BANNED SESAME STREET EPISODE THAT TERRIFIED KIDS - WAS IT THAT SCARY? | Double Toasted

[@ashhiz4350]

Fun Fact: Carol Spinney once said to a fan that working on this episode was one of his favorite memories on the show. Awesome how it's FINALLY been found after being lost for 46 YEARS!

[@marcoparada6652]

It was on PBS when I was a kid, in the mid-80's.

[@SiRenfield]

Especially sucks since Carol Spinney is dead now 😢

[@mrmusickhimself]

I just watched the episode, and I really enjoyed it. It even gave Margaret a chance to be herself. Poor lady just wanted to show kids that she wasn't a scary person at all, in fact she was one of the sweetest actresses around. May she rest in peace, and bless her for being so kind to Judy Garland.

[@earlsmith2524]

we know what Big Bird really meant when he said bye Witch lol

[@KylaTea]

Props to the lost media community on finding this gem!

[@Game_Source]

10:52 Did that witch Karen just threaten to turn the black guy into a basketball? LOL!

[@matthewcarter1973]

DEADDDDDDDDD😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@earlsmith2524]

How did that slip pass Corey and Martin lol

[@rommix0]

Yeah the stereotypes man. You thought the 90s were bad? Just get a load of the 70s lol.

[@jimfaust6342]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

It could’ve been worse. A basketball is more dignified than being turned into something like a watermelon.

[@collins.4380]

This has been, "Sesame Street Presents: When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong".

[@GO-GO_SO-SO]

We tend to believe that people today are way more sensitive than in the past, but people of the past were pretty sensitive, even more sensitive in some instances.

[@ajshiro3957]

so true. There is stuff you couldn't say on TV back then that you hear more often today.

[@jordanlongley3776]

In some instances yea

[@Charlii931603]

People hate history class and history on general. Generally, we type stupid when it comes to experiences that happened prior to our births. It's like, it just never happened.....😑

[@josephdanieljirehdimacali4418]

Also intolerant. Star Trek had big issue for having diverse cast & having inter racial kiss. In fact the unaired pilot starring Captain Pike is not even the 1st draft. OG draft the Captain Was a Woman. Which executives told Rodenberry it's too much & may anger a lot of viewers.

[@bbworks159]

Exactly. Today’s people never had to experience the satanic panic era.

[@StCosmocast]

I love Big Bird wanting to fight the Wicket Witch with a Hockey Stick and a Bat like he's Casey Jones from TMNT

[@brookswilliams5239]

😂😂😂😂

[@Matt.The.Boyfriend69]

I need some art of Big Bird as Casey Jones!! XD

[@markcochrane9523]

You just know Casey "Least Violent 1980s New York Resident" Jones wouldn't hesitate either.

[@sobatinyela]

Did Big Bird waving and saying "Bye witch!" crack anybody else up?? Because that KILLED me 🤣

[@earlsmith2524]

It had me D.O.A. I just made a similiar comment. you beat me to it.😄😄😄

[@sobatinyela]

@@earlsmith2524 🤣🤣

[@alwaysm.i.a10]

Big Bird's whole dialog cracked me up, and that killed me lol.

[@Arosukir6]

I legit can't remember whether I was ever afraid of the Wicked Witch as a little kid. My earliest memories of her are of how cool I thought she was. I loved going around telling people "I'll GET you, my pretty. And your little dog, too!" and doing her dope laugh. Same with Maleficent, Ursula, and the Evil Queen (her pretty form was cool, though the old lady version *was* scary af) from the Disney movies. I feel like I've always admired powerful ladies who love to be bad. Just chewing up scenery left and right, and sometimes much more interesting than the lead characters. Scar, Hades, Shan Yu, and Jafar are also favorites of mine but on the dude side. There's an element to where all of these villains were designed with breaking gender and sexuality stereotypes in mind as a negative, whereas I (and probably a lot of their fans) always found that was what made them interesting and even cool.

[@derinaries]

Me too. Disney villains intriqued me and still do. Powerful women who did their own thing. Ofcourse thats why they were villainized. Edit-hated Disney as a kid (still do) but it was rammed down my throat.

