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Growing up in Gary, Ind. The front steps of our first apartment looked like the front steps to Gordon and Susan's apartment on the show. Oh, there's something. Where the hell did it go? DEGGANS: There are tough stories, too, like the moment the original actor who played Gordon, a proud Black man named Matt Robinson, quit the show not long after African American parents complained about the slang speech of a Black Muppet he helped create named Roosevelt Franklin; or the decision to portray the death of the character Mr.

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Show Search Search Query. Play Live Radio. I think it does work well as a kiddie land, but I think as many theme park designers and operators are finding is that you have to keep families together.

Creating a Sesame Street Land in Sea World Orlando would further split families that are already seeing teenagers and thrill seeking parents run for the park's signature roller coasters.

It's a tactic that tends to work fine with regional "amusement" parks, but when you're in Orlando and competing with the likes of Disney, Universal, and now Legoland, you have to keep families together or they simply won't bother coming at all. What Sea World fails to note with the Sesame Street IP is that it has an extremely narrow audience base kids from , maybe 6.

Once kids get over 5 or 6 they tend to shun Sesame Street as "too kiddie", meaning Sea World Parks and Entertainment get one crack at each family in America. Once a family has kids over 6, Sesame Street characters quickly lose their appeal even to families with a younger sibling in the target range , and some older children may even be embarrassed to spend time in a park themed around such "childish" characters.

That's where Legoland would bury Sesame Place, because the Lego IP appeals to demographics from 3 all the way up to the early teens, meaning families with multiple kids even if some are in the target range will instantly choose Legoland over Sesame Place because of the wider appeal.

If I'm a parent of a tween, an 8 year old and a 3 year old, there's no way I'm subjecting the older kids to Sesame Place for the sake of their youngest sibling. For Legoland, a bigger net means more fish, but even so, the Florida park is not lighting the world on fire, mostly due to its out of the way location in Winter Garden nearly an hour from WDW and UO. Even with a location closer to the other theme parks, a hypothetical Sesame Place Florida would be fishing with the equivalent of a slotted spoon and directly against the worldwide leader in attracting ages Magic Kingdom.

Sesame Place north of Philly works because it is really small and does a great job catering to their very narrow target audience near an extremely dense population center NYC Metro.

They also have some of the most friendly policies in the industry to guests with disabilities. There's also little competition for that demographic with Dorney Park, Hershepark, and Six Flags Great Adventure catering more towards older kids and teens. If a similar park were to open in Orlando, it would face a similar challenge to target to this narrow demographic without the luxury of a large population center to support it against the stiffest competition in the world Southern California may work.

Although AB makes lousy beer, they were very good owners of the SeaWorld brand, continuously pouring resources into all the SeaWorld parks to open fresh exhibits, upgrade existing shows and open new rides that made them very rewarding experiences every bit as compelling as the Disney parks.

The current managers haven't figured out what made SeaWorld work under AB's deft leadership and haven't made the changes necessary in senior management to pursue a different path forward. It's too bad, because SeaWorld has a very compelling theme that's being grossly underutilized in the theme park world. With a return to good leadership, I strongly believe it can become a world-class brand once again. He's my favourite. Along with Supergrover. With an Aquaman film coming out, I doubt Six Flags would be willing to part with those IP rights unless they get compensated handsomely.

This is the second new land that they're planning in addition the rainforest land to be developed around their new river ride. Throw in the recently opened Antarctica land, and continued development with coasters and VR, and it's clear that SeaWorld Orlando is looking to move forward.

Unfortunately for them, it still might not be enough to stay competitive in the Orlando market. I agree that the lands that already exist need to be redesigned, however if Sea World really wants to whip out the big guns, then it needs to think in terms of Fantasyland at Disney, meaning it needs the family style dark rides, whether it be standard track rides like Winnie The Pooh or water track rides like It's A Small World or Pirates of the Caribbean, but it should add family rides like that.

Perhaps keeping 1 or 2 of the kiddie rides, but definitely investing heavily in immersing the guests into the concept of the theme of the area, meaning they don't have to necessarily recreate the urban city look, which wouldn't work at Sea World or Busch Gardens, but being that the theme concept of either Bay of Play or Safari of Fun creates images of the outdoors, the target level of theming should be similar to the level of detail Disney puts into its Animal Kingdom park, namely the new Pandora: World of Avatar which from pictures looks stunning.

So attract them in with an incredible look, then keep them in with immersive family dark rides or family carnival rides like the Tea Cups or a well themed family coaster like the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. It can be done, again Sea World should take the risk and invest heavily. I know that SeaWorld has made mistakes in the past, but they're obviously doing all that they can to give back to the oceans that gave them their namesake.

I can't understand how people can be okay with zoos but hate SeaWorld. If you're going to be mad at them, then I guess we should also be mad at Disney for putting on their Flight of Wonder show or for using horses on Main Street. It has been nearly thirty years since the Supreme Court made their ruling in 's Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. The case came down to the determination of whether the parody was "fair use" or not.

The section of the Copyright Act that deals with fair use states:. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections and A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching including multiple copies for classroom use , scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.

In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—. The Supreme Court ultimately determined that commercial parodies COULD be considered fair use, even if they do use the so-called "heart" of the original song in this instance, the chorus as well as the famous bass riff that opens the song , so long as the rest of the parody substantially alters the original song, arguing that parodies inherently HAVE to sound like the original for the parody to have any force.

The fascinating thing, though, is that the Court expressly explained that it was NOT saying that ALL parodies are considered fair use, but rather that it should be determined on a case by case basis, but this was still huge, as up until this case, recorded parodies were an extremely grey area this is why Weird Al Yankovic has always made sure to acquire permission from each of the artists that he parodies BEFORE he parodies them and if they say no, he doesn't do the parody.