Sesame Street adding a new, indigent Muppet to teach kids about the poor
Because it’s never too early to learn how economic disparity will eventually crush all of your dreams, Sesame Street will introduce a new, poor Muppet, one whose struggles to keep her family fed will form the basis of a one-hour special airing Oct. 9. That poverty-stricken newcomer, named Lily (as in Lily-White Hand Of The One-Percent Strangling The Middle Class, Y’All), will educate Elmo et al. about the millions of families who go hungry in America, a problem the denizens of Sesame Street will do their part to combat by organizing a food drive and then also talking to country music star Brad Paisley and his wife for some reason. Lily’s addition to the cast seems especially well-timed for the ongoing “#OccupySesameStreet” parody—even though corporate greed is not a joke, everyone [sharp inhalation].