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10 Sesame Street Skits That Would Never Be Shown to Children Today

I think we were tougher when we were kids.  We could take things without suffering irreparable physical or mental damage.  But with today’s bubble-wrapped, anti-bacterial-soaped kids, there’s no way any of these 10 Sesame Street vignettes would ever be allowed on TV today.

Okay, so this disco bit isn’t bad; it’s more dated than anything.  But check out some of these other examples collected by The Week.

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