Pop star Katy Perry Too Hot for Sesame Street Elmo Duet?

Posted Sep 23, 2010 by Walt Belcher

Updated Sep 23, 2010 at 09:45 AM

Oh Katy. Now we know why Elmo is smiling.

Producers of PBS iconic series “Sesame Street” have pulled a music segment featuring pop star Katy Perry and Elmo after parents complained that she was showing too much cleavage.

The video, featuring Perry singing a kid-friendly version of her song “Hot N Cold,” was posted on YouTube earlier this year and has since drawn a lot of negative comments from people who found her chartreuse prom dress too adult for kids.

The song was expected to be broadcast during the upcoming season but after thousands of negative comments posted producers decided to pull it.

The Sesame Workshop, which produces the series, issued the following statement today:

‘’ ‘Sesame Street’ has a long history of working with celebrities across all genres, including athletes, actors, musicians and artists.  ‘Sesame Street’ has always been written on two levels, for the child and adult.  We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver.  We also value our viewer’s opinions and particularly those of parents.  In light of the feedback we’ve received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on You Tube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of ‘Sesame Street,’ which is aimed at preschoolers.  Katy Perry fans will still be able to view the video on You Tube.”

“Sesame Street” begins its 41 season on Monday.

Perry, who used to be contemporary Christian singer, had tweeted that she had fallen for Elmo. The lyrics are about playing games and the segment is cute.

My opinion: Is there anything online that doesn’t get negative comments.

And, please note: Elmo isn’t wearing anything at all.

Kids in Florida see more than this anytime they go to the beach, or the park, or to the mall. And now with all the publicity, more kids are going to look at it. The video has already had a million hits. And thanks to those complaining parents, the kids know what to look at when watching it.

And Disney better watch out. That outfit that Tinkerbell wears looks a bit tight.

Those folks at “Sesame Street” are great at turning pop culture into kid friendly educational parodies. Here’s some other things planned for the upcoming season.

“True Mud,” a parody of the television show “True Blood.” A man walks into a restaurant and asks the waitress for True Mud.  She keeps bringing him things that rhyme with mud such as a spud, cud and a man named Bud.  She finally brings him a mud bath, which they all enjoy together.

Ironing Monster,” a parody of the comic book superhero “Iron Man.” Grover decides to be a superhero for the Laundromat.

“Rock Rock Band,” a parody of the Twisted Sister song “I Wanna Rock,” sung by a Spinal Tap-esque Michael McKean playing Vergil Von Vivaldi. Elmo, Abby and Zoe help Vergil Von Vivaldi, who is searching for rocks to be part of his rock band.

“The Closer” a parody of the television show “The Closer.” Different types of “open” cases, such as a pencil case, an eyeglass case, and a suitcase, are “closed.”

“A Team,” a parody of the television show “The A-Team.” Elmo, Abby and Telly team up with the letter A to help their friends on Sesame Street by using “A” words.

“What’s that Noise,” a parody of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way.” Elmo is sleeping at Luis and Maria’s house when he hears a grasshopper in the house, so Rev Run and Elmo sing “Hop This Way.”

“The Elmo Slide,” a parody of the song “Cha Cha Slide” Elmo, kids and celebrities all dance to “The Elmo Slide.”

““Veggies Revolt,” a parody of CNN and Anderson Cooper.  Anderson Cucumber from VNN news reports about how the vegetables on Sesame Street are mad and they’re not going to take it anymore! Can Telly, Chris and the gang convince the vegetables to stay on Sesame Street?

“It’s Raining Cookies,” Cookie Monster sings a parody of the song “It’s Raining Men” while Elmo tries to find something to do in the rain.hile he