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      esterday
      I
      had
      actually
      resigned
      myself
      to
      the
      idea
      that
      I
      would
      not
      be
      able
      to
      print
      my
     
     
      column
      this
      week
      simply
      because
      my
      busy
      life
      as
      a
      student
      did
      not
      allow
      for
      sucha
      luxury
     
     
      as
      free
      time.
      O.K.,
      so
      that’s
      a
      blatant
      lie.
      I
      would
      have
      had
      plenty
      of
      time
      to
      write
      an
      article
     
     
      had
      I
      not
      spent
      the
      weekend
      in
      the
      depths
      of
      procrastination.
      I
      could
      have
      blamed
      my
      troubles
      on
     
     
      writer’s
      block,
      but
      that
      is
      such
      a
      cliche,
      and
      besides,
      I
      am
      not
      afraid
      to
      admit
      that
      I,
      thus
     
     
      demonstrating
      the
      basis
      of
      our
      generation’s
      existence,
      am
      a
      hopeless
      slacker.
     
    

    
     
      Now
      that
      I
      have
      satisfied
      your
      undying
      curiosity
      with
      one
      more
      piece
      of
      my
      personal
      strife
      I
      can
     
     
      move
      on
      toa
      discussion
      of
      children’s
      television:number
      two
      ina
      series.
      You
      may
      remember
      the
      first
     
     
      part
      of
      this
      ongoing
      series
      for
      it
      was
      a
      discussion
      of
      that
      all-time
      favorite-Mr.Dressup,
      and
      the
     
     
      horrific
      effects
      it
      has
      had
      on
      our
     
     
      social
      awareness.
      With
      this
      instal-
     
     
      ment,
      I
      plan
      to
      answer,
      and
      indeed
     
     
      ask,
      the
      many
      questions
      we
      on
      the
     
     
      verge
      of
      adulthood
      have
      pondered
     
     
      since
      childhood
      concerning
      Sesame
     
     
      Street.
     
    

    
     
      I
      do
      not
      know
      of
      anyone
      who
      was
     
     
      hot
      permitted
      to
      be
      raised
      partly
      by
     
     
      this
      television
      programme.
      We
      all
     
     
      watched
      Sesame
      Street
      in
      the
      late
     
     
      seventies
      and
      into
      the
      eighties,
      an
      era
     
     
      When
      quality
      time
      meant
      sitting
      one
     
     
      netre
      away
      from
      a
      television
      airing
     
     
      quality
      children’s
      programming.
     
    

    
     
      The
      effects
      of
      Sesame
      Street
      are
      readily
      evident
      within
      the
      X
      generation.
      How
      sad
      it
      is
      that
      we
     
     
      have
      become
      a
      generation
      of
      sharing,
      co-operation
      and
      tolerance
      rather
      than
      greedy,
      money-wise,
     
     
      suburbanites,
      The
      world
      must
      hang
      its
      head
      in
      shame
      for
      a
      generation
      concerned
      more
      with
      ‘‘them’”’
     
     
      than
      ‘‘me?*.
      One
      of
      my
      colleagues
      from
      the
      architecturally
      challenged
      Kelley
      building
      shared
      with
     
     
      "te
      some
      of
      her
      thoughts
      on
      the
      presentation
      of
      Sesame
      Street:
      the
      fact
      that
      there
      are
      no
      commercials
     
     
      ind
      the
      show
      contains
      very
      short
      pieces
      concerning
      everything
      from
      the
      french
      alphabet
      to
      the
      life
     
     
      ofa
      letter
      at
      Canada
      Post-how
      intense.
      Thanks
      to
      this
      presentational
      style,
      we
      have
      become
      a
      group
     
     
      licking
      in
      attentiveness.
      We
      must
      be
      captivated
      every
      minute
      or
      we
      drift
      off.
      We
      go
      from
      Sesame
     
     
      Steet
      to
      MuchMusic
      in
      a
      logical
      transition.
     
