M-D: It wound up being debunked. https://people.com/homer-continue-strangle-bart-the-simpsons-says-co-creator-exclusive-8400789
On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 11:16 AM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cb5a7f8e-ab76-450c-b921-6446c0fabb7an%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/CABru7%2Bc6p9RCHRLmgZNs-aV%3D%2B0-Tj6iGuSo0fa5h3Pzfd%3DuT7g%40mail.gmail.com.
