the only sad bastard on here?
Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away... 
drjohnsonscat · 17/04/2013 16:01
Agree. I got the DCs a box set of Sesame St DVDs and we they love it. It's the only children's DVD I can bear to watch.
Of course, I did have to go out and buy a multi-region dvd player as a result because the DVD is not available for our region so I may have gone a bit over the top.
Put down the duckie is a fave, as is anything Cookie Monster ever does. Oh and the one with that crazy jazz muppet jamming.
Unacceptable · 17/04/2013 16:16
YANBU I'm in a group on Facebook for same thing
//www.facebook.com/groups/207723349312621/
and it isn't the only one
www.facebook.com/pages/Bring-Back-Sesame-Street-to-UK-TV/181144771970218
en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Bring-Sesame-Street-back-to-the-UK/186179648114068
twitter.com/sesamestreetuk
There seems to be loads of small groups with the same idea. Is even an e-petition!!!
epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/20786
MissyMooandherBeaverofSteel · 17/04/2013 16:35
I loved the ABC song 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz is the most remarkable word I've ever seeeeeeeeen' and the pinball 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 {deep voice} 11,12.
That weird vampire count guy was ace, as were Bert and Ernie, and, of course the Cookie Monster,
MrsTerryPratchett · 17/04/2013 16:37
Bert is evil. Poor Ernie.
The only problem for me is that now Cookie Monster loves broccoli and eats vegetables. WTF?
PaulInHolland · 17/04/2013 16:42
It is unusual that their was never a UK version of Sesame Street. The Dutch version (Sesaamstraat) is one of the most popular children's programmes over here.When the TV station wanted to change it's timeslot,there was a big public campaign against it.
BTW Big Bird over here is blue and is called "Pino"
steppemum · 17/04/2013 17:19
I don't think it is brilliant, I think it is crap.
It was set up to improve ed standards.
It shows all letters in capitals, whereas (in UK) we teach lower case and encourage parents NOT to use capitals, so essentially pretty unhelpful
It teaches many letters as the letter name not sound, so actually not helping with reading at all then
There was a study done about how it encouraged reading and after analysing all the episodes, they came to the conclusion that it discouraged reading more often than encouraged it, eg one character reading a book, and the other says come and play, no I'm reading, leave the book and come and play etc.
rubbish program, hated it.
roundtable · 17/04/2013 17:24
So do you think there's a realistic chance of getting back on our screens? It used to be on Channel 4 didn't it?
Wonder if Justine has any links with the world of children's tv and the power of Mumsnet might prevail?
Oh and Candice yavvvu. Big Bird is a friend to all. even though he's a little odd
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