Wingnut Author: Sesame Street Has Liberal Bias And Turns Boys Into Prom Queens

Elmo Visits The White House Kitchen

Yeah, yeah Elmo, school lunches, whatevs. Moving on, how about that adorbs White House chef Sam Kass?

Katy Perry Mocks Sesame Street Controversy In SNL Appearance

This clip may not have a long life on YouTube.

Fox News Is EVER So Pissed About Stephen Colbert's Fake House Testimony

FLASHBACK: In 2002 the GOP had Sesame Street's Elmo testify before Congress "at the invitation of Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-California)."

True Mud

Two Sesame Street posts in a row today as Towleroad points us to their parody of True Blood. Stand by for the uptight anti-titty brigade to rebrand as the uptight anti-vampire brigade.

Sesame Street Censors Katy Perry

After a Facebook-based uproar from uptight anti-titty parents, Sesame Street has decided that they will not be airing a segment in which pop star Katy Perry sings to Elmo while wearing a low-cut costume.

Sesame Street has a long history of working with celebrities across all genres, including athletes, actors, musicians and artists. Sesame Street 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. We also value our viewer’s opinions and particularly those of parents. In light of the feedback we’ve received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on You Tube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers.

The video can still be seen on YouTube.

(Via - Gothamist)

Katy Perry & Elmo & The Twins

Rep. Doug Lamborn: Kill Sesame Street

Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) has proposed legislation that will end federal funding for PBS. Because times are too tough to pay for Sesame Street.

Lamborn says that with increased government deficits, funding for programs like Sesame Street, for example, is not a priority. "Programs that are of good quality, people are going to support," he argues. "Why should taxpayers, when we're running trillion-dollar annual deficits, have to pay for something like this that can pay for itself?" It is estimated the taxpayer cost to fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2010 will equal $420 million. Bill Wilson, president of Americans for Limited Government, concurs with Lamborn's sentiment. "This is a total luxury in the sense that this is not something people can't get other places," says Wilson. "And clearly, there isn't enough of a market for it. If there were, it wouldn't need government taxpayer money to pay its salaries and pay for its overhead."

PBS gets 15-20 percent of its total budget from the federal government.