Taking YouTube for a Walk

[fingertrouble]

Just got Sesame Street Old Skool 1969-74 DVD:

Yes WTF? Oscar was originally ORANGE?

which led me to this (NSFW):

(..which Children's Television Workshop C&D's and set the legals on! Tis banned!)

Which in turn led me to this (because Ernest and Bertram is based on The Children's Hour)

Just rewatched Celluloid Closet. It's been too long; sad how the progress of the early 90's seems to have been destroyed, with a few 'doomed' exceptions like Brokeback. Hmm. We need more positive portrayals, the gay heroes mentioned in Closet, methinks. And no camp foils for comedians in bad sitcoms do not count...and RIP Vito, you're very missed.

And yes, I like taking YouTube for a walk sometimes.

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[shaggycub.livejournal.com]

There's a great article in The Brightlights Film Journal about the brouhaha over the first film version of "The Children's Hour", "These Three". http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/28/thesethree1.html Hellman, of course, adapted it and scrubbed it clean of any dykes.