Posted on 09/23/2010 10:25:34 AM PDT by presidio9
Producers of the hit children's TV show Sesame Street have canceled an appearance by pop singer Katy Perry following feedback from parents.
Perry, who rose to stardom in 2008 with the No. 1 single, "I Kissed A Girl, was set to appear on the premiere of the show's 41st season on Sept 27.
But after a segment of the show appeared online on Monday Sesame Workshop, which produces the show, decided not to air it.
"In light of the feedback we've received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on YouTube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers," the show said in a statement, adding it valued the opinions of viewers, particularly parents.
The segment features Perry singing a rendition of her 2008 single "Hot N Cold" to the Muppet Elmo. The song, originally about an elusive lover, was rewritten for the clip.
The producers said the show, which has a long history of working with actors, athletes, musicians and artists, has always been written on two levels -- for the child and adult.
"We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver," the producers said.
Perry is not the first celebrity to be pulled from the show. A music video featuring singer Chris Brown was canceled in February when Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend Rihanna.
Perry's hit song "California Gurls," the lead single from her current album, Teenage Dream, was named Billboard's song of the U.S. summer season.
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Look up some more pics of Miranda and then listen to some of her music. Somethin’ tells me she’d put a bullet in a husband that even so much suggested such a thing. She has a song called Gunpowder and Lead (what little girls are made of). Find the video for her song Kerosene on You Tube. Oof!
Her next single: “I Kissed a Muppet.”
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Sesame Street proudly introduces a new character, the Nookie Monster.
[ The only good shows were in the 70’s when the count was scary, snuffy only lived in Big Bird’s Mind, Mr. Hooper was still alive, and Oscar was one mean SOB.
And Cookie Monster ate nothing but cookies! ]
Yeah he wasn’t the PC-ified Carrot Monster....
[ The only good shows were in the 70’s when the count was scary, snuffy only lived in Big Bird’s Mind, Mr. Hooper was still alive, and Oscar was one mean SOB.
And Cookie Monster ate nothing but cookies! ]
Yeah he wasn’t the PC-ified Carrot Monster....
Yeah, pretty sure that Cookie Monster also drank too back then, heavily that is....
Yeah, I think I read somewhere that he was the chief suspect in a couple of milk truck hijackings.
Elmo want to boff Katie !!
They did. They also won't play the Courtyard Hounds music either.
Of course they blame everyone but themselves because no one wants to listen to their music.
According to them the mean ole radio stations are the ones behind the boycott. Forget that listeners are the ones who DICTATE what radio stations will or will not play.
Certainly no disagreement here. I am an elderly person and have completed that mission. We always included "home schooling" with public schooling. That is to say, we never assumed that the things being taught were necessarily the correct things. If one assumes that all is well with his/her child's public schooling, pray for a happy outcome while preparing for disaster.
I think they realized they needed to keep their opinions to themselves...just too late to salvage their careers. I do keep up with C&W music and the Dixie Chicks’ outburst and subsequent downfall has caused quite a few leftists in Nashville to keep their lips zipped.
Oh yeah, now I can see it. Nicey!
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