Sunny days? Not on this street 兒童不宜的芝麻街DVD上市

The early episodes of Sesame Street have just been released on DVD, but be warned! On the case is the message, "These early Sesame Street episodes are intended for grown-ups."

Sesame Street in the late 1960s and early 70s was a lot different than it is today. For example, the character Alistair Cookie used to smoke a pipe before eating it. Producer Carol-Lynn Parente said that was "the wrong behavior." So Alistair was dropped from the show.

In another example of how times have changed, in the first episode a lonely little girl became friends with an adult male. He then took her to his house for milk and cookies. To help teach kids to be careful around strangers, that doesn't happen on Sesame Street anymore.

Now even Cookie Monster eats a variety of food. Don't tell kids that it hasn't always been that way!

(STAFF WRITER, WITH THE GUARDIAN)

早期的《芝麻街》影集發行DVD了，但是請注意！影碟外殼標示著：「這套早期的《芝麻街》影集是設計給成人觀賞的」。

一九六Ｏ年代末至一九七Ｏ年代初的《芝麻街》和今天我們看的《芝麻街》有很大的差別，例如，阿利斯泰爾曲奇這個角色過去會抽煙斗，然後把它吃掉。製作人卡洛琳．潘倫特認為那是「不良示範」，所以就把阿利斯泰爾這個角色換掉了。

另一個因時代而有所改變的例子是在第一集中，有一位寂寞的小女孩和一個成人男性成為朋友，然後他帶她回他家去吃餅乾配牛奶。為了配合教導兒童小心週遭的陌生人，這類場景再也沒有出現在芝麻街了。

現在，就連餅乾怪獸都攝取多樣性的食物了。最好還是不要讓小朋友知道餅乾怪獸並非都這麼乖！（衛報／翻譯：袁星塵）