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Tuesday, October 9. 2012

Ya gotta laugh about the Big Bird campaign

Ya gotta laugh about this PBS/Big Bird thing.

FYI, the actor who plays Big Bird is paid $315,000/year. The boss of Sesame Street is paid $990,000/year. And who’s funding this? Well, in part, taxpayers: the federal government gave the CPB a grant of $444.1 million in 2012.

Sesame Street, a non-profit arm of PBS, makes over $200 million in profit each year. I think the show is retarded but, regardless, why does it need my money? Furthermore, I think the idea of government support of media is profoundly un-American. The nation and the world are going to hell, and Obama is advertising about Big Bird. Romney only brought it up as an example of something we ought not to be borrowing money from China to support.

Even Chris Matthews calls the Big Bird focus "Mickey Mouse" politics.

Back in 2008, Obama said that, “if you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things.”

Big Bird is the epitome of Small Things.

Photo from People's Cube

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, Our Essays at 19:30 | Comments (12) | Trackbacks (0)

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I am of two (at least) minds about this PBS kerfuffle. Yeah, the Sesame Street company would not go under without that one million - which at 0.02 percent of gov PBS funding (and far less if all funding considered) is probably about as small a licensing as could be arranged. OTOH, how much is needed to keep Antiques Roadshow on the air? OT3rdH, what do I care about other PBS offerings?

#1 John A on 2012-10-09 20:05 (Reply)

This is just an example of no matter what your need was when you started getting government welfare(funding), no matter how successful you become, in Obama's mind, you should never lose your government welfare payments.

Once you accept government welfare, you can never be free

#2 JKB on 2012-10-09 20:23 (Reply)

I have a simple solution to Obama's fixation over Sesame Street. Let's give him the bird, so to speak.

#3 dmw on 2012-10-09 20:41 (Reply)

NJ,

You're onto something here! I think Romney could play this thing out and make it a winning election platform item...he can promise to pardon both "the Tom" AND "Big BIrd" for Thanksgiving!

I'm being serious. It would certainly turn that "talking point" which is about all obama has left after Denver.

#4 Garry on 2012-10-09 20:41 (Reply)

There was a time when PBS was very different and very interesting. I'm old enough to remember that the only science programming on TV was NOVA, then David Attenborough's BBS programming which included Dr. Who, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Civilisation, Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man and Alistair Cooke's America. Masterpiece Theatre, you could go on and on. It was actually worth the money at one time.

Times change though and PBS couldn't compete - probably for the reasons NJ states - it's just duplicating what 300 cable channels already provide. It's either time for it go or revamp itself as a private corporation off the government dole.

#5 Tom Francis on 2012-10-09 21:01 (Reply)

"The nation and the world are going to hell, and Obama is advertising about Big Bird."

Yep, it is silly to pick a fight over Big Bird; But, that is Obama's style, isn't it? Pick a fight over trivial issues; sort of like fiddle while Rome burns.

#6 Charles on 2012-10-09 21:34 (Reply)

Big bird was (is) the most g*d awful boring personality on the show. I never understood why he got all that time in front of the cameras.

#7 chuck on 2012-10-09 23:24 (Reply)

remember that generations now have learned their morals, numbers, and letters from Sesame Street, and they're leftist morals. Millions take whatever they're told by Big Bird and the Cookie Monster as gospel, so if they support Obama, those cattle/people support Obama.

#8 J.T. Wenting on 2012-10-09 23:49 (Reply)

Right there, J.T. I outlawed PBS when one of the kids shared the PBS version of the tortoise and the hare. No, mommy, the tortoise didn't win, they both did. The tortoise stopped and gave the rabbit a ride.
Get our money out of pbs, including npr. Trash.

#9 Beth on 2012-10-10 07:42 (Reply)

The fable of our age, I'm afraid, born of the very philosophy of merit that gave us this malignant administration.

#9.1 Jephnol (Link) on 2012-10-10 10:38 (Reply)

Chuck, have you checked out those drumsticks? A mighty feast, on the hoof.

#10 Sam L. on 2012-10-10 16:26 (Reply)

But, but, but cookies? Cookie Monster is the best. I love my cookies. What would the world be without Cookie Monster?

#11 Larry Geiger on 2012-10-16 13:32 (Reply)

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Ya gotta laugh about the Big Bird campaign