[@jamesmason7979]

"Where's that old witch? I'll fix her!" WTF, Big Bird? 🤣

[@BlackLynk]

bro was on 10!

[@devinweathers7520]

He ready whoopass and make justice

[@jongon0848]

That image alone is goddamn hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

[@notcharmander9606]

It’s insane that someone managed to get that episode and in that quality. It was lost for so long.

[@foxhound9780]

The image of big bird holding a hockey stick as a bodyguard for his mate is not where I thought this was going.

[@roxassora2706]

Big bird was out there like Max from Hocus Pocus.

[@foxhound9780]

@@roxassora2706 Disney make that crossover happen

[@greek1237]

I love Margaret. She really nailed it in the Wizard of Oz making her a legend in movies. Not sure it should be consider "Scary", but it was a iconic role.

[@steegee2191]

Now the Mister Rogers video is going to blow up for all the parents whose kids saw the Sesame Street video

[@allys744]

Margaret was a great lady, she did lots of work for children. She did a nice appearance on Mr Roger’s neighborhood and tried to explain that she was just acting a part when she played the witch.

[@totaldramasurvivor9723]

And imagine the kids watching this who didn’t see Wizard Of Oz back then. It must have been a bigger surprise for them.

[@dominicarroyo6269]

Crazy how they supposedly banned this episode back in the day for being to “scary” but for some reason had the nerve to make a Sesame Street game of thrones episode for children that had no idea what game of thrones was and had no reason to even know about it. That episode will forever baffle me to this day🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesstarkey8770]

Sometimes they just throw things in for the adults. When I was a kid I had no idea that the Miami mice were based on Miami Vice.

[@jbwarner8626]

For what it's worth, the Game of Thrones skit isn't the slightest bit scary - to kids, it's just Grover playing a goofy game of musical chairs in a medieval castle. It's one of those things that Sesame Street has always done, where they spoof stuff that the adults will get in a way that kids can still be entertained by. That's why Sesame Street endures, because the whole family can watch it together 🙂

[@rommix0]

Not to mention Game of Thrones is no longer relevant anymore. Season 8 killed off any goodwill the show had and nobody wants to talk about it.

[@dominicarroyo6269]

@@rommix0 well I guess I’m the only person who ain’t even overly upset over that last season🤷🏾‍♂️

[@SeraphimRoad]

@@jbwarner8626 "Daddy? What is the Red Wedding?"

[@Matt_Fields_29]

I actually remember this! And hell yeah she was scary! I can even remember why: because the Wicked Witch of the West (I was already aware of Wizard of Oz at the time) is WAY too hardcore of a villain for Sesame Street! In my mind Dave was absolutely no match for her. Not even Mr Hooper stood much of a chance. Who else, then? Big Bird with a hockey stick? Gimme a break. The Count? Yeah I wouldn't exactly trust The Count in this situation. The Ninja Turtles? Spider-Man? Maybe, but I knew there were no signs of them coming. So yeah this villain was too op for the setting.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

I could probably see Cookie Monster being a bit of a challenge. The guy can eat his way through solid metal when he’s in the mood for a midnight snack.

[@Matt_Fields_29]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 Yeah but we already know Cookie Monster wouldn't hurt anyone on purpose. And whenever Cookie Monster is too rough, muppets like Kermit don't take any real damage from him.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

@@Matt_Fields_29 Well… unless maybe someone suggested to him that the Witch was made of cookies, they’d have a reason to fear him.

[@samanthanickson6478]

awwww! david and mr. hooper’s old store! had such a crush on him. miss old sesame street. i don’t even think the new one has people on it anymore. in the clips i see, they even greenscreen the neighborhood. kids won’t know how hands on it used to be, not just puppets.

