From: "Mary Horsley" <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:37:03 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Abby Cadabby


Did you send your reply to someone in the news, Chris? You speak well for
so many of us! And a blue muppet with spots would be equally as cute! I,
too, have always been a fan, sitting on the couch with my daughter watching
or just watching by myself. I have always told my puppetry students to go
home and re-watch Sesame Street for inspiration.

Mary

"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
-Walter Bagehot

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the
choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape
ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make
are ultimately our own responsibility."-----Eleanor Roosevelt

"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are
dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do
it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many
tomorrows.

-Michael Landon

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We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
 
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> [Original Message]
> From: Christopher Hudert <heyhoot-AT-mindspring.com>
> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> Date: 9/1/2006 6:18:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Abby Cadabby
>
> On Sep 1, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Brett Roberts wrote:
>
> > Abby Cadabby is apparently causing trouble for Sesame Street.
> >
> > http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20325891 
> > -5003422,00.html
>
> Actually this article itself was not so bad, just reporting some of the  
> flack that CTW and SS have been getting. Kind of tweaked some of my pet  
> peeves though, so I had to reply. Don't know if it will get published,  
> but here's what I sent:
>
>   Bad rap for Muppet? More like a bum rap. It is about time that a  
> character was allowed to be a sugar and spice, sweet, feminine, little  
> girl. And the magic? Oh, so dangerous! The type of "magic" that happens  
> on Sesame Street is about as close to witchcraft as a blooming flower  
> is to an atomic bomb. Buy a dictionary and get a life. Witchcraft is  
> the use of "supernatural powers", gained from a compact with evil  
> spirits or the devil, to attempt to control events or other people,  
> usually for ill ends. And you see that on Sesame Street when? I must  
> have stepped out of the room and missed that part.
>    Seems those who are protesting the qualities of this character would  
> like to deny the rights of people, particulary children, to be anything  
> other than what they would like them to be. It is also a denial and/or  
> the condemnation of the real fact that there are children and adults  
> with those very qualities. Such narrow minded and unkind thinking from  
> those who profess to be openminded and/or Christian.
>    I say fly on Abby Cadabby, and may you use your supernatural powers  
> to cast a spell of love, kindness, a touch of femininty, and the magic  
> of imagination and wide eyed wonder on children everywhere. As you wave  
> your magic wand may you accidentally smite the souls of those closed  
> minded folks that condem you and open a hole where the sunshine of true  
> love and acceptance may pour in. Thank you Children's Television  
> Workshop and Sesame Street for bringing this new character on the show.  
> Now, how about a male character that has the qualities of a real boy?  
> You know, a little rough and tumble, loves trucks, sports and stuff,  
> breaks things (accidentally), gets into trouble sometimes, gets dirty,  
> is a little agressive (but not too much), kind but not overly sweet,  
> and so on. I think a gap toothed periwinkle blue troll with spots would  
> be appropriate. I'll be waiting and watching.
>
> Christopher Hudert
> Parent, Puppeteer, and Sesame Street fan since it first came on TV
>
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