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PBS Features Katy Perry & Her Cleavage on New Season of…‘Sesame Street’
- Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:17pm by
Scott Baker
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I miss Mr. Rogers.
Defenders will say the Perry’s decollatage was covered in a mesh fabric. So what? Poor Elmo had to cavort with Perry in the flirtatious segment.
The 24-year-old singer is seen in a low-cut yellow-green heart-shaped dress with a shear piece of material covering her ample cleavage. The wedding veil on her head is part of a dress-up game with Elmo that has gone awry.
She proceeds to chase the “Sesame” regular while singing a version of “Hot N Cold” that focuses on the puppet waffling over their play date instead of an up-and-down relationship.
I miss Mr. Rogers.
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Comments (160)
THE CLOCK MAN
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:56pmCall your congressman if you don’t like the way PBS is spending your money….
Report Post »Tea Party Marine
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:55pmThis is ridiculous to believe there is a necessity for cleavage. Is this just poor judgment or an actual agenda? Pretty Sad!
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:22pmOh, this is agenda straight down the line. The SecularCommunistHumanistLiberalEvolutionistProgressives, i.e., SCHLEPs, are poisoning children with their philosophy of moral relativism, and they do it at tax-payer‘s expense because their’s is the State Religion. They hate the Bible, and are determined to undermine it every chance they get.
Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Report Post »7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
MESO71
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:53pmThere is no way that she can claim that the appropriate attire for a childrens’ program was an accidental oversight. As she was tucking herself into that thing it would have been more than obvious.
Therefore I can only conclude that it was an intentional action aimed at making a statement that she and PBS believed met their agenda.
They should be sued… If it would ever hold up in court. There must be some rational way to prevent this kind of behavior from sources that we are lured into trusting to be good for our children.
Thanks to these a**holes, I am forced to become a hypocrite and support censorship. They would love to be able to claim that I am not a conservative and believe in smaller government.
Report Post »I despise them all the more for making me feel at odds with my own values.
tepartyblog.info
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:13pmYeah she should have put on a Burqa. I say lets bury her up to her neck a throw some stones at her. That will teach her. The only thing that bothers me about this is that some weak parent will let their 6 year old dress up like this and then blame it on sesame street. We wouldn’t want these poor parents to turn off the TV or tell their kids they cant imitate everything they see on TV. No that would take the personal responsibility that want to promote in society.
Report Post »tepartyblog.info
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:20pmNo the only thing your are forced to do is turn off your tv and seek a proctologist. The lets sue every time I do something retarded or somebody offends us mentality is a part of the “I have no responsibility for anything” crap that has ruined our nation.
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:24pmtepartyblog.info
Report Post »I’m not sure that I really do think that they should be sued. I am a conservative, and I don’t think that the courts should be clogged with frivolous lawsuits every time someone decides to cry about an offense. I am for the most part against censorship (realism as appropriate of course).
I am also against parents that don’t have enough sense of responsibility to change the channel or turn the tv off. I am just frustrated because I feel like good family values are being attacked at what should be safe territory. I do try to do what’s right for my family. It just gets harder and harder to uphold good family values without feeling like we have to hole up in our homes, or be on constant guard. I am most frustrated by the fact that we cannot undo what our children might see before we can get to the remote.
I really don’t begrudge others rights of expression, But I would ask them not to abuse those rights at the same time. And since PBS is funded by tax dollars, they have a responsibility. They made a choice to be inappropriate, and we do have a right to ask why?
I see your point, the proctologist won’t be necessary. But it does still aggravate me, as it should any responsible parent.
medcam
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 4:23amThe problem with this is that while responsible parents turn this sort of show off at home, they have no say over what goes on at school. I remember watching PBS regularly as part of class in elementary school. Certainly the before and after school programs watch PBS, and many day care facilities do as well. As much as a parent wishes to censor their own child’s viewing, if they leave them with any other caregiver, it becomes impossible to screen.
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:52pm*laughing* Ample cleavage? I hardly think so. Dolly has “ample cleavage”! This gal is just nearly bare-chested. BIG difference *smirk*
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:51pmI’m waiting for Lady GaGa to come on the show with Bert & Ernie to teach us about tolerance.
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:49pmElmo probably ran off embarrassed suffering premature ***********. Shame on Katy!