[@SweetHeartHolly1982]

I will never have enough David. God bless you always!!! Holly in east TN (a girl who will forever love the late beautiful precious masterpiece of a gentleman who gave us David)

[@samanthanickson6478]

@@SweetHeartHolly1982 the early days were such a special time. 🤗🙏🏼

[@Zandersaurus]

Kids shows back in the 90’s and 2000’s were darker and I loved them all especially Courage the Cowardly Dog and Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

[@michaelstrong5383]

Courage was one of my favorite childhood shows ever!

[@littlesparrow303]

@@michaelstrong5383 yes!!! I grew up with that & it never scared me

[@joellanicome2484]

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[@roxassora2706]

Scooby-Doo on Zombie island

[@Matt.The.Boyfriend69]

Invader Zim was so lit!!

[@futuramayeah]

at 17 min and 56 sec, Hagrid the Muppet monster pops in and says, You're a Wizard, David

[@rommix0]

IMA WOT

[@Katkiwi25]

There was a banned Pokémon episode where someone waived a gun around and at first I thought 'Pfft big deal'. So then I watched it, and yea, it was jarring to see. Lol didn't expect I'd feel that way but those two things don't mix well, like sesame Street and wicked witches apparently.

[@paradisecity0406able]

Double Toasted talking about Sesame Street is always a riot

[@SlimKim3]

Those Elmo and Grover episodes are legendary

[@IrvingTransplant]

ALWAYS!

[@hanzohattiori1737]

It was the early 1970's...it was banned for a black man raising his voice to a white woman.😂

[@YoBankaccountformyparlay]

That's still a no go today

[@sdseals2076]

No green lady, but Black was still scarier, lol.

[@Montesama314]

"They just hate me because of the color of my skin!" "You're green. Also, you turned Elmo into a lion." "Well, dang, if you gon' bring up all that..."

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

They didn't ban night of the living dead

[@sdseals2076]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 This is an individual show that banned one episode. Because the show was for kids and this particular episode scared children. I think Living dead, is a movie and is for adults, for adults to go see not children. Totally different.

[@RiderKick_93]

Was the Mr. Rogers Neighborhood episode with Margret Hamilton an answer to this episode of Sesame Street?

[@Issicra]

That was my guess. I saw that episode of Mr. Rogers when I was a kid, and never gave it too much thought, but I'd never even heard of this Sesame St episode until today.

[@Skeezer66]

I think Mr. Rogers came first. For that time, The Wicked Witch was The scariest villain for kids in the movies.

[@Issicra]

@@Skeezer66 Yep. You are correct. Looked it up and found Mr Rogers was 5/14/75 and Sesame St was 2/10/76.

[@jayneroberts1236]

Did you guys ever watch Margret Hamilton appear as herself on Mr Rogers to show to kids that this was just a character she played? I wonder if that was in response with kids being so scared of this

[@aaronsarchive82]

@Lokie Thunder She was. Apparently she was one of the only (if not the only) actors on Wizard of Oz that was kind and social with Judy Garland. Such a sweet lady.

[@Hinatachan360]

I remember that. She had such a sweet personality.

[@blindsportslover]

Don't think I ever saw that episode. Anybody know where I can see it on KZbin?

[@kamikazeeOG]

Here was the thing about the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz. When I watch the movie, I didn't remember being terrified of her, but I had a nightmare after seeing the movie and THEN she scared me.

[@biguy617]

She also appeared 9n Mr Rogers Neighborhood too out of makeup to show she isn’t really that scary.

[@SectionChief]

As a child of that era of Sesame Street, anything related to the Wicked Witch of the West, The Omen, or the Exorcist was absolutely terrifying. Put any of that ominous Exorcist or Omen type music in any movie scene and I'd be in a panic; even if it was a scene about cute bunny rabbits or puppies. The Wicked Witch on Sesame Street and playing that music is/was a no-go for me.

