This 1970s ‘Sesame Street’ Episode Was Pulled From Broadcast
The Big Picture Since its inception in 1969, Sesame Street has become one of the most popular children's television shows of all time, a favorite of children, parents, and educators alike. With friendly characters like Big Bird , maybe not so friendly but entirely harmless, like Oscar the Grouch , to beloved human characters like Bob Johnson , the innocent show hasn't garnered controversy. Well, wait a moment.
‘Sesame Street’ Episode Had a Guest Fly in From the Land of Oz What young Sesame Street viewers saw in that episode is a character that has haunted many a dream since she first appeared in 1939's The Wizard of Oz: The Wicked Witch of the West, played by Margaret Hamilton. The episode begins with David stepping out of his store into a heavy, spooky wind, one that blows a broom out of the sky and into David's hands. Not just any broom.
'Sesame Street' Should Have Followed Mister Rogers' Lead The intent of the episode is clearly two-fold: teaching kids about overcoming their fears, and the best way to get something you want is by asking politely, not grabbing or demanding. As per the AV Club article above, Hamilton was a former teacher who was only too happy to reprise her most famous role for educational programming, and Sesame Street seemed the perfect place to do so.
What's funny about the whole debacle is that in 1975, a year before she appeared on Sesame Street, Hamilton was invited to be on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood by Fred Rogers. The pair worked together for the purpose of showing kids that beneath the makeup is a regular person, that movies are all make-believe, and that there is nothing to be afraid of. That, really, was the best way to utilize Hamilton in what is more or less the same intention: overcoming fears.
Despite the negativity, one positive came out of the banned Sesame Street episode. Oscar the Grouch took one look at the Wicked Witch, and proclaimed, "You have got to be the most beautiful person I have ever seen. I think I'm in love!" Now how come no one wrote in about how lovely it was to see that even a crotchety, garbage-can-living, old Muppet can fall in love? Haters gonna hate, hate, hate.
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