Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Right? (2019)

Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by thenerdhead on Saturday April 09, 2022 @07:25AM (#30967092)

They are right. Shows are adjusting to capture the little attention spans we have left from the excess use of technology. My 4 y/o loves old episodes of Sesame Street, but the new ones are just visually busy and boring on topics.

I’ve noticed this with many more shows recently and personally don’t subscribe to it. I very much dislike how more shows include distracting visuals, sophomoric humor, and sexual innuendo as if it’s normal for younger kids. It’s not. Rewatching what I watched as a kid at these ages(Barney, Sesame Street, Gullah Gullah island) with my kids definitely shines a light on that.

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by germinalphrase on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:46AM (#30967581)

I’ll offer that there are still some modern shows that haven’t ramped up the pacing too bad: Daniel Tiger, Mighty Machines (old Canadian show, can be found on youtube), Tumbleleaf, Bluey (which also offers decent examples of adults playing with young children if that’s something that is struggle with).

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by DoingIsLearning on Saturday April 09, 2022 @11:29AM (#30968865)

> Daniel Tiger

That show really impressed me as an adult, but it is an animation that tries to very closely emulate Mr. Rogers, so it is only natural that it stands out as an exception in today's shows.

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by jklehm on Saturday April 09, 2022 @09:59AM (#30968122)

Curious if it's a shift in design away from accounting for commercials interleaved every few minutes and now focusing on watching it all at once via streaming.

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by bdcravens on Saturday April 09, 2022 @11:32AM (#30968901)

Even though PBS has changed, originally PBS had no commercial breaks, so Sesame Street was originally intended to watched all at once without breaks.

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by jklehm on Saturday April 09, 2022 @09:39PM (#30973752)

I didn't realize that. Sure seems like a shift then.

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by monetus on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:08AM (#30967325)

Hurrah for Gullah Gullah island.

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