interviewing Oscar the Grouch. I'm not making this up. Apparently,
Oscar the Grouch's favorite guest on Sesame Street was Waylon Jennings.
This is an amazing time we're living in.
Apparently, Sesame Street was banned in its first year in Mississippi,
because it showed an integrated community (Hispanic/Anglo/African
American/Muppet) in a positive light.
They also have a Middle Eastern version (the show was produced in Kuwait
and the tapes were stolen by the Iraqi army during the first Gulf war)
and they have a South African show that features, among other things, an
HIV positive Muppet.
It was a project that came out of the Great Society.
And by the way, this may be another example of one of the ways in which
government projects can beat the market. I'll bet for Sesame Street
over the Flinstones any day.
1 comment:
Man, who better to interview? Oscar the Grouch knows about hard economic times; dude lived in a garbage can!
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