You just knew this was going to happen…

Sesame Street is the longest running kids show in history.  We all watched it growing up.  Now I’m back to watching it again, as I have a toddler in the house.  It’s pretty much the same with minor tweaks, new characters, etc.  Changes are expected to be made on the show that’s been running since before most of us were born.  It debuted in the ’60s, for Christ’s sake!

Back in 1998, the Children’s Television Workshop signed the deal with the devil and started to accept “underwriting”, or as normal people would call them, commercials.  Granted they weren’t in the middle of the show, but anybody with a heartbeat and/or pulse could see through the bullshit.  You can make any kind of touchy-feely commercial you want, but bottom line, they’re still shilling out the same old crap. 

One of the best is for McDonald’s, where the mother watches her daughter on the playground, saying how she likes to watch her learn/grow/explore/be all she can be (but not in the Army).   But it ends with the same old Golden Arches logo.  My daughter is no dummy.  She now asks for French fries.  At 7am.  Thanks a lot!!!

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