Reviewing Sesame Street Spinoffs
Spinoffs are an interesting trend in media. The idea of taking certain characters from your main cast and giving them their own side adventures has been around longer than we think and can have varied results. They can either be loved (Daria, The Simpsons, Pinky and The Brain), hated (Planet Sheen, Kamp Koral and The Patrick Star Show, Joey), or somewhere in the middle (The Casagrandes, The Cleveland Show, Young Sheldon). And some never even got a chance to be a show at all. (Jack and the Pack) In Sesame Street’s case, being the longest-running children’s show in history, they’ve managed to make 4, with moderate popularity. And I figured instead of reviewing them all separately, I should review all of them in one big review. Now, before we get into said reviews, I should probably clarify what counts as a spinoff here. When I say spinoff in this review, I’m referring to a show aired on a TV network or a streaming service, that isn’t a part of the original Sesame Street, but still ...