Sesame Street's talkin' 'bout prison

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Wow. That is one serious topic. Sesame is handling that really well.

I actually can kind-of relate to the topic, since I have a distant cousin who is actually in jail for fraud. (Kind of like a mini-Bernie Madoff.)
I was much older of course, but boy, were things weird in the family that time-period.

Sesame has regained my respect (not that they ever lost it) with these videos.

Who's the new character? (New performer as well?)
 

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Probably another one-shot character they use for specials like these (like the girl Leslie played in that special about food banks).

Alex's performer sounds familiar, but I can't place my finger on it... you know it's sad when you reach a certain point when you can't exactly figure out who's performing which character anymore... I used to be so good at picking them out ("Oh, that sounds like Marty", "Is that possibly Joey?", "That's definitely Stephanie", etc.), but now it's like I have no idea anymore. Especially when some performers, like Matt for example, have really wide vocal ranges, thus having a more versatile repertoire of voices.
 

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Uh..... awkward....

Very VERY awkward.

I feel the need to laugh inappropriately out of context.

I know what they're doing, I know what they're trying to accomplish, but... it's hard to take this seriously when Sesame Street's convicted felons consist of a guy selling bootleg letters on the street and his co-conspirator stealing golden "An"s....
 

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I thought that was very well done actually. I liked that it turned out the human cast member also had a relative in jail. Above all, kids need to know they aren't alone and that there are always other people who will understand what they're going through.
 

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Oh yeah. it definitely avoids Narm as greatly as possible, and they are fulfilling their promise to help children in any situation.

Just...

It's hard not to be a complete jerk and guess what the father Muppet did to get arrested in the first place. That seems like a very Robot Chicken-y area of the mind could go to some pretty dark comedic places.
 

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It's hard not to be a complete jerk and guess what the father Muppet did to get arrested in the first place. That seems like a very Robot Chicken-y area of the mind could go to some pretty dark comedic places.
Well it doesn't have to be worst case scenario, lol. People go to jail for a lot of reasons.
 
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