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Shouldn’t Occupy Be Storming Big Bird’s House?

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  1. venturaguy

    October 5th, 2012

    And this fortune was created by ripping off children!!

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  2. old_oaks

    October 5th, 2012

    Why did Mitt forget about NPR?

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  3. Rightwingfeather

    October 5th, 2012

    Oh, you badddddd!!!!

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  4. illustr8r

    October 5th, 2012

    Ain’t that the truth. Licensing, licensing! There is some serious money to be had there by golly.

    (As a kid, I hated both Sesame Street and Electric Company. Always felt as if they thought I was stupid of something…didn’t like the songs or the characters.

    Now, The Banana Splits, The Bugaloos,Land of the Lost, Looney Tunes…I’d watch for hours.)

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  5. MAJ Mike

    October 5th, 2012

    Why do we subsidize “Children’s Television Workshop” with taxpayer funds? I’ve wondered that for 35 years. Besides, PBS programming is lame and provides nothing that can’t be found on for-profit channels.

    Most kids don’t watch that PBS drek anyway. This is just another way that the Dem-Cong use other people’s money to finance their pet projects.

    But again, I state the obvious.

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  6. Nutjob

    October 5th, 2012

    I want to see Big Birds W2′s.

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  7. jclady

    October 5th, 2012

    Hee, hee. :)

    Ain’t that the truth!

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  8. Menderman

    October 5th, 2012

    BTW, What happened to all the money OWS had? Who got to keep it?

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  9. Jethro

    October 5th, 2012

    Didn’t Jim Hensen’s Muppets really take off and thrive AFTER he left PBS and went to private broadcasting (The Muppet Show)?

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  10. Menderman

    October 5th, 2012

    Y’all do know that the Koch Bros fund NOVA right?

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  11. Nutjob

    October 5th, 2012

    I’ve been thinking of starting my own publicly funded cartoon and calling it Washington Street, with the main character being Big Green Bird.

    That should automatically qualify me for a cool 20-30 mill of taxpayer Green intitiative money.

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  12. hanoverfist

    October 5th, 2012

    This reminds me.
    I should go to the state fair and get a turkey leg.

    Oh illustr8r

    Try this:http://www.70slivekidvid.com/main.htm

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  13. hanoverfist

    October 5th, 2012

    Hey Jethro

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
    .

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  14. Corona

    October 5th, 2012

    Yep. Looney Tunes sold me on reality. PBS was about as nourishing and intelligent as a PBJ sandwich. Eff U, Big Bird. Bugs Bunny taught me how to laugh like an American.

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  15. eternal cracker p

    October 5th, 2012

    Doesn’t Big Bird shit where he eats?

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  16. chico

    October 5th, 2012

    I love big bird….right next to the potatoes and gravy.

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  17. Nutjob

    October 5th, 2012

    @Corona

    Looney tunes was the shit, hasn’t been anything like it since. I loved Foghorn Leghorn and the little Chickenhawk.

    Blanc and Freiling were masterminds.

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  18. Troy

    October 6th, 2012

    I heard that the licensing is not like a typical business model.
    You would think that all the Tickle-Me-Elmo sales would cover the cost of PBS. Wrong.
    Most of the money goes to the UK and Canada.

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  19. Boobie the Rocket Dog

    October 6th, 2012

    Well, if they sold mounted Big Bird heads, they’d make a mint.

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  20. Tabby

    October 6th, 2012

    That’s too friggin funny! You’ve GOT to make one with the occupy idiots & the bird! The pic had me laughing & picturing him with Occupy has me laughing still! I am loving this Big Bird bashing. Thanks for that Mitt! ;-)

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  21. Navigator

    October 6th, 2012

    Nice BFH. I just shared on facebook.

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  22. Smoke Fire

    October 6th, 2012

    For those of you interested, Big Bird, resides in rural Woodstock, Ct.

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  23. Mr.Gates

    October 6th, 2012

    Public broadcasting is getting $445,000,000. from the fascist federal government per year. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting loves its Corporate welfare. ‘Time to eliminate welfare for the biggest and wealthiest broadcasters in the country! There’s no moral or ethical justification for it and they DON’T NEED it.

    But there’s $100 billion in corporate subsidies out there that need to be eliminated or drastically cut. This Forbes article does a pretty good breakdown of the categories where these billions go, but not specifics. http://tinyurl.com/8l5onkx

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  24. grayjohn

    October 7th, 2012

    NPR is part of PBS. He didn’t forget.

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