SESAME STREET – The cast of children’s television show Sesame Street continue to make their presence felt as protests against parent network PBS stretch into another week.
The demonstrations are part of a global effort to rally against “an unelected minority who work behind the scenes pulling the strings of every move we make.”
Similar protests are being held within Fraggle Rock and along Avenue Q.
Occupy Sesame Street
Monsters of all shapes and sizes have taken over the main square in front of Sesame Street demanding accountability and fairness.
A spokeswoman for the protesters said the monsters would not let up until they got “E. E-qual-it-y. Equal-ity. EQUALITY! Yay!”
Oscar the Grouch was quick to distance himself from the movement – having earlier clarified he was not sleeping in a trash can to make a political statement.
However, there was much anger vented by others gathered against “the invisible hands that control us all.”
“Elmo has had it up to here with this crap. Elmo demands change! Hehehe that tickles,” giggled one furious protestor.
Already weeks into the movement, the monsters gave every indication they planned to become a permanent fixture.
Cookie Monster is reported to have stocked over a thousand boxes of cookies – a clear signal that he intended to stick around for at least two more hours.
Celebrity appeal
The crowd received a boost today as celebrity muppet Kermit the Frog made a surprise appearance to publicly back the movement.
Looking towards Ms Piggy – also in attendance – Kermit continued: “I understand your pain. That feeling of being under a shadow, having someone watching and controlling everything you do…well, enough is enough!”
“How long will we stay? Weeelll, that’s the millionnn dollarrr questionnn?” said fellow demonstrator Snuffleupagus when asked if the movement could be sustained. “I hooope we’ll stay long enough tooo get our message acrosss.”
However, a lack of any defined agenda or list of demands has led to criticism of the protestors, with observers five-years-old and under calling for the message to be clarified and spelt out letter by letter.
Statler and Waldorf have been the biggest critics, suggesting that “chopped liver had a more coherent message.”
“I haven’t seen a protest with this many losers since they tried to cancel Star Trek,” blasted Waldorf.
There were also criticisms of disorganisation. Several activists say they still don’t know how to get to Sesame Street so they could add their support.
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Still, many protesters were confident the movement would only expand with time.
“We are here to stay until justice is done!” Cried a defiant Count von Count.
“Our numbers will soon grow from here. Ah! ONE. One hundred protesters. TWO. Two hundred protesters. THREE. Three hundred protesters. FOUR. Four hundred protesters. FIVE. Five hundred protesters. SIX! Six hundred protesters! SEVEN! Seven. Hundred. Protesters! Ha ha ha HA HAAAAAAAA!”
While predictions have yet to be proven, pundits believe he may not be far off the mark as the support increases for what many consider a worthy cause.
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