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A comment on 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 tejohnso on Saturday April 09, 2022 @07:39AM (#30967158)
There's a whole host of quality children's programming in a style that is no longer popular. I suppose you could find it if you tried, but it certainly doesn't come up on any youtube recommendation. Shows like:

    Today's Special
    Read All About It
    Readalong
    Reading Rainbow
    Mr. Rogers
    Square One Television
Maybe this is just personal nostalgia and there's definitely a regional influence, but I believe the focus on education and benefit to children was clear. Much more so than what I'm seeing now. And the crucial thing is that these shows were found naturally by children. They were part of the default programming. You didn't need a parent to control or coerce the child toward them.

The situation now is abysmal. Without careful control a child will end up watching absolute garbage.

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by sandworm101 on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:48AM (#30967594)
Without careful control we all will end up watching absolute garbage.

I am now very careful about what i personally watch. People recommend documentaries to me regularly. If it isnt BBC i am very careful to vet its makers before watching. If it is a drama, a check the director out first. There is far too much material out there to waste my time on anything but great tv.

I a currently re-watching James Nesbit in "Babylon" ... great tv is still out there.

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by adjagu on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:28AM (#30967455)
On the Mr. Rogers website [0] there are some complete episodes from 1970 currently available. Also, in my region Amazon Prime Video [1] has Mr. Rogers from 1979-2001 available for purchase.

[0]: https://www.misterrogers.org/watch/ [1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B004DKDOWY/

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Re:Frank Oz Says Sesame Street Has Gone Downhill. Is He Righ... by bdcravens on Saturday April 09, 2022 @11:38AM (#30968950)
Just reading that list brought back memories (born in 1977). I grew up poor, so I didn't have access to a lot of what my middle class peers in that time had (game systems, paid extracurricular activities, or even a VCR) so shows like these were staples of my experience, and perhaps a strong reason I've had a lifelong love of learning.
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