Audited financial statements reveal that the organization has operated at a loss in recent years ($11 million in fiscal 2014). “Without this five-year funding commitment from HBO, we would not have a sustainable funding model that would allow for the continued production of the show,” Sesame Workshop CEO Jeff Dunn…

OK, so I get now that Sesame Street was originally targeted at that poorer urban market. But even if that was the case, it does not appear that HBO just came in and stole it from PBS. From what I just looked up, Sesame Street was bringing in revenues of around 30 mil, with expenses of 90 mil, and dropping revenue from…

Who gives a shit? Is there something inherent about fucking Sesame Street that demands the PBS viewers get timely and relevant content? Is it garbage and worthless if they get it 9 months later? Does the lesson on the number 7, and the letter C suddenly lose all fucking meaning?

And it’s all going to air on PBS. Everyone will have access to each episode.

Find me a child who watches Sesame Street that cares about reruns. Nobody is being walled off. The show is remaining on PBS at least for the duration of the initial contract with HBO (5 years). Yes, there will be a nine-month lag between the airing of new episodes on HBO and when those shows will show up on PBS…

The production bill is being entirely footed by HBO, whilst creative control remains totally with PBS. It’s an incredibly good thing the show and the viewers. But yes, OUTRAGE and INDIGNATION for a show the writer probably hasn’t watched in 20 or 30 years.

Now, the beloved show is only for people who can afford to have HBO.

Hippopotamus. Hippo. Not hippos.

Any “Chosen One” plotline, whether The Matrix, the Prequels, or anything where “he is the one the prophecy foretold” is just a load of annoying horseshit from a writer too lazy to create dramatic tension through natural storytelling.

Jesus, why does Gay have to be so flamboyant?

I laughed at his crying. He looks like such a baby.

Still a better pitch than anything the Women’s 2015 World Cup was played on.

If you look closely, those stills above are actually gifs of the game running in real-time with this mod on.

Dude—have a Snickers.

At Disney World they refer to it as the Haunted Mansion. I used to go every weekend.

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Go, right now, to Disney World's official website.

Definitely called Haunted Mansion in Disney World Florida, not Haunted Castle.

Definitely called Haunted Mansion in Disney World Florida, not Haunted Castle.