This episode of "Sesame Street" of the 70s was prohibited for terrifying children
The scary episode, which was only broadcast once, recently resurfaced online.
For over 50 years, episodes ofSesame Street educated children and comforted them, but it was apparently not the case with an episode from the 1970s. In 1975,Sesame Street airy an episode It was so scary, he was banned and was never broadcast again. As indicated byUnited States today,,The prohibited episode Recently resurfaced online, reminding those who watched it 46 years ago a frightening childhood experience.
The reason why this particularSesame Street Terrified episode The children were so the guest star that he presented. Read the rest to see who joined the series for a single appearance and why they led the parents to complain.
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The episode presented a famous witch.
The controversialSesame Street Episode broadcast on February 10, 1976 and presentedWizard of Oz starMargaret Hamilton of character as the wicked witch of the West. In the episode, aSesame Street regular, David (Northern Calloway), accidentally finds herself in possession of the witch's broom, and she spends the episode to terrorize him as well as the others in the neighborhood to try to recover it. At one point, she threatens to transform Big Bird into a pen.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Children - and their parents - were not happy.
According to an article on Hamilton in theChicago tribune,,Sesame Street Receive letters Parents who said the episode was too overwhelming for children. After that, the episode never appeared on television again. A.V. The club reports that even if the video has appeared on the internet from time to time, it is generallybeen very difficult to find. It was archived by the Congress Library, according to the A.V. Club-as well as many other episodes- and has been shown during a special event at the Museum of Image In Movement in 2019 called "Sesame Street FOUND OBJECT."
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The episode had an impact on the children who saw it.
Comments under the newly downloadedYoutube video of the episode are made up of people who looked at him as children, those who are happy that he is now available to look online, and some who maintain that this should never have been fired.
"This episode scared me beyond belief when I was 5," wrote a user. "I would look forward to the beginning of each episode after seeing this one, to make sure that it was not the" witch ". Of course, I never saw her again, and at one point, I convinced myself that it was a nightmare. "
"I was so afraid ofWizard of Oz When I was small! Then to see that onSesame Street Child, it was crazy! "Wrote another commentator.
Someone else shared: "The special effects with zapping would be quite intense and frightening for children. But as an adult, it's great!"
The wicked witch also appeared in another children's show.
Almost at the same time as theSesame Street episode, Hamilton also appeared on a few episodes ofMister Rogers district. As indicated by theChicago tribune,,Fred Rogers I wanted his children to the viewers understand that scary actors play the actors are not real. Hamilton appeared as herself and was shown by wearing her wicked witch costume, except without signature and frightening - a painting for the face.
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