HIV-positive muppet to star in Nigeria's 'Sesame Street'

"One of America's best-loved children's shows, which began life on a fictional New York street over 40 years ago, is about to land in Nigeria under the title of "Sesame Square" -- bringing with it some distinctly West African twists..."

So... are they going to show children how to put a condom on a muppet's lambswool duster? I want know how the hell a stuffed puppet with no blood cells contracts HIV. All I can say is: Becareful Elmo. Once HIV has hit Sesame Street no one's safe. Wipe down those toilet seats, don't hug no one, don't even look them in the eye. This shit is crazy. If a muppet can contract HIV then so can you. Fuck at your own risk.

Gerald S. Lesser, Shaper of ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies at 84

"Gerald S. Lesser, a Harvard psychologist who as the longtime chief adviser to “Sesame Street” poured the pedagogy into the show, helping ensure from the start that the new, experimental venture in education by television would be both enjoyable and instructive, died on Sept. 23 in Burlington, Mass. He was 84 and lived in Lexington, Mass. ..." 

Muppet developer Dr. Gerald Lesser dies at age 84--and no, it wasn't bullycide, just good, old-fashioned old age. Flags probably won't fly at half-mast because most people probably don't care. Jim Henson, now there's a tragedy. His failing heart cut him down in his prime. Wait, what were we talking about?