Report Post »And shame on Sesame Street. When did SS become PG13?
HiredMind
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:49pmWardrobe malfunction.
Report Post »kocurkrew
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:49pmBesides her dress, it is harmless. So we tell our kids to wear more clothing when they play tag. We have bigger concerns that this. Lets be accountable for our families, it‘s not PBS’s job to teach them morals.
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:33pmNot their job to TEACH morals, but on the taxpayers dime they should ACT with more morals.
Report Post »RebelAlliance
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 10:41pmI would like to think it is harmless but have you taken a little girl to shop for clothing recently? Check it out… they dress like their bigger sisters and that is not a good thing.
I know we need to decide what we want to battle about but this really is an issue when you are trying to raise kids. I am not suggesting hiding them in a closet, but this is not helping. Junk like this is everywhere….
Report Post »leftylemn
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 11:44pmYou assume all kids have good parents. Some get mostly time with the tv.
Report Post »Cloude
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:49pmWho said this is not news. It is if you have or are taking care of small children. This is wrong. No fence sitting, people. Our greatest gift is our children. They are our future.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:48pmYeah all I can say is UUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! I hate what is happening in this culture of ours!!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:42pmNot only is America being “dumbed down” by public schools n& PBS, but nitn is being lied to!
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 10:30pmAmerica is being “dumbed down” in the name of “Tolerance”.
Public opinion has been shaped to be politically correct not moral.
It’s time to wake up and hold people accountable especially our government.
Report Post »RobR
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:42pmI bet Glenn included this story for his friend and colleage Bill O’ Reilly. Bill has to read so much at work, sometimes he just likes to kick back and look at the pictures.
Hey come on, even president Obama got snagged oogling a young girls caboose on national TV.
Report Post »Juggalojohn
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:42pmpick your battles gang, just drop this one
Report Post »OhPatsy
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:33pmI agree. This has to be 99 out of a list of 100 concerns for America, at least today. She is what she is, and so is Sesame Street. Flip the channel.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 10:01pmNOT CORRECT. Families in our country are fully under attack! And we are paying for it with our taxes.
Report Post »uconnes
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:42pmThanks a lot PBS, you’re a class act!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »BRAWNDO1958
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:41pmWe should organize a boycott to stop buying products from the advertisers of the satanic program.
Report Post »puck30
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:51pmIt‘s PBS you’re paying for it.
Report Post »BRAWNDO1958
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:58pmthanks puck, i already knew that. i was being sarcastic
Report Post »Meredith Jessup
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:40pmGet out one of Mr. Roger’s extra cardigan sweaters for Miss Perry
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:31pmLooks alot like that stipper from Ohio. Hope Elmo dosen’t get in front of her car after she rips him off
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:30pmOne more reason not to let children watch Sesame Street, as if I needed one.
Report Post »Harod
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:30pmI remember watching a show when i was a kid, i cant remember the name but i was just thinking “Happy Harmony has some legs on her”
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:28pmYou know, if Katy didn’t thumb her nose at her Christian upbringing, she probably wouldn’t be much of a celebrity. She’s the Levi Johnston of the music industry.
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:31pmAgreed. She’s a talentless twit.
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:28pmAnother example of the disappearance of morals and standards led by another government-run entity. Not news but probably worth being noted.
I suppose it’s emblematic of the same folks who want to teach sex ed to kindergartners.
Report Post »plunderpower
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:05pmWill Elmo pulls out a box of condoms next? I used to work for an agency that worked with childhood sexual assault victims. We had to use special dolls and watch the children play. We also worked with perpetrators. They were usually abused as children as well. We did intervention…however, this is totally uncalled for. Let children be children. There are cities in rural Kansas where kids jump rope, play hopscotch, and dodge ball like kids.
Report Post »plunderpower
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:28pmTwo year olds will think it’s a call to dinner.
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 10:58pmWhat percentage of women are still nursing their two year olds? I’m guessing its low.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:27pmKaty Perry and her cleavage
Report Post »The only way to make that show fair and balanced is to have
Larry the Cable guy and his ‘other’ cleavage
;-)
flamedone1968
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:45pmPlease no. While we don’t want the kids to be sexualized premature, we also don’t want them traumatized. LOL
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:25pmI guess Sesame Street isn’t just for children anymore. Come on! How inappropriate.
