From a NYT article on a new series of Sesame Street DVDs, "Sesame Beginnings," aimed at the new hot (or is it hot new?) 0-3 demographic:
Miniature versions of Elmo, Prairie Dawn, Cookie Monster and Big Bird were all introduced, together with their caregivers. The eclectic caregivers — one mother, one father, one aunt and one grandmother — included Elmo's charming handlebar-mustachioed dad, whose dingy Villagey apartment had cheap bars on its windows*, and Prairie Dawn's equally appealing sunburned mother, who wore turquoise jewelry and lavender eye shadow, talked like Ethel Merman and favored Miami décor.
I'd watch that just for more insight into Elmo's world, which suddenly seems more interesting than I'd previously supposed.
But I'm dismayed at the series' apparent lack of baby Yip-Yip Martians. Even as a card-carrying member of the Yahoo Yip-Yip Fan Club (which "holds claim to being the Internet's largest club or group, strictly themed to Sesame Street"), I had never stopped to wonder about their home life.
*on second read: "cheap bars" on the windows? I guess the Times would notice such a thing ...
I'm more of a Clark Bar fan- but you do really don't see them around much anymore.
Posted by: KAK | April 14, 2006 at 03:44 PM