Censorship
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Sesame Street is a beloved kids’ show enjoyed by many when it first aired on NET in 1969.

Censorship

  • In the Elmo’s World episode Mail, the part where Elmo humps Computer was censored in some PBS airings of the episode
  • The episode in which The Wicked Witch of the Witch appeared on Sesame Street was banned around the world and was considered a lost episode of the show
  • The episode in which a hurricane struck Sesame Street was censored due to 9/11 and had some Elmo’s World episodes at the end, considering it to be a little dark, like the Birds episode in which Elmo became a peacock in the imagination sequence
  • The episode in which a fire destroyed Sesame Street was pulled in the UK
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