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Aug 10, 2006

PBS, you gonna fire Kermit too?

Jim Henson's own son is behind this production. So now in addition to Melanie and the issues raised about why this made as much sense as deciding, after you have become a parent, you won't see George Carlin, take in an Alec Baldwin movie or listen to the Beatles ever again because Ringo Star, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin "undermined their characters" by appearing on Thomas The Tank.

C'mon PBS, sing along with us, "One of these things is not like the other..." What if Number 8 and the Letter G decide to pull their support and refuse to bring us Sesame Street?

I don't mean to harp on a small issue in a big world, but I'm really disappointed in PBS right now because I feel their actions may persuade people to believe adulthood is always a bad influence on childhood. These beliefs then may foster a breeding ground for parental guilt.

Rant over. Back to our regular scheduled programming....

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2 Comments:

At 10:06 PM, August 13, 2006, Blogger Suburban Turmoil said...

Good point. PBS was probably reacting to what it believed would be an onslaught of mail from the very same women who were offended by the breastfeeding baby magazine cover...

 
At 9:17 PM, August 14, 2006, Blogger Her Bad Mother said...

Aaagh, I'm not going to make your deadline (in-laws with us for daaaays...)!!!!

 

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