11. Sesame Street
Sesame Street has been around for quite a while, since 1969. It is a kid's programme that is very educational, multicultural and 95% of American school children polled had watched at least one episode of the show. The effects of its educational value have been collated and analysed. In 2001, Sesame Street had an estimated global audience of 120 million people. Sesame Street is remembered for an episode in which Mr Hooper dies and Gordon has to tell Big Bird he is not coming back. Very emotional stuff but tastefully handled in order to teach kids about death. Unfortunately Sesame Street has gone downhill in terms of its educational ability and it has been considerably dumbed down with that stupid wee git Elmo running the show most times. CTWS! Elmo is not cute and delightful! He is f**king annoying! Bring back the magic Sesame Street once had! No wonder they don't show it in the UK anymore (well maybe they do on some obscure digital satellite channel).
Clare Simpson
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My first film watched was Carrie aged 2 on my dad's knee. Educated at The University of St Andrews and Trinity College Dublin. Fan of Arthouse, Exploitation, Horror, Euro Trash, Giallo, New French Extremism. Weaned at the bosom of a Russ Meyer starlet. The bleaker, artier or sleazier the better!
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