Changes are coming to Sesame Street, are they good or bad?

[marylander1940]

Oscar the grouch will pop out a recycling bin instead of a trash can, Elmo will talk about not to stare at the phone constantly and will live in a brownstone.

 

http://variety.com/2015/artisans/news/sesame-street-set-remodel-1201472448/

[+ friendofsheila]

Looks harmless.

[+ ArVaGuy]

It will air on HBO first then PBS will show reruns about nine months later.

[+ WmClarke]

Oscar the grouch will pop out a recycling bin instead of a trash can,

Then it's not Oscar.

[+ FreshFluff]

As hokey as it was, the show managed to explain some things pretty well.

 

9/11

Following the attacks of 9/11, the 33rd-season premiere found Elmo struggling to deal with his fear after he sees a grease fire break out at a lunch counter. He's reassured after he visits with real-life firefighters in Harlem. With that storyline, Sesame Street did more to acknowledge its audience's unsettled feelings than many adult shows did, even some set in Manhattan, including Friends and Sex and the City.

 

Death of Mr. Hooper, an elderly man who ran the corner store

He [big Bird] gets to Mr. Hooper's picture, saying that he would give it to him when he returns. The adults tearfully and emotionally explain to Big Bird that Mr. Hooper has died, and wouldn't come back. Big Bird reacts by getting upset, expressing his confusion and sadness. The adults reassure him that they love him and will take care of him and David reveals that he would take over the store, because Mr. Hooper had left it to him in his will. Big Bird asks, "Why does it have to be this way? Give me one good reason!" and Gordon answers, "Big Bird, it has to be this way ... just because."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Hooper

[mattr]

Hmmm a Brownstone, presumably in Brooklyn... given that Park Slope and the surrounding area (Park Slope wanna be's) is the baby central in NYC, it looks like Sesame Street is playing to the NY audience.