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News & ArtsWednesday, December 28, 2011
2012 / TV Romney Wants Advertising on Sesame Street
Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:23 PM
"We're not going to kill Big Bird, but Big Bird's going to have advertisements," Mitt Romney said at a campaign stop earlier today:
I'm sure that in Mitt Romney's America, toy and junk food companies wouldn't be restricted from advertising to children, either. That would make Sesame Street into a harrowing experience for lots of parents, since it's one of the few kids' entertainments that doesn't leave the children howling for a Happy Meal.
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Also, a lot of kids' programs are advertisements in themselves. And I'm not talking about when popular characters get turned into toys to be sold to kids. Many shows were developed to advertise a toy that already exists. See: GI Joe, Transformers, Care Bears, My Little Pony.
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I can't wait until the primary is over, and they have to start pandering to the middle.
@1 - None of those are on PBS. And anything sold with the CTW or Sesame Street label, that money goes right back into producing Sesame Street.
@1 - None of those are on PBS. And anything sold with the CTW or Sesame Street label, that money goes right back into producing Sesame Street.
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@1,
I mean that's what we would get if PBS were forced to be funded through traditional advertising (vs. underwriting).
I mean that's what we would get if PBS were forced to be funded through traditional advertising (vs. underwriting).
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@1 There's a fundamental difference between that type of programming and PBS children's programming. My parents were happy that I liked Sesame Street/Mr. Rogers/etc. because when I did watch Transformers, or G.I. Joe, or Ninja Turtles, I just ended up badgering them to buy me more plastic crap.
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@1,2
Even commercial-break free, SS still has "sponsers" my kid's and I can say along with them:
McDonald's is a proud supproter of Sesame Street. Reminding you that a family that plays together, grows together...
Sesame street is brought to you by chucky cheese - where a kid can be a kid
Even commercial-break free, SS still has "sponsers" my kid's and I can say along with them:
McDonald's is a proud supproter of Sesame Street. Reminding you that a family that plays together, grows together...
Sesame street is brought to you by chucky cheese - where a kid can be a kid
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What an ass. Romney knows damn well cutting PBS' funding won't change a single thing about the economy. It's a drop in a drop in a drop in an ocean. PBS' federal funding is very important to PBS, and makes no difference to anyone else.
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At least he's being relatively straightforward about his agenda and priorities: enabling the Market to squeeze every possible drop of revenue out of private citizens.
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He really should just wear a suit that lists all of his sponsors-- kinda like those NASCAR outfits. He's not even hiding it anymore with advocating his corporate loyalty.
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Aren't Republicans supposed to be the party of Family Values™? I'm sure Romney's promise of happy meal ads in the middle of Elmo Time will go over big with mothers everywhere.
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@ 5, there's a HUGE difference between those sponsor announcements and real ads. I know - I'm the father of two young girls, and when they watch shit on Saturday mornings (or - shudder - when they see something on Nick over at a friend's house), it's "DAD! Can I have [insert name of awful product I'll never get for them here] pleeease??"
With PBS, they might ask about Chuck E Cheese, but only because they've also been to parties there before. But it's once and done, not all fucking morning long... (Getting rid of cable was the best parenting decision I've made to date.)
With PBS, they might ask about Chuck E Cheese, but only because they've also been to parties there before. But it's once and done, not all fucking morning long... (Getting rid of cable was the best parenting decision I've made to date.)
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Oh, right, like every single Muppet isn't already being product associated already! I'm surprised the kids don't run screaming to the refrigerator or cookie jar, clawing for sweetened drinks and Pop Tarts, every time one of those orange and purple creations saunters into the neighborhood.
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Oh, I know. They aren't as bad as commercials, but they're incidious.
My kid's shows are on PBS and Food Network. They have one show - Magic School Bus - on a commercial station, but my eldest knows to fast-forward past the one commercial break if I'm not in the room to do it myself.
I've thought of letting them watch some shows on Disney, since the commercials are all for Disney products, but I'm up to my ears in unrealistic princesses and I can't handle any more.
Oh, I know. They aren't as bad as commercials, but they're incidious.
My kid's shows are on PBS and Food Network. They have one show - Magic School Bus - on a commercial station, but my eldest knows to fast-forward past the one commercial break if I'm not in the room to do it myself.
I've thought of letting them watch some shows on Disney, since the commercials are all for Disney products, but I'm up to my ears in unrealistic princesses and I can't handle any more.
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What a terribly cryptic version of reality this poor soul lives in. He would inevitably borrow money from China for his war with Iran, yet it's the PBS he has a problem with.
This isn't a man, it's some kind of cartoon.
This isn't a man, it's some kind of cartoon.
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we wouldn't need to borrow from china if we hadn't irresponsibly cut income taxes on the 1%. clinton left jr. a balanced budget.
you fucking mormon moron.
you fucking mormon moron.
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What absolute bullshit. Sesame Street is one long product placement infomercial.
Romney is a worthless POS tool, but gimme a break here.
Romney is a worthless POS tool, but gimme a break here.
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