Joe - "times have changed": https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/07/homer-strangle-bart-simpsons
Mark - I don't think Boomers give much of a damn about Elmo one way or the other; it's us GEN-Xers that have an undying hatred for Elmo (or, at least, I did until I became a dad and realized that Sesame Workshop knows what the hell they're doing...) On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 12:02:54 PM UTC-5 Joe Hass wrote: > Wheaton's not going to like many episodes of The Simpsons. > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 10:55 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In a long Facebook post, the "Star Trek: TNG" star compared Larry >> David's attack on the "Sesame Street" Muppet beloved by present-day >> children but hated by Boomers who grew up with BIg Bird and Bert and Ernie >> when the character and his father appeared on the "Today" show while he was >> waiting to go on to plug "Curb Your Enthusiasm," comparing it to treatment >> Wheaton's father gave him as a child--the response has been predictably >> mixed, with alleged journalist Glenn Greenwald, the former "Democracy Now!" >> regular turned rightwinger among the more negative towards Wheaton: >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/wil-wheaton-larry-david-elmo-attack-abused-1235819558/ >> >> In case you forgot, the impetus for Elmo's appearance on "Today" was his >> Muskmedia account post where he asked people how they were feeling and >> thousands of people sincerely opened up to the little red-furred Muppet, in >> some cases in great detail. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/358a6c40-94de-447b-b9f5-df6ed92fa7e0n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/358a6c40-94de-447b-b9f5-df6ed92fa7e0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cb5a7f8e-ab76-450c-b921-6446c0fabb7an%40googlegroups.com.
