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EPISODE · Jul 27, 2022 · 29 MIN

The Wicked Witch Gets Sesame Street Banned

from Everything 80s · host Jamie Logie

On February 10th, 1976, the only banned episode of Sesame Street ever, was aired. This episode featured Margeret Hamilton reprising her role as the iconic Wicked Witch of the West. The episode created such a backlash that Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop were forced to pull the episode. Going into the 80s and 90s, the legend of this episode began to grow, and it would become one of the most famous pieces of lost media in history. For nearly half a century, it remained locked away until just recently when it was leaked online. This is a look back on that infamous episode, and the character that still freaked out children a good forty years after the Wizard of Oz was first released.  The Everything 80s Movie Review Podcast: Patreon.com/80s  

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