TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus met the human cast of Sesame Street due to a string of high-profile pedophilia cases. The writers felt by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird, they were scaring children into thinking their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Snuffleupagus#Snuffy_meets_the_adults



Submitted March 30, 2015 at 07:37PM by mike_pants http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30t2kv/til_mr_snuffleupagus_met_the_human_cast_of_sesame/