Maybe that's it - we don't watch TV, like, ever. (At least, ever since they took Mr. Rogers out of the slot right before SS. We mostly watch videos and stuff from the library.) Oh, Mr. Rogers is still on - on SATURDAYS at 6 IN THE MORNING. UUUUGGGGHHHHH. And you can watch full episodes on the PBS website - only the SAME 30 episodes ALL the TIME, never changing, out of the 7 gajillion the man made. UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH again.
So I don't have much to compare it to, except my memory. It seems to me that the content was lower but the characters more mature "back in the day." Now it seems like they are doing above-kindergarten-level content (instead of preschool), but all the newer characters (Elmo, Baby Bear) are more toddler-like, which annoys me. I love it when I see some of the old segments that I remember from 30 years ago.
We did get the "Old School" SS first season on Netflix a while back. And it was all mysteriously labeled, like it wasn't appropriate for kids to watch anymore (well, in the very first episode Gordon does invite a little girl he never met before and who doesn't know him back to his apartment for milk and cookies - jeez.) Back when Oscar was MEAN instead of just eccentric in his likes and dislikes (didn't he used to call Elmo "Pink-Face?"). And Telly was NEUROTIC instead of just hesitant (he used to make ME nervous). And Snuffleupagus was ALLEGEDLY IMAGINARY. Now I know I'm getting curmudgeonly... *** And speaking of children's shows from my youth, am I the only person in the whole world who remembers "Voyage of the Mimi?"
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So I don't have much to compare it to, except my memory. It seems to me that the content was lower but the characters more mature "back in the day." Now it seems like they are doing above-kindergarten-level content (instead of preschool), but all the newer characters (Elmo, Baby Bear) are more toddler-like, which annoys me. I love it when I see some of the old segments that I remember from 30 years ago.
[One-two-three-FOUR-five, six-seven-eight-NINE-ten, eleven-TWE-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-ELVE!]
We did get the "Old School" SS first season on Netflix a while back. And it was all mysteriously labeled, like it wasn't appropriate for kids to watch anymore (well, in the very first episode Gordon does invite a little girl he never met before and who doesn't know him back to his apartment for milk and cookies - jeez.) Back when Oscar was MEAN instead of just eccentric in his likes and dislikes (didn't he used to call Elmo "Pink-Face?"). And Telly was NEUROTIC instead of just hesitant (he used to make ME nervous). And Snuffleupagus was ALLEGEDLY IMAGINARY. Now I know I'm getting curmudgeonly...
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And speaking of children's shows from my youth, am I the only person in the whole world who remembers "Voyage of the Mimi?"