Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Yes, but only if you're 18.
The early episodes of the legendary children's TV show have been released on DVD, but uh, children will not be allowed to watch.
Volumes 1 and 2 of the programme, which was first aired in 1969, carry this warning: 'Sesame Street: Old School is adults-only.
'These early Sesame Street episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's pre-school child.'
However, anyone expecting scenes where Big Bird lives up to his name will be disappointed.
The reasons for the warning are much less perverted.
According to the show's producers, kids today would not be able to handle watching Cookie Monster holding a pipe, which he later eats.
The character who has posed the most problems, however, is Oscar the Grouch. His crime? He is too miserable for today's toddlers.
You have to wonder, what's next? Will Jamie have to hand back his Magic Torch because it's too bright?
Will DangerMouse be forced to change his moniker because it is too, well, dangerous? MildPerilMouse just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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