Goldstein: "Oooh, I love the letter F."

April 18, 2022 4:49 PM

Watch Brett Goldstein teach Cookie Monster about the F-word on Sesame Street.
posted by MollyRealized (16 comments total)

'Football'
(I'll get my coat)
Seriously, I do love the Sesame Street guest interactions.
posted by phigmov at 5:13 PM on April 18, 2022

I love how this isn't quite perverse and yet has that kind of subtext for the adults.
posted by jenfullmoon at 5:18 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

I cracked up at:

“Okay, then, let’s see your footwork.”

Tappitytappitytapittytappitytappitytaptap-jazzhands-“HAH!”
posted by darkstar at 5:42 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

F7U12
posted by Reverend John at 5:53 PM on April 18, 2022

How I thought it would go:

Roy: "So I'm baking these biscuits..."
Tamir: "They're called cookies, Roy."
Roy: "What stupid idiot calls a biscuit a cookie?"
Tamir: *nervously* "Well today's word begins with the letter f"
Roy: "Oooooh I do love the letter F."
Tamir: "The word is.... brrrrrrrrrr"
Roy: "Just say the fucking f word you stupid puppet twat.
Tamir: "But Roy... After this I thought we were going to play soccer!"
Roy: "It's called football you fucking yankee puppet wanker. Who's arm do you have up your arse because I'm going to break it."

Seriously though. Making Brett Goldstein call it soccer? That man has a patience of a fucking saint.
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 5:59 PM on April 18, 2022 [11 favorites]

Was expecting something more in line with Censored Count. Is this funny because of the non sesame street roles of the guest?
posted by Mitheral at 8:00 PM on April 18, 2022 [3 favorites]

Mitheral: VERY MUCH SO. This guy is well known for playing a super grumpy pants dude who's constantly swearing--and yet is somehow a friend to all children who aren't at all fazed by his behavior.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:11 PM on April 18, 2022 [2 favorites]

This was so cute!
posted by ellieBOA at 12:50 AM on April 19, 2022

> yet is somehow a friend to all children who aren't at all fazed by his behavior.

I expected the scowl at the kid outside the ticket window here.
posted by Pronoiac at 1:39 AM on April 19, 2022 [1 favorite]

Now, we're all going to sing a song together:

HE'S HERE, HE'S THERE...
posted by slkinsey at 6:56 AM on April 19, 2022 [4 favorites]

HE'S EVERY-FUCKING WHERE...
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:01 AM on April 19, 2022 [2 favorites]

Pronoiac: I tried! I wanted more funny kid clips and wasn't finding much!
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:02 AM on April 19, 2022

…. ROY KENT, ROY KENNNNTTTTTT!
posted by ellieBOA at 7:34 AM on April 19, 2022 [2 favorites]

Brett Goldstein on why he loves the muppets -
“Well, it’s like… The secret of the Muppets is they’re not very good at what they do. Like Kermit’s not a great host, Fozzie is not a good comedian, Miss Piggy is not a great… None of them are actually good at it, but they fucking love it…
And they’re like a family and they like putting on a show and they have joy and because of the joy, it doesn’t matter that they’re not good at it."

Sounds like a metafilter tagline to me! (edited to add the full quote)
posted by TwoWordReview at 10:02 AM on April 19, 2022 [10 favorites]

The Muppets certainly sounds like my theater career....
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:39 PM on April 19, 2022 [1 favorite]

I adore Brett Goldstein. I love the Muppets. I love Sesame Street.
I love being pandered to as much as anyone, but this is terrible. SS used to be genuinely funny, and what kid wants to learn from preachy earnest statements about right and wrong?
This is how you show fairness and sharing. Or this. Or this.
Feh.

(This comment was brought to you by the letter L, which stands for Lawn, Get off My)
posted by Mchelly at 2:05 PM on April 20, 2022