Sesame Street Does Mad Men (4 Tha Kids!)
Yes, Internet, this is cute. Yes, Internet, we all love Mad Men. And yes, Internet, we are all at least somewhat nostalgic for our childhoods (Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means "pain from an old wound") to the point where combining something that we like now with something that we like then gets an instant Express Pass to our hearts. It's a deal! We'll have Ben Kosgrome draw up a contract.
But did this video make anyone else wonder what must have slipped by their young face when they actually watched Sesame Street? Clearly there must have been some FUCKED UP parodies (4 tha kids) when I actually watched this show as a target audience member*. Sesame Street presents Last Tango in Sesame Street or whatever. And not to be Professor Children's Television, but shouldn't they have been Glad Men at the end of this sketch? Or is it some kind of modern parenting trick? "When you're raising your children, it's all about the words you don't say."
Just kidding, of course, Internet! Everything about this is absolutely perfect. No one would ever dare criticize.
*Watched, of course, is a euphemism. I listened to this show. As a radio play. Huddled in the basement as our heroic war planes took off for Germany. The first time.
Posted by Gabe at 9:45 AM in Children's Television, Nostalgia, Parodies
Tags: Don Draper | Jim Henson | Jon Hamm | Mad Men | Sesame Street
A Clockwork Orange Juice from a Sippy Cup
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Citizen Kandy Kane.
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A NapTime to Kill
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(Cookie)Monster's Ball
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Platoon
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Who else is glad to see the Where the Wild Things Are ads replace the stupid Coke ads. I like Coke and all, but their ads were terrible. "What if CocaCola had a dance contest with the Pythagorean Theorem?", oh I don't know, maybe I would shoot myself in the face because that is infuriatingly dumb.
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I have to say that this kind of reminds me how much magic has been lost ever since Jim Henson died. The people doing this show are very talented, but something has been missing in the Muppet/Sesame Street Universe.
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How very true. They were going to get a string of brilliant directors to contribute, but you know, they all love the rape-rape so much that they felt the Big Bird and Snuffalufficous scenes would be pretty intense/rapey.
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Polanski Muppet trial anyone? Something with counting. The lawyer and judge are arguing how many jurors they need. Somewhere, Seth MacFarlane is writing this down...
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Nah, most people who watch Family Guy won't know who Roman Polanski is. OH SNAP! But Videogum should have a Muppet Rape-rape Trial.
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"Good work, sycophants!"
It's nice that they throw in something for the frustrated stay-at-home mom with a masters in English lit. My parental leave is going to be a-ok.
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i always loved the "waiting for elmo" parody of "waiting for godot": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksL_7WrhWOc
hell, ANY of the monsterpiece theater ones were gold.
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Here is one of my favorite 4 Tha Kids videos (Letter B!). Probably because it's one of the few Sesame Street sketches I still remember vividly from when I was around four years old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmVd9F1fW00
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I might never have gotten into Springsteen if I had never seen "Born to Add".
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Hats off inside, gentlemen. And its not Mad Men without the booze. But all things considered, good work, sycophants.
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Sesame Street presents the retelling of Pier Paolo Pasolini's SALO.
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that'll do internet...that'll do...
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Remember Twin Beaks? Parodying something *parents* don't even get...that's fuckin' edgy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vftf8TTve4s
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I was gonna make that joke but had a strong feeling it was probably real.
also: our parents watched twin peaks. a lot of people did. it was on CBS, primetime.
but also also: david finch!
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Please let them recreate the lawnmower episode.
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I love you Sesame Street Muppets. We have been friends for many years. Perhaps I shall watch "Follow That Bird" this evening. Movie Party anyone? I have popcorn and i'll cut up veggies and find some beer. Oh! We'll Laugh our cares away! (on this easy going day.)
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aw, follow that bird!
happy memories!
remember chevy chase mispronouncing 'sesame'? so good!
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Also "Good word, sycophants." Best line ever in a Sesame Street clip.
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I watched this with my 2 year old and my 7 year old the other day. It was awkward explaining the follow up scene with Muppet Don Draper seeing Muppet Salvatore Romano having gay (muppet) sex with Muppet Bell Hop.
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Man alive, even as a muppet Don Draper is such a boss.
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Interesting fact: Muppet Sterling-Cooper was the first Manhattan ad agency to hire a purple-skinned copy writer. The more you know.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vxv7qi3BJI
sesame street 30 Rocks
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