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DoyleMisfit
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Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 332
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veggie monster?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/ ... 6684.shtml
Quote: Cookie Monster appears to be happy with the new "sometimes food" song, because at the end he warbles: "Is sometimes now?"
it made me want to burn.....
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Kerrus
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Joined: Tue Sep 07, 2004 2:20 pm Posts: 779 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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yes.
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Michael J Doyle
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Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:05 am Posts: 1590 Location: Out past Fort Mudge
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The PC nazis have gotten to another icon?
Damn them! *sob*
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Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:00 pm |
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Daemon
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Joined: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:03 am Posts: 1499 Location: not here
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Apparently, "C" is for "change". (Vain comment warning. )
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Vicil
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Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:45 am Posts: 209 Location: Trapped in a downward spiral of self-torment.
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Well, we spent the last ten years fighting illiteracy. Obeisity was next in line.
Technically this isn't PC. North America is in a mass panic over the rise in fat people and they want it to stop. Techically this is a good thing. Technically, this can nip it in the butt for the next generation (my kids... not). With the help of the influence of television, Celebreties, and their favorite action heroes, we may never see a fat kid again. They are putting the plan into action.
But this causes a bad chain reaction. Lower numbers in obeisity means more fat kids will be singled out as a minority (instead of the proud 15% we achieved in 2004). Poor, friendless fat kids get bullied and teased, go home crying. Can't get a date worth shit; and if they don't develope a an agressive attitude, then they will develop an identity complex.
This is counteracted by more seminars and school plays about "how our differences make us special"... which we all know never inspired the assholes we grew up with.
Politically Correct: saying something is wrong, but not doing anything about it.
EDIT: Tuesday; April 12, 2005; 2:43 AM Achieved the rank of Doom Lobster.
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Anony-mouse
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Joined: Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:14 pm Posts: 2769 Location: Location, Location!
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See, for most people, being fat is something they can change. I can't change the colour of my skin. I can't (surgery isn't the real thing) change my sex. I can change my weight. If it's causing you that much trouble, stop eating junk food, diet, and exercise. That's all there is to it. Now if you have a medical condition, well you're just fucked.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:16 am |
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Tozetre
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Joined: Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:50 pm Posts: 3467
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Yeah. I'm a fatass because I eat lots and hide in my basement writing papers instead of exercising. If I want to lose weight, I'll change that.
Hence, expect me to weigh 200 pounds at the end of summer.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:12 am |
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Audrin
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Joined: Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:53 am Posts: 118 Location: Duke University
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It is a dark day when political correctness invades Sesame street.
I mean beyond the rainbow of colors that make up the cast.
And the disabled people.
And the charcters in the southafrican version that have Aids.
Come to think of it Seasame Street was pretty PC to begin with.
Everyone remember that Gay Muppet article in the onion? wish i could link to it but stupid onion sold out and charges you to look at archives now...
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:29 pm |
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Daemon
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Joined: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:03 am Posts: 1499 Location: not here
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Political Correctness hit Sesame Street a long time ago. You know how they killed off Ernie because some mother wrote in to complain that Ernie and Bert seemed homosexual? For the sake of political correctness, the writers had Ernie run over by a bus to avoid controversy.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:15 pm |
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Anony-mouse
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Joined: Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:14 pm Posts: 2769 Location: Location, Location!
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Ernie is still there. Though I haven't seen much of Bert lately. Granted I haven't seen an episode in about four months now, and Bert was never a very popular character to begin with. And yeah, Bert and Ernie always seemed like life-partners to me. Two confirmed bachelors living alone with their Ozzy & Harriet twin beds, with those monograms carved in them, the fact that they took bubble baths together...
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:50 pm |
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Daemon
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Ernie was being used as a ghost unless they changed that, recently. I saw the episode where he got run over by a bus when it first aired.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:08 pm |
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Anony-mouse
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...That must be the Canadian version...
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:51 pm |
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Daemon
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I don't think so. Perhaps you are watching old reruns? Although, the episode is many years old, as well.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:09 pm |
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Audrin
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Joined: Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:53 am Posts: 118 Location: Duke University
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I refuse to beleive sesame street killed off a character. That would be like the green ranger knocking up the pink ranger and her having an abortion.
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To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
An' ev'n devotion!
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Audrin
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Joined: Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:53 am Posts: 118 Location: Duke University
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No one died, check the link.
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cs ... html#sec17
One of the funniest links i've read in a while. All your muppet questions answered. Are bert and ernie gay? Did beaker give scrooge the finger? Find out now! I take strange pleasure in reading about the darker side of the muppets.
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To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
An' ev'n devotion!
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Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:34 am |
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Audrin
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Joined: Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:53 am Posts: 118 Location: Duke University
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Audrin wrote: Come to think of it Seasame Street was pretty PC to begin with.
I said ST was PC daemon. (Just thought you were correcting me by saying it already was PC.)
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To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
An' ev'n devotion!
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Decebalus
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Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:21 pm Posts: 205 Location: Canberra, AU
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You know what is kind of depressing yet cool at the same time... This story made the six o'clock news tonight here in Australia. Seriously, no kidding, and not the human intrest story at the end either it was somewhere about the third story or so.
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Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:23 am |
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Shit... Did you see the news today? Protestors pikkited PBS
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Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:58 pm |
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Spike
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Joined: Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:49 pm Posts: 760 Location: Right behind you.
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Audrin wrote: I refuse to beleive sesame street killed off a character. That would be like the green ranger knocking up the pink ranger and her having an abortion.
"Mr. Hooper" died when his actor died on sesame street. this was before even my time. but it happened.
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Christopher Fiss
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Joined: Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:56 pm Posts: 3479 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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I remember that episode. Pretty good, actually. They didn't candy it up or throw in a bunch of P.C. crap of happiness or 'he's gone on a trip/vacation/etc' stuff. Everyone was sad, they talked about it, and it was just there. One of the few full episodes I remembered. Most of my Ses.Street memories are the "12" song and the Muppet News flashes.
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Anony-mouse
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Joined: Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:14 pm Posts: 2769 Location: Location, Location!
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"Hi ho, everybody!"
RIP Jim...
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"Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step to true panic."
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Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:23 am |
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Kerrus
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Joined: Tue Sep 07, 2004 2:20 pm Posts: 779 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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I remember that episode too. though it was so long a go, i cried and watched and watched. it was really quite informative and helpful.
(here's a question: does anyone remember the short lived spinoff/replacement sesame park?)
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Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:16 pm |
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Anony-mouse
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Only you canuks. It never aired here in America. The only reason I even know about is I read the Wikipedia article on Sesame Street.
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"Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step to true panic."
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Christopher Fiss
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Did they have another spin-off? I seem to recall reading/hearing about one that was either only for the States, or an expanded version of the original show or something.
Could be mistaken. I don't follow the Elmo-news like some.
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Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:38 pm |
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DoyleMisfit
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Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 332
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Christopher Fiss wrote: Could be mistaken. I don't follow the Elmo-news like some.
oh shush, my girlfriend told me about it and I had to post it, I knew you guys would understand my pain and frustration!
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