Sesame Street may not be suitable

ChurchRelevance reports that the new volume 1 and 2 DVDs of Sesame Street come with the following warning:

These early “Sesame Street” episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.

Why?
Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente says that Cookie Monster smokes and eats a pipe during “Monsterpiece Theater.” And other characters may seem too grouchy, depressed, slow, or drugged. The NY Times also notes:

On the very first episode, which aired on PBS Nov. 10, 1969 — a pretty, lonely girl like Sally might find herself befriended by an older male stranger who held her hand and took her home. Granted, Gordon just wanted Sally to meet his wife and have some milk and cookies, but . . . well, he could have wanted anything.

Seems like culture is changing for sure. As ChurchRelevance points out, when you think about the church and ministry, what worked 40 years ago, probably doesn’t work like it used to.
Should we post warnings to people that our services may not be suitable for the needs of today?
Hopefully that’s not true. But what do you think?

NPR has more on the story as well:

Newly released Sesame Street DVDs of its early episodes show material that would never air today. For example, the set features a closeted gay couple living in a basement, a puppet who binge eats on cookies and lengthy psychedelic segments.

1969 Sesame Street Intro

Recent intro