Conversion Of ‘Broad’ To ‘Sesame’ Complete; ‘John’ Next?

Earlier this week, I wrote about how, for the duration of Sesame Street Live’s stay in Philadelphia, a Broad Street sign near City Hall would be replaced with a Sesame Street sign. And now, I have the tourist-confusing evidence:

Well, at least I can now tell people how to get to Sesame Street. Apparently, it’s PA Route 611.

Monday: Grover, City Work Together To Confuse Tourists

Grover, City Work Together To Confuse Tourists

Hey kids? D’you like Broad Street? Do you like Sesame Street? Well now you can combine the two into one people-confusin’ sandwich!

Sesame Street Live stars Super Grover and Elmo help representatives from the City of Philadelphia rename Broad Street to Sesame Street while Super Grover! Ready for Action performs on “South Sesame Street” at the Wachovia Spectrum (March 7-11) and on “North Sesame Street” at the Liacouras Center at Temple University (March 15-18). Super Grover and Elmo will literally help replace the Broad Street sign with a Sesame Street sign, which will remain while the show is in town.

I kind of like these random street name changes for a few days. Can we rename Walnut “Milton Street” for a few days?

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New Puppet Causing Controversy

The Inquirer reports today on a new Sesame Street puppet who is (naturally) causing a bit of controversy.

No, the puppet doesn’t freebase on the show or have a mouth like a sailor. No, she’s a girl puppet, and a fairy, and that’s upset some people, saying she stereotypes girls. One of those upset is Susan Linn, the co-founder of something called the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood:

“The last thing little girls need is one more pink fairy,” she says. “My understanding is that she’s a little incompetent with her magic, too. I’m concerned that now even the Sesame Workshop has bought into the girly, girly commercialized image of what it is to be feminine. They could have had an Asian girl, they could have had a girl who’s really good at math. They could have had someone who’s just more complex.”

Because, really, an asian girl who’s good at math? That wouldn’t be a stereotype at all.

A rude welcome for Abby, new girl on ‘Sesame Street’ [Inquirer]