[@panandscan4941]

I like when kids' educational shows bring on scary characters and have them reveal themselves to be actors to the children on the show. Back in the 80s when Reagan-era family values/PSA programming was intensive, slasher movies and their marketing were scaring the hell out of kids, so they had Robert Englund show up in one of the PBS shows and show the kids that he was just an actor and showed them how movie companies did makeup for TV and film. That's an effective way to soothe kids but not hide them from what frightens them.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

The actress who played the wicked with also appeared on mister rogers in the 70s to do the same

[@panandscan4941]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 19:30

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 Margaret Hamilton was such a sweet kindergarten teacher. Children really loved her.😊

[@noelvaldez96]

When I was a kid I was terrified of Chucky. He was constantly in my nightmares. Well, I forgot what show I was watching but it showed bts of one of the Chucky movies and it tamed my fear because I saw that it was just a puppet. I knew that as a kid already, but actually seeing him being built and moved around with all these wires made me not scared of him anymore.

[@panandscan4941]

@@noelvaldez96 I was absolutely traumatized by Chucky as a kid, but all my friends in school loved horror movies and I got made fun of for hiding during Freddy vs. Jason on a sleepover. So, one night I went upstairs after everyone was in bed because the first Child's Play was on a local FOX network at midnight, edited for TV of course. I watched the entire thing under the comfort of blankets and had a great time. I absolutely adore horror movies now and am a massive Silent Hill fan.

[@maciekur]

- "Look, Big Bird forming a lynch mob and doing some good ol' vigilante justice is our last resort. We did tried to call the police and tell them there is a green witch runing around casting spells on people but they didn't take us seriously! Why? Because I'm black and you are a Muppet, that's why!" - "Yes David, sounds like thats the exact reasoning."

[@SweetHeartHolly1982]

The more that I watch their interaction, the more that I am on David's side. I don't blame him for standing up for himself when her broom came down on him right up out of nowhere. Also, with it being 1976, letting her get away with treating him like dirt I guess would have only been a step backwards where treatment of African Americans is concerned. God bless you always!!! Holly in east TN (a girl who will forever love the late beautiful precious masterpiece of a gentleman who gave us David)

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

This episode didn't need to be banned.

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

@Lenin Dominguez It was hilarious.

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

@Lenin Dominguez Jim Henson once said it's good for children's development to feel fear. A lot of kids movies in the 80s were scary.

[@marcoparada6652]

This episode aired during the mid-80's. I'm surprised it's a banned episode.

[@spongebobsquarepants1409]

​@@marcoparada6652it aired in the mid 70s

[@VarietyD]

I Love this Ultimate Breakdown of this Sesame Street episode, 😂😂😂 You 3 are Hilarious Big Love ❤ from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@timothylewis2527]

I remember when Big Bird got kidnapped painted blue and locked in a cage. I was fucking inconsolable.

[@plmitch]

Follow that Bird....lmao

[@mariaskabardonis8353]

I liked that movie poor big bird

[@jaylencousin]

You guys reacting to this cracked me up so hard

[@joshuahermanson341]

"Scary" is relative to the time you're living in. People, including kids, thought Bela Lugosi's Dracula was scary when it first came out. Watch it now and try to have kids stay awake or at least not call it boring.

[@bangitybangbabang]

@Pull Up Pop Out TV i never understood what was scary about The Exorcist, it's a bit gross but otherwise it's fine

[@littlesparrow303]

@@bangitybangbabang Poltergeist is a whole different horror game that did scare me when watching it

[@47Cartoonguy]

Well todays kids just don't like black and white movies anyway

[@joshuahermanson341]

@Pull Up Pop Out TV For me, it's the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Saw it growing up and just thought "meh...". I respect its place in film history, much like the original Universal Monster movies. But otherwise it did nothing for me.

[@shinndig1293]

@@bangitybangbabang It was mainly scary for conservative Christians, nowadays it’s just hilarious.

[@judastheman]

It's like that gta cheat code to make all npcs hostile.

[@Weensx]

Yup pretty much confirmed my theory it was the parents who was afraid of the wicked witch not the kids and pretty much demanded it to never be aired again.

[@jongon0848]

I think this is one of the cases where the parents were more scared of this than the kids were.

[@mathology5710]

Might have been during (or before?) the so-called Satanic Panic era.

[@jongon0848]

@@mathology5710 might've been a factor, but I think it's one of those things where the parents grew up watching the Wizard of Oz and were terrified of the Wicked Witch. So they probably jumped to conclusions that it was too scary for their own kids, when in reality, kids could probably handle this fine.

