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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 40755" data-attributes="member: 530">[RANT]I think that the show has been in steady decline ever since Jim Henson passed on.  The show was clever, educational, and had a lot of nuance to it.  Now it's slowly turning into 60 minutes of non-stop baby talk and screeching.I know that I'm coming across like "why, back in MY day" but really, is it an improvement to the show that we get to hear Elmo banging on a piano and singing a different word over and over to the tune of Jingle Bells every single day?  Is it an improvement to the show that every new creature that gets added to the show is yet another identical looking monster that does not speak proper English?I think that children should be exposed to stuff that is above their level.  If they are immersed in baby talk all day long then there is nothing pushing them to learn and grow.There was a time when other shows tried to emulate Sesame Street.  Now Sesame Street is playing catch up to shows like Teletubbies, Blue's Clues, and Dora the Explorer.  Unfortunately, those three shows all do a better job of what they do than Sesame Street seems to be doing now in each category after the new changes.Did you see Ernie's Journey?  It's a pretty gimped rip off of Dora/Blue's Clues.[/RANT]</blockquote>