Colbert Demolishes "Sesame Street"'s Conservative Critics (VIDEO)

"Sesame Street" has come under fire recently for some segments conservative critics say promote leftist views. The main target? Oscar the Grouch. It seems the surly, trash-can-living muppet is busting out his reporter chops these days and much to the dismay of his audience he's being all lovey-dovey with his interviewees. At the end of the segment his girlfriend calls to tell him she's changing the channel, "From now on I am watching 'Pox' News. Now there is a trashy news show." (WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.)

Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood site was not amused. The blogger Stage Right wrote:

"If Mom and Dad watch cable news, it's better than 50/50 they watch 'POX News.' So what gives? PBS -- a network partially funded with my tax dollars -- has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch 'trashy' news? The message is clear, I can't even sit my kids in front of 'Sesame Street' without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority. And don't tell me, 'If you don't like it change the channel.' There are no channels left! It's everywhere. Just last week I had Obama's service and volunteerism promoted on every single major network, including Disney and Nickelodeon."

Well last night Stephen Colbert got in on the action, calling the kids show, "America's most insidious socialist brainwashing program." He used recent tea party protest memes (calling everybody Hitler and Stalin, comparing reform to the Holocaust) and applied them to the "Sesame Street" debate.


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[PlanetSpinz]

Didn't WTFUX UPNEWS watching theocRATS stop letting their kids watch Sesame Street when Burt & Ernie came out?

[NurseTina]

I love Colbert. I think it is hilarious that the Right Wing does not recognize satire when they are slapped across the face with it.

[hilary916]

The Opinion Chicken Glenn Beak. Lmao!

[MrOmega]

Funny! I love how the last muppet, looked just like Mitt!

[briarus42]

Actually I think that muppet was around before Mitt was ever in politics and was never intended to look like him.

[LeAnn Cammack]

yeah, he's Guy Smiley. He's the game show host.

[jazzofcourse08]

Love it.

[BobSacomano]

Once again Colbert hits is out of the park!

[BobSacomano]

uh...'it'

[mick7191]

That what I read.

[NurseTina]

What ever!

[callmemara]

typos are not important here.

[Michael Harris 1]

Steven Colbert FTW!
Bull O'Reilly and Glen Beek anyone?

[NurseTina]

rotflmfao

[msbadger]

"Just last week I had Obama's service and volunteerism promoted on every single major network, including Disney and Nickelodeon." LOL!!! Nothing like unintentional humor from some nitwit winger!

This was great. Heil Kermit! God what WOULD we do without Stewart and Colbert!

[helpusa]

Colbert and Stewart are both too smart for the likes of the Pox News. I love them.

[KingCujo]

On his show just a bit ago, Woody Harrelson let Stephen shave his head for the troops, then they sang the Star Spangled Banner. It was a hoot!

[ParallelFifths]

In any case, I'm not convinced that this was a slam against Fox News. The formula for an Oscar the Grouch joke is to take something and change the name so that it sounds dirty or gross and then praise it for being "trashy." They've been doing it for years, and Fox is the only news channel that rhymes with anything good.

[GeorgeBurnsWasRight]

Yes, can't imagine anything rhyming with ABC, CBS, NBC or CW.

[guyfrombrooklyn]

Now that I think about it, there is a whole lot of sharing and helping on that show.

THANKS man. You made me realize the SOCIALIST agenda of a show that AMERICA's kids ADORE.

That blogger is a hero. (kook)

BTW I'm not a racist, but put the COUNT on a NO-FLY list.

I just don't trust his accent. LOL

[briarus42]

you know Burt and Ernie were in the National Guard but had to leave , I think you know why

[TwinX]

Colbert was great, as always.

BTW, are posters allowed to advertise on Huffpo? (I'm talking about the post below mine).

Is that the sort of post w are supposed to 'flag'?

[TwinX]

Ah, the post has gone, so my qustion is answered :)

[erinker]

What kind of parent doesn't want their children to learn that charity and volunteerism is good??? Seriously?! What is wrong with these hateful je.rks??

[pdxoutsider]

I think Colbert's most valuable contribution to the Daily Show/Colbert Report one-two punch is his satirical clowning. Stewart plays either a wise-cracking critic or a straightman most of the time, and it works for his format, but Colbert's character brings the funny with every line. This was fantastic comedy.

[ghee99]

i agree

both are funny,
but stewart so often comes across as bitter

colbert just seems to be having more fun with it

[KingCujo]

Stuart tells it like it is and is astounded by the hypocracy. Glad he's on!