[@rong7496]

Also, if the witch is so powerful, why didn’t she just take her broom back. It’s interesting that just like in The Wizard of Oz she can’t just take what she wants.

[@tylerhackner9731]

I love when y’all talk Sesame Street lol

[@SlimKim3]

Elmo and Grover episodes are legendary

[@darkpandatv]

This episode came out the same year as the Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) where Margaret Hamilton reprises her role as the Wicked Witch. I can imagine the producers of Sesame Street found out she was involved and asked her if she'd make an appearance on their show too.

[@futuramayeah]

at 20 min and 44 sec, mr Rogers joins the SIth

[@Muddysweetcherry]

16:09 13:11 13:49

[@nicolasbaron4506]

The part about the witch menacing David seems a bit brutal given the context we know about him now. In case if you’re not on your Sesame Street lore, the actor that played the character who ran the store and caught the broom suffered from progressively worsening mental health issues and eventually snapped unfortunately commiting a bunch of bizarre petty crimes. He ended up passing away shortly thereafter in a facility.

[@JeonardShadby505]

Damn, that is a tragedy, RIP. I think Warner Bros could learn a lesson or two these days about keeping their actors' mental health in check.

[@plmitch]

RIP to Northern Calloway 😢 💔 🙏🏾

[@SweetHeartHolly1982]

Everything that I've learned about the late beautiful precious masterpiece of a gentleman only made me love him even more. Why? Well, to me it is pretty obvious that he fought what was dumped on his plate with all that he had in him. He would've been removed from the show a whole lot sooner if he had not. God bless you always!!! Holly in east TN (a girl who will forever love him)

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@SweetHeartHolly1982 how can you love someone you never knew?

[@SweetHeartHolly1982]

@@ninjanibba4259 You just love what you do know about them. God bless you always!!! Holly in east TN

[@jwnj9716]

Was it that scary? Nope.

[@bdking-ys7qr]

Iv'e watched this video so many times in the short time its been out. I loose it every time martin says "what are you Casey Jones" Also i love how bird bird is just waiting to beat up the witch "wheres that witch i'll fix her. lol

[@jonathankidd7215]

Gotta remember seaseme street is in New York so David got that attitude lmao 🤣 😂

[@FallenRingbearer]

You have to look at the times. Most hadn't been exposed to, or had that much exposure to intimidating or dark stories.

[@Luiszerep]

The times? Humanity has always been violent and sexual. The difference between generations is how much older folks want to hide that from kids.

[@rommix0]

Also add the moral guardians at the time. Kids media back then were in a dark age, and one responsible for tarnishing the reputation of 2D animation still being felt today. If you really want to know how far kids media had fallen, just watch that weird 2D animated Raggedy Ann movie (and yes that movie is a guilty pleasure for me personally).

[@ChanoCYBER9Avila]

The part where the witch turns into the queen of England and big bird being Casey Jones is priceless

[@UniqueLove32]

I'ma keep it super real, I was never afraid of The Wizard of Oz but THE WIZ??? Traumatized me til this day! That subway scene when them things came to life, and the no bad news queen? Never again, I'll just listen to the sound track.

[@rommix0]

That movie was a weird disco-induced nightmare. It was a weird time in history when blaxploitation was accepted as cinema.

[@j.i.r608]

​​@@rommix0It wasn't that bad. The music was awesome!

[@jaylencousin]

Even though Maria's kind of old now she is looking at a pretty back then

[@jonathankidd7215]

I remember seeing that episode about 3 times on Chicago when I was a shorty I don't remember it being canceled

[@mariaskabardonis8353]

She doesn't look scary in the skit but she did scare me when I first saw the movie when I was 5 or 6. I later wasn't scared of her anymore. I watched that movie alot and enjoyed it

[@travisgames6608]

Definitely won't win Oscar's with this acting

[@felipelovecraft1767]

They should of shown Oscar crying for her departure.

