Mar 10 2006No Russell Crowe on Sesame Street
Producers for Sesame Street rejected an appearance by Russell Crowe, claiming he's not a good role model. The actor has a two-year-old son with wife Danielle Spencer and another baby on the way, but executive producer Carol-Lynne Parente said "He may not be the best role model for kids. Although I'm sure our writers could come up with a nice piece about dealing with emotions - healthy ways to deal with emotions." She went on to add, "we would love to have Nicole Kidman on."
It's probably a good thing Russell doesn't do the show. Because he'd likely end up bludgeoning Grover with the letter of the day ("The letter of the day is pain!"), or terrifying the Cookie Monster ("C is for Crowe, and that better be good enough for you, or I'll stick those cookies right up your ass.")
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Reader Comments
1. Chris'sMom - March 10, 2006 10:36 AM
That's just silly.
2. tits_on_snack - March 10, 2006 10:39 AM
OMG SECOND POST
3. senin - March 10, 2006 10:53 AM
What? Sesame Street doesn't endorse drunken debauchery and pugilism. Come on - how are these kids gonna make it in the real world???
4. mamacita - March 10, 2006 11:24 AM
Good call, Sesame Street
5. thePrurient1 - March 10, 2006 11:25 AM
agreed with no russel...but nicole kidman? i dont want my daughter taking sides with that whore.
6. prideofchucky - March 10, 2006 11:37 AM
Ahhh it would have been PERFECT:
He could've have gotten into it with Oscar the Grouch to see who was the bigger asshole..
7. HollyJ - March 10, 2006 11:40 AM
I wish they'd let him on, so he could rip off the arms and tongue of whatever asshole plays Elmo.
8. Jayne - March 10, 2006 11:42 AM
hey now.
If they allowed steroid pumping and ass chasing Arnold Schwarzenegger on the show, Crowe really shouldn't be a problem.
It's just a shame that Arnold's *wild ways* came to light after his appearance :(
I also believe they had Michael Jackson on once or twice.
Ha.
9. Wild Rose - March 10, 2006 12:05 PM
Why have celebrities on that young 'uns don't even recognize? Are they making up for the fact the "Muppet Show" is no longer produced? I can understand having a guest like Jamie Lee Curtis or John Lithgow, or dare I say it...even Madonna (all authors of popular children's books), or a world-reknowned musician like Yo-Yo Ma or Itzhak Perlman...but Russel Crowe??? LOL!!!
10. tieveasilona - March 10, 2006 12:07 PM
who really cares anyway....
11. ce127 - March 10, 2006 12:12 PM
Grr... Grover deserves a nice bludgeoning with the Letter of the Day...
=p
12. Spindoc - March 10, 2006 12:28 PM
So THATS who killed Mr. Hooper!
13. Pearly - March 10, 2006 12:29 PM
What a shock that this drunk doesn't belong on childrens progamming. Especially public television...now if he wanted to be on The Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon that would be a whole other story.
14. mamadough - March 10, 2006 12:38 PM
i would love to see him beat the hell outta Elmo with a phone, with the Count in the background laughing..."one punch, ah ah ah. two punches, ah ah ah..."
15. boredatwurk - March 10, 2006 12:39 PM
Nicole Kidman was in the controversial film "birth" which freaked people out because it shows her bathing with some kid.
I am sure she is a nice lady, but that is what I associate with her now.
16. LoneWolf - March 10, 2006 12:43 PM
Dangerous day
Better get out of the way
Russell Crowe's throwin' a phone
Will you take me out to set,
Out to set my broken bone?
He'd scare kids
With the psycho schtick he did
His careeer is dead
He has no heat
Thank God he'll never be
Never be on Sesame Street
17. antispace - March 10, 2006 12:45 PM
Crowe should just star in what we've always wanted to see him in: Fightin' Round the World!!
18. Binky - March 10, 2006 1:10 PM
I was talking to a few preschoolers and apparently he WAS in on a pilot episode. It got off to a bad start, they told me, when he said 'A' is for assault charge and called Miss Piggy a "ham" and "an old porker." Things digressed when he started sticking his hand up various puppets, and they had to go to commercial.
The kids were hoping he'd get a regular gig on the show.
19. MortyFishbein - March 10, 2006 1:19 PM
The only show this son of a bitch should be on is COPS. In a wife beater. Holding his johnson and saying, "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oy, oy, oy!!!!!!"
20. A Nobody - March 10, 2006 1:24 PM
Oh I can't stop laughing. He should buy a thousand cell phones and just start throwing them at the Sesame Street Studios. That would be awesome. Crap the shit out of Elmo.
21. playahater101 - March 10, 2006 1:30 PM
You know what's so funny about this? They don't think he's a good role model but they had James Gandolfini on. You know, Tony Soprano???
22. dids - March 10, 2006 1:42 PM
Good call, Sesame Street.
Why the Elmo dissing? The guy who plays him is actually extremely nice. ;)
23. Lala - March 10, 2006 1:48 PM
Imagine Russell Crowe in Bert and Ernie's cozy little love nest. Hilarity will ensue.
24. hafaball - March 10, 2006 1:53 PM
Ah shit, I liked that show when I was younger, but once they got rid of all the former pot smokers it went downhill. There'd be nothing funnnier than seeing Sesame street up in a ball of flames...
25. bravegirl01 - March 10, 2006 2:37 PM
lone wolf, you are brilliant.
26. krisdylee - March 10, 2006 7:38 PM
Anyone else remember when one of the muppets did "Rebel L", a knock-off of Billy Idol's Rebel Yell? Twas a loooong time ago. Good times folks. Good times.
27. jida - March 10, 2006 7:40 PM
#15 - I forgot about that movie. That was creepy - the whole theme of the movie, not just the bathtub scene.
She can't use the "I was just acting" excuse. She is responsible for the roles she chooses. And that movie definitely went too far.
28. Anonymous - March 10, 2006 8:34 PM
Laughing @ post #26.
29. Pez_D_Spencer - March 10, 2006 8:53 PM
I dunno - it could be pretty fun to see ol' Russell on Sesame Street:
"The letter of the day is 'V'. What starts with V? Voice, Valentine, and Vodka.
Sweet, sweet vodka. Very cold vodka. Vodka.
What, no vodka? Ok then, Violence!"
Imagine the therapy bills for all those kids who would have to watch Russell beating the ever loving shit out of Big Bird. Although the fight would be GREAT: sort of a live-action Family Guy episode.
30. Daniel - March 11, 2006 12:30 AM
Put him on with those two Martian creatures that go "Yip yip yip brrrring brrrring" when they encounter a ringing telephone. As soon as they start spouting off he can pick up the phone and bash their heads in.
That's what I call entertainment.
31. Shaun - March 11, 2006 11:54 AM
Hahahahahahahahahahaha Superficial. I am laughing so hard. I could actually picture Russell Crowe punching the muppet Cookie Monster through the song saying "Crowe, not Cookie".
HollyJ post # 7 - lmfao.
32. sarakai - March 13, 2006 6:41 AM
I can just imagine Crowe teaching kids the alphabet
'A is for Asshole, B is for Bastard C is for Cu...ome and play, everything's A-ok