Report Post »tepartyblog.info
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:59pmIts not like all the kids that watch this are bottle fed, so whats the big deal. OH NO BOOBS avert your eyes. Kids wont even notice. All kids see is Elmo playing a game with his friend. At least they aren’t teaching them how to be gay.
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:25pm@TEABLOGGER
Report Post »You’re wrong. When I was a very little boy I used to watch Hee Haw with my dad. Take a wild guess what I remember the most about it.
BehindBlueEyes
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:41pm@Huckabee Gingrich 12
Report Post »After reading your reply above I nearly fell of the chair laughing. Thanks for the good laugh, I needed one.
RUKiddingMe
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:48pmBy not knowing who Katy Perry and her husband are and what they believe, you miss the whole concept of propaganda and how it effects kids. I like katy’s singing but not her political views.
Report Post »realchange2012
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:10pmHave you checked out some of the other songs from the same CD? 2. I Kissed A Girl (and I liked it) 3. Waking Up In Vegas 6. Ur So Gay, and 10. Self Inflicted
Report Post »inblack
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:11pmWashington – It’s not your money!
Americans are trying to scrape by and even save as the country goes under and this govt is stealing our money and has spent Billions of it on pet projects like “public television”.
Frankly this is not a morality issue – I thought the girl was cute and that you people complaining about her legs or breasts are idiots. But when I think of the fact that our govt steals your money to spend on something you find offense – that makes me furious for you.
The simple fact is that our constitution should have guaranteed that washington could not spend our money as THEY desire. But they have destroyed our constitution.
THAT is what you should be outraged about!
Report Post »superbyelich
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:17pmI think what you all are missing here is not only the fact that she’s half naked… but that if you read her lyrics to her music, that is NOT a role model for any child. Definitely not the kind of woman I would want my girl to grow up to be like… This woman is NOT a lady… She is along the same lines as Lady Ga Ga.. maybe a little milder.
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:30pmIn Black,
Report Post »I did find it offensive and I want to say thank you for supporting my right to feel that way even when you feel different.
Your points were right on the money
Scootin_Fool
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 10:59pmElmo likes her buffers….
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:24pmThis is NEWS worthy of the Blaze?????
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:56pmSecond… wtf?
Grandpa
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:13pm3rd – however the target audience isn’t far removed from mammalian nuturing
Report Post »But it sure don’t belong here. I (still) got a full set of teeth
ab
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:14pmkind of goes to ‘what are your children watching?’
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:26pmThis is an example of how liberalism is permeating society and now indoctrinating our children. PBS government funded.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:24pmBehindBlueEyes your exactly right.
Thank God The Blaze keeps us well informed.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 9:28pmThey missed an opportunity to make it a math lesson. They could have tattooed her (dare I say it) breasts with equations to teach the kids to count.
Report Post »LasVegas Lady
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 10:40pmWOW! I never thought I would see ______________!
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 11:50pmYay. Progress.
Granted, it’s been a while since I watched Sesame Street, but this performer is a bit “mature” for the target audience, IMHO. I seem to recall various performers singing songs from the Sesame Street writers (like Ray Charles singing “It’s not easy, being green” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5rceMe-kt4 or Destiny’s Child singing “I got a new way to walk” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2soPnfYMiFU or Johnny Cash singing his own song “Five Feet High” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2v-pkSIQY)
As I said, Progress – Yay.
Report Post »Locke
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 12:24amThis goes directly toward what your children are watching. Sesame Streets target audience has always been 3-7(Ish) early to school aged children. These children look at the cast as role models, not just the puppets but the adult cast members as well. So was her outfit distasteful (aside from the chartreuse ****** comment that comes to mind), well yeah for the target audience entirely inappropriate. Maybe not for a more adult venue but not small children.
Report Post »bornfree2010
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:33amYes, I think it is news worthly I have kids and like to know the news good or bad on material like this…..There is plently of other news around go read it.
Report Post »klstj
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 4:08pmSorry Contrarianthinker but if you note the website description it is “news and entertainment” this particular item is listed as media! Someone else made the same comment about Bristol on dancing with the stars….the piece was listed under entertainment! Point….its not just a news site! K?
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