Sesame Street videos that engender fear, years later

[jrtom]

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/13/sam_the_sesame_stree.html

Sometime when I'm not at work I'm going to have to check these out. (I sorrow that someone was freaked out by the "BRRRRRR-ING!" aliens, as those were among my favorite sketches ever, as several of my friends know. :) )

I wonder which seemingly innocuous things my kids are going to be bothered by?

Comments

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

I loved those aliens.

The one I hated as a kid was the one were they'd say " pies!" and then the chef would fall down the stairs. I hated it because it looked like it hurt and all his pies were ruined. I just found it deeply upsetting that this horrible thing happened to this man and no one was, I don't know, helping him?

I couldn't stand the stooges or Laurel and Hardy either. Too much imagination or empathy or something.

[dandelionteeth.livejournal.com]

Dude, you toss your kids in the air. You toss them up reeeally high in the air.

I pretty much think that they aren't going to be too upset by Sesame Street.

Thanks for the link, though. I just wasted several hours of my live pawing through old clips. Whee!

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

It's true that Corwin does like the "jumping" thing. (Haven't tried it on the twins yet.) Maybe this means that his fears are less likely to relate to falling, but it won't make him fearless. :)

Anyway, you're welcome. I look forward to checking them out myself...