What would Kermit the Frog do with regard to the Katy Perry Sesame Street debacle?
I know that he produced The Muppet Show, but was he also a producer on Sesame Street — or was that show more about how he satistifed his longings to be a professional journalist?
Either way, the questions remains, would he have allowed filming to begin with Katy showing so much skin?
I’d like to think that he would have. He was a pretty hip frog in his day. I think he did a duet with Dolly Parton perched atop her bejeweld hooters on one episode of The Muppet Show, back when Lady Gaga was still a twinkle in her parents’ eyes (and her little monsters’ parents were a twinkle in their parents’ eyes).
I’d also like to think that Kermit wouldn’t have leaked the segment to youtube before it’s original air date. I’d like to think that he would have had the courage of his convictions and simply allowed the show to air to its expected and intended audience and not felt the need to test the waters.
Having said that, in the early 1980s Sesame Street didn’t really have much in the way of competition. There was no Dora, no Manny, no Yo Gabba Gabba vying for market share. Kermit and his fellow producers were never forced to generate faux-scandal in an effort to bolster lackluster ratings for their local PBS affiliates.
Had the video not hit youtube first, after its intended air date, how many parents would have written into either PBS or Disney and complained about Katy Perry’s bossom? It might have blown the minds of a few college kids in smoke-filled dorm rooms for a nano-second, but that’s about it.
At least this way, from what I gather, Elmo will have another crack at Katy — even if she will be a little less exposed. With any luck the producers will ask Russell Brand along for the shoot. I know he’s sex-positive, but he’s also family-friendly, right?
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