    

    
     
      Sesame
      Street,
      like
      Mr.
      Dressup,
      has
      done
      more
      than
      simply
      change
      the
      face
      of
      twentysomething
     
     
      Society,
      it
      has
      also
      consumed
      so
      many
      thoughts
      as
      we
      wonder
      about
      the
      truth
      behind
      this
      show
      which
     
    

    
     
      ‘kes
      place
      on
      a
      fictitious
      street
      in
      a
      large
      city
      with
      an
      unwelcome
      absence
      of
      cars.
      Questions
      are
     
     
      “ound
      to
      arise
      concerning
      those
      children
      who
      were
      constantly
      running
      and
      playing
      without
      a
      care
     
     
      ithe
      world,
      Where
      was
      Sesame
      Street
      Elementary
      School?
      I
      also
      have
      questions
      concerning
      the
     
     
      "lationship
      between
      Ernie
      and
      Bert.
      Brothers?
      Perhaps,
      but
      where
      were
      their
      parents?
      I
      suppose
     
     
      they
      had
      an
      apartment
      together
      and
      lived
      on
      their
      own.
      Did
      they
      work?
      Who
      knows?
      Bert
      collected
     
     
      Péper
      clips
      and
      called
      pigeons
      his
      best
      friends.
      Is
      this
      a
      healthy
      role
      model
      for
      our
      children?
      Oh,
     
     
      let
      us
      not
      forget
      Bert
      had
      but
      one
      far
      reaching
      eyebrow
      rather
      than
      the
      standard
      two.
      Was
      Bert
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      blown
      freak?
      Only
      the
      Children’s
      Television
      Workshop
      has
      the
      answers
      and
      they
      aren’t
     
     
      dking,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "...Mr.
      Dressup
      and
     
     
      the
      horrific
      effects
     
     
      it
      has
      had
      on
      our
     
     
      social
      awareness."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      =
     
     
      a
     
     
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      other
      questions
      of
      course
      surrounding
      the
      frustration
      created
      in
      our
      knowing
      minds
     
     
      .
      “Sesame
      Street
      adults
      refused
      to
      believe
      in
      the
      Snuffalupagous.
      Children
      across
      North
      America
     
     
      ‘ehed
      Collectively
      in
      relief
      when
      Big
      Bird’s
      friend
      was
      finally
      exposed
      as
      being
      real.
      The
      pressure
     
     
      ml
      i
      young
      mind
      was
      so
      pleasing.
      I
      realize
      you
      too
      have
      many
      questions
      for
      which
      answers
      seem
     
     
      Utnon-existent,
      Someday,
      however,
      the
      government
      of
      the
      world
      will
      realize
      that
      Sesame
      Street
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Trials
      &
      Tribulations
      of
      a
     
     
      twentysomething
     
    
   
   
    
     
      has
      been
      nothing
      more
      than
      a
      vehicle
      for
      the
     
     
      propagation
      of
      happiness.
      How
      long
      will
      the
     
     
      CTW
      go
      in
      its
      attempt
      to
      take
      over
      the
      world!
     
    

    
     
      Just
      as
      you
      are
      about
      to
      relax
      knowing
      that
     
     
      the
      Street’s
      effects
      have
      already
      taken
      place
      and
     
     
      there
      is
      nothing
      we
      can
      do,
      I
      think
      I
      should
      warn
     
     
      you
      that
      the
      show
      is
      already
      forcing
      its
      way
      into
     
     
      our
      generation’s
      pop
      culture.
      A
      techno
      bond
     
     
      from
      the
      UK
      that
      was
      obviously
      deeply
      affected
     
     
      and
      disturbed
      by
      Sesame
      Street
      in
      the
      1970’s
     
     
      has
      released
      a
      song
      called
      ‘‘Sesame’s
      Street’?
     
     
      and
      sampled
      the
      show’s
      theme
      song.
      We
      have
     
     
      gone
      from
      getting
      high
      on
      Froot-Loops
      while
     
     
      watching
      Sesame
      Street
      to
      getting
      high
      on
      ec-
     
     
      stasy
      while
      dancing
      to
      a
      distorted
      version
      of
      its
     
     
      theme
      song.
      I
      am
      sure
      we
      will
      all
      agree
      that
      the
     
     
      time
      has
      come
      for
      the
      wrecking
      ball
      to
      come
     
     
      down
      on
      this
      street
      representing
      all
      that
      is
     
     
      wrong
      in
      our
      lives.
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