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When do you think Sesame Street will end?
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usa4worldcup2010
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Sesame Street's been over since Elmo got his own little show-in-a-show.
Kaci-April!
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Will human society extinguish itself or continue in other galaxies?
This isn't an animated series, so I'll go ahead and move this thread to the Entertainment Section. I believe that preschool shows have been discussed there before. If you don't mind fhfan, I'll also change the thread's title since it might give the impression that the show is actually ending, instead of just asking if it will end.
As for the actual question, probably not in the near future at least. There's always new kids coming in to the show and parents like it for its educational value. It's done well enough to last for a few decades, so I think that I can last for quite a few more years.
As for the actual question, probably not in the near future at least. There's always new kids coming in to the show and parents like it for its educational value. It's done well enough to last for a few decades, so I think that I can last for quite a few more years.
I don't think Sesame Street will end anytime soon but I agree with Dendawg, the show hasn't been the same since Elmo took over and got his own segment within the show, it takes up way too much time out of the show and it's become quite annoying. I don't watch the show much anymore because I'm way too old, but once in a while I will check in and see how things are (every year or so) and I've been disappointed at the feel of the show and the direction that the show took since Elmo became popular, when I was a kid is was basicly an educational variety show with a mixture of puppets and humans and now it's basicly 90% Elmo and 10% what it once was. I feel bad for today's children who are made to sit and watch that stuff, it was so much better in the 70's and 80's.
You know what would be interesting: Elmo having a show within a show within a show. That's right, we're going deeper into Elmo's mind. Make sure that you have a totem to bring you back to our world if Elmo ever wakes up to find out that his takeover of Sesame Street was nothing more than a dream.
FunFungirl
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It'll end when the world ends.
ajay prasad
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I really don't know how PBS' ratings are for their shows, but I would think that the ratings for this show should be decent. Which, I wanted to make a topic about if this was PBS' #2 show behind Aurthur, but I'm getting off topic.
If the ratings and merchandise is still selling, it'll keep going.
Anyways, I, like Manga said, watch little parts of it sometimes. I feel as though they don't do as much animated stuff as they use to, which I really enjoyed. I really hate that they don't seem to have as much secondary character action. I still thought their used to be episodes where Elmo didn't even appear. Sadly, that's the exact opposite now. He appears every episode or the show will feel weird for them. I also hate that Elmo has to have his own show in the show.
I like Elmo, but they are almost trying to make him Mickey Mouse now. When you think "Disney" most people probably think of Mickey.
I still remember the song "It's Hip to be a Square."
If the ratings and merchandise is still selling, it'll keep going.
Anyways, I, like Manga said, watch little parts of it sometimes. I feel as though they don't do as much animated stuff as they use to, which I really enjoyed. I really hate that they don't seem to have as much secondary character action. I still thought their used to be episodes where Elmo didn't even appear. Sadly, that's the exact opposite now. He appears every episode or the show will feel weird for them. I also hate that Elmo has to have his own show in the show.
I like Elmo, but they are almost trying to make him Mickey Mouse now. When you think "Disney" most people probably think of Mickey.
I still remember the song "It's Hip to be a Square."
blazikenace
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But not in terms of being animated in the traditional sense.
And when would that be?
And when would that be?
I remember that my sister told me that in one of her classes, that there's a whole chapter about Sesame Street in one of her textbooks, and how it was used to help underprivileged kids catch up with those that were able to afford to go to kindergarten. With that in mind, I don't think that Sesame Street will ever go away. Sure it's a little commercial, but it's main purpose is still there, an education tool.
One way to look at it is that some of Sesame Street's merchandise (coloring books, story books, etc) does a decent enough job of teaching kids to read and think creatively. All the show would need to do is make the kids love the characters (for this generation, that's Elmo) enough to make their parents buy them Sesame Street-related books. It's still edutainment.
Maybe I was too young to comprehend my intellectual growth, but I don't recall learning a whole lot from Sesame Street. I learned more from Squrae One, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego, and Mr. Rogers. My memories of Sesame Street are more about learning social nuances, not academic lessons. (Sharing, friendship, politeness, etc.) This is an important enough lesson on its own, and from what little I've seen of SS lately, that is still a big part of the show.
My sister has a 1 1/2 year old son who is shown SS on-demand. These are chopped-up, distilled versions of SS episodes that are more lesson-focused, and potentially more effective to show to kids than a random episode airing in the mornings on the regular PBS station. That could be your ticket right there.
Maybe I was too young to comprehend my intellectual growth, but I don't recall learning a whole lot from Sesame Street. I learned more from Squrae One, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego, and Mr. Rogers. My memories of Sesame Street are more about learning social nuances, not academic lessons. (Sharing, friendship, politeness, etc.) This is an important enough lesson on its own, and from what little I've seen of SS lately, that is still a big part of the show.
My sister has a 1 1/2 year old son who is shown SS on-demand. These are chopped-up, distilled versions of SS episodes that are more lesson-focused, and potentially more effective to show to kids than a random episode airing in the mornings on the regular PBS station. That could be your ticket right there.