- Content: “A Reimagined Sesame Street”
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What You Need To Know:
When it comes to worldview, the first three episodes of Season One of SESAME STREET have a strong Biblical worldview that emphasizes the importance of community and treating everyone with kindness. However, there is a fairy character with a magical garden of creatures. Overall, the revamped SEASME STREET has great educational aspects with only a few moderately questionable elements. MOVIEGUIDE® finds the first three episodes of the new season of SESAME STREET acceptable for all kids.
Content:
A Biblical worldview focuses on living with your neighbor and treating everyone with kindness. However, there is a Pagan element as a fairy character has a magical creature garden. It is important to note that the character and beast do not play a big role in the show;
No foul language;
No violence;
No sex;
No nudity;
No alcohol;
None; and,
A character attempts to steal another character’s meal.
More Detail:
As we’ve all come to expect, SESAME STREET remains incredibly well-made. It features impressive puppetry, fun scenarios, and fantastic music. For a show centered around children’s education, you couldn’t ask for much more in terms of quality. The only complaint is the rerun of Tales from 123. Within the first three episodes, the same segment plays twice; it’s surprising to see a rerun on the third episode of the season.
Each episode has four different segments. Episode one starts with the main story, which takes up most of the episode. Elmo, Abby and Zoe are getting lunch when we learn about the races. There will be three races, and all three will participate. With the races about to start, Elmo runs off without eating his lunch. Elmo lost the first race because he was tired and hungry, but he refused to eat until he won a race. When the second race happens, the same result befalls Elmo. But before the third race starts, he finally eats his lunch. With his energy recouped, Elmo is ready to race.
From there, we go to the new segment, “Tales from 123”. Here, Elmo and Grover try to meet up for a playdate but end up at the wrong spot. After a bit of running around, they finally meet up. Then we jump over to Cookie Monster’s Food Truck. Cookie Monster and Chef Gonger attempt to cook a cake but are out of eggs. Together, they go on a trip to learn how farmers harvest eggs. The last segment is Elmo’s World, where we learn about friends and how to play.
Episode two starts with cookie time. Cookie Monster is giving out cookies to everyone on Sesame Street. When he offers one to Elmo, Elmo declines. Elmo has never refused a cookie, leaving Cookie Monster to wonder what he can do to make Elmo want a cookie. He bakes several kinds of cookies before realizing that Elmo really doesn’t want a cookie. Once he realizes this, Cookie Monster cooks one special gift to apologize to Elmo.
“Tales from 123” follows Elmo and his dog Tango as they find a key lying on the floor. They discover Cookie Monster is missing his key, but then a magnet appears and attracts everyone’s keys. Together, the residents test each key to see which one unlocks Cookie Monster’s door. When we move to Cookie Monster’s Food Truck, we learn about how noodles are made while making angel hair pasta. In Elmo’s World, we focus on colors and learn how to mix them.
Episode three takes place in Abby’s magical garden. Unfortunately, one of her magical creatures escapes. It’s flying all around Sesame Street, floating around bright lights. Unfortunately, the lights go out, and they need to find a way to get their magical creature back. “Tales from 123” is a rerun of the segment in the first episode. For Cookie Monster’s Food Truck, we learn about how farmers grow cranberries while making cranberry muffins. Then, in Elmo’s World, we learn about the letters of the alphabet.
When it comes to worldview, the first three episodes of Season One of SESAME STREET have a strong Biblical worldview that emphasizes the importance of community and treating everyone with kindness. However, there is a fairy character with a magical garden of creatures. It is important to note that the character and beast do not play a significant role in the show. Overall, the revamped SEASME STREET has educational aspects with only a few moderately questionable elements. MOVIEGUIDE® finds the first three episodes of the new season of SESAME STREET acceptable for all kids.
