#HBO /PvLEkCl2Hv- Ryan Parker August 13, 2015īig Bird's big welcome was pretty intense today.
Others imagined what HBO shows might be like if “Sesame Street” characters, mostly furry Muppets, joined the cast. “Sesame Street is gonna be on HBO which makes total sense since they’re all naked anyway,” said another. “You want to learn the letter F? I’ll teach you the letter F,” said one jokester on Twitter, alongside an image of an angry Tony Soprano. On social media, some observers couldn’t help notice the partnership’s cultural dissonance. Episodes will become available to PBS stations and websites nine months after they’re on HBO.
Sesame Workshop announced Thursday that the beloved children’s show, which has been on PBS since its debut in 1969, will be distributed by HBO starting this fall.
Hi kids! Today’s episode of “Sesame Street,” now brought to you by the letters, “WTF.” The news that “Sesame Street” is heading to HBO has some viewers more confused than Tony Soprano at one of his therapy sessions.īig Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch on the same network that features beheadings and full-frontal nudity almost every week on “Game of Thrones”? Really?
