Sesame Street Debacle

I only saw this for the first time the other day.

For those of you who don’t know, the episode of sesame street with Katy Perry was banned because she was showing too much cleavage.

I wasn’t paying attention to that but the song, which is actually quite good. Perry wasn’t wearing anything scandalous. And it was a cartoon, which is what half her image is based on anyway. But this control is bizarre – I’m sure the Muppets have done far worse; Miss Piggy always had terrible innuendo.

I loved, however, the sesame street statement:

"Sesame Street has a long history of working with celebrities across all genres, including athletes, actors, musicians and artists. Sesame Street has always been written on two levels, for the child and adult. We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver. We also value our viewer's opinions and particularly those of parents. In light of the feedback we've received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on You Tube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers. Katy Perry fans will still be able to view the video on You Tube."

The idea of it being written for the child and the parent seems to have been a bit too spot on if you think Perry is not wearing enough.

Oh well, at least we can watch it on Youtube.

I enjoyed it at least – for the song.