[@Da1Dez]

Eehh... I've seen much scarier kids TV episodes than this.... Walrus in Pingu much? Banned TV episodes are so fascinating, kind of wish we had more of them in this modern age.

[@doughnuthead8757]

Anyone else getting Leprechaun flashbacks? Just give her her shit back.

[@carstereobandits]

Off topic but is there any way to uproot the entirety of Austin and move it anywhere but Texas?

[@roxassora2706]

Why don't we take Austin and push it somewhere else?

[@Hinatachan360]

I remember watching this when I was a little girl. It didn't scare me. Mr. Hooper dying was much more traumatizing.

[@nicholasgarcia6099]

congratulations to Ms. Marvel, according to Samba TV, it was a hit with GenZ (viewers age 20-24) Drew a diverse croud with Black, Hispanic, Asian households watching at a higher rate

[@bruceleeupk]

Treating black people decent was to much for the parents. Had to cancel it

[@GENO618]

Lol

[@COSun25]

I can't wait to see your reaction to Rosita rejecting those black kids at Sesame Place.

[@SmartDave60]

Hell, I was afraid of the Count.

[@lunavioleta001]

I mean, back then just two guys kissing was scary. Doesn't matter what time or era, people are always going to be sensitive and offended.

[@rommix0]

That's a good point. There was a also a time when bikinis were censored on TV in the 60s.

[@roxassora2706]

@@rommix0 Now that generation is bitching about Lightyear

[@liferealgood]

I couldn’t have been David friend. I would’ve been like give that chick her broom back bruh. It ain’t worth it.

[@SweetHeartHolly1982]

The only reason why David demanded respect is because of the way that he treated him from the very beginning as if he had deliberately stolen the property when what really happened is that the broom came down on him and if she had not come down there to get it, he never would've known who it belonged to. Maybe if the witch had shown him some decency sooner instead of jumping all over him the moment she was there with him, she would've gotten what was hers a whole lot sooner. If he had done what she said from the very beginning, it only would've been a license for her to continue being evil which only would've been an even worse message for children. God bless you always!!! Holly in east TN (a girl who will forever love the late beautiful precious masterpiece of a gentleman who gave us David)

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

Mr. Rogers, I fucking love you!

[@Skeezer66]

WheI was a kid in the late 60's/early 70's, there was nothing scarier than The Wicked Witch! Part of what freaked kids out when she was on Sesame St. was, she was out of the movie and in the 'modern world'!! A few years later there was The Omen and the Exorcist, and THAT was the New Standard of Scary!!

[@calebjackson3895]

DUDE! I had a nightmare about a witch brutally murdering Big Bird. It was one of the most violent dreams I'd ever had. 😅

[@hellsapoppin9326]

There are scarier skits and moments on old Sesame street. Just look up 'count to 10 with nobody'

[@caycehelderman9254]

To be fair the Margret Hamilton used to make kids cry because she did so well in the Wizard of Oz at being frightening

[@jasonseacord]

Am I the only one that thinks the character David in this episode was wearing a shirt that made him look like he was bleeding out?

[@SweetHeartHolly1982]

We actually see him again in that shirt during this episode here and what makes it even better is the fact that it isn't all the way buttoned up there. (smiles) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHbCpIB5arx7f5I I love seeing Northern Calloway (David) in that hat too. (smiles) I love to hear him sing during the clip as well as this album of his awesome singing and songwriting here. (smiles) kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_m_MompYPN7vZSmUoawdf-AGt4PWGP00xw God bless you always!!! Holly in east TN (a girl who will forever love the late beautiful precious masterpiece of a gentleman)

[@stephenbrame3042]

The only thing I can think of is, imagine you're a kid just casually watching Sesame Street and then all of a sudden out of nowhere that creepy bitch from The Wizard of OZ just comes around the corner

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

I'm glad I got to see this leaked episode. It really wasn't that bad. I don't know why the Sesame Workshop shelved the episode for nearly 50 years.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

How can you watch it. Do you have a link?

[@matthewhutchinson9353]

I remember an episode of muppet show where there was a phantom haunting the theater and that freaked me out as a kid but now its one of my all time favorite episodes so i think I would have been ok with this episode but im not sure but I love this episode

[@chasehedges6775]

It’s always a great day for a Double Toasted video.

[@MauriceCharles]

3:49 This is empowering as an adult; seeing a bro talk back to the now coined “Karen” culture.

[@GENO618]

Lol

[@derinaries]

Can you please review Evil Bong?

[@nightwolf883]

Important note, have you guys seen the mr rogers episode where he was FLIPPING PEOPLE OFF?

[@PharaohDom]

Should've gave her her damn broom.

[@SweetHeartHolly1982]

Once she gave David the only thing that he asked for, the broom was given back to her. God bless you always!!! Holly in east TN (a girl who will forever love the late beautiful precious masterpiece of a gentleman who gave us David)

[@ZakRas]

A fine addition to my Double Toasted Muppets playlist.

[@jervishorton7372]

Every time he says witch I HEAR BEEOCH

[@ladynikkie]

I was born in the '80s I never knew this episode ever existed

[@GENO618]

Cap

[@timothylewis2527]

Retro review of Wizard of Oz. You gotta do it!

[@SupportGamin2024]

So basically Sesame Street meets the Wizard of Oz?

[@chasehedges6775]

YES!

[@Lucas.D.Hernandez]

I was more afraid of the munchkins

[@noelvaldez96]

My Dad is 56 and he told me he was terrified of The Wicked Witch of The West. He told me this as a kid when we would watch The Wizard of Oz and I always thought it was funny because I didn’t find her even remotely scary. 😂 it’s like my younger cousin (16) who laughed at me when I told him that I was scared of Chucky as a kid.

[@ATakTakTak]

Sesame Street is such a safe setting and show for little kids to get lost into, I imagine the very idea of such a scary character existing there must have felt wrong.

[@santos8468]

Mr. Rogers did everything better.

[@Hispandinavian]

I´m not scared of that stanky green old heifer!

[@rosaliazurita611]

As a kid in the 70’s I grew up watching Sesame Street, this episode would have confused me. It’s not scary it’s just very odd.

[@MichaelCDavis1]

I was terrified as a kid by ........Land of the Lost. The dinosaur at the beginning turns to the camera and tries to eat you, at the start of EVERY episode.

[@TM-nb9zf]

This would have scared me. Wizard of Oz was creepy as hell to me

[@YTRulesFromNM]

I actually saw that episode when it aired. Even then I didn't like it. I was calling the characters on the show Novembers. I never liked him again after seeing this. And I wish Big Bird (Turd) went up in the Space Shuttle.

[@Smokey1419]

Sunny days aint chasin these dark clouds away!

[@vladafonin888]

Just because they got the actress does not mean they got the IP rights to wizard of oz. That's probably why it really got banned.

[@1977TA]

As a kid I never had a problem with the flying monkeys, but The Wicked Witch of The West scared the hell out of me. After watching the Wizard of Oz at night I would go to bed with the covers pulled over my head literally hiding from her. The green skin, menacing presence and her voice made her truly terrifying. Even now as an adult I can appreciate why I found her so scary when I was a kid. Marget Hamiliton gave a timeless performance and in my mind, she is still the definitive on-screen witch. I totally understand why Sesame Street producers banned this episode. Even Marget knew the effect her iconic character had on children. She made a guest appearance on an episode of Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood and did her best to show kids she was a nice lady, and the witch was simply make-believe.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

Too be fair 70s sesame street has a-lot werid creepy skits, I remember one time when I was 14 I rented a collection of old school Sesame Street episodes form the 70s(you know like most 14 year olds) and two creeped by (or at least unsettled by )one were the Giant mutant rabbit chases kids, and the other "the Daddy Dear " song. Strange though of all the creepy moments of sesame this was the one

[@plmitch]

I loved the Letter D "Daddy Dear" commercial. One of my favs...

[@geezymob1839]

I can see how it could of been scary with the teleporting sound effect and the music and her laughing but other than that nothing really scary