Word: kanfer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BEFORE he discovered Sesame Street last year, Associate Editor Stefan Kanfer, like many parents, had little faith in the educational value of television. "My first reaction whenever I saw my kids in front of the set," he recalls, "was to distract them somehow until I could shut it off. Then I noticed what they were watching, and pretty soon I found I was watching Sesame Street with them. When they peeled off to play from time to time, I was still there watching it. Now I even watch it when the kids aren't home...
...Kanfer who wrote this week's cover story on TV s best children's program relied for much of his inspiration on Daughter Lilian, 9, and Son Ethan 6. "I took them along to the studio for a show," he says They'd been to TV shows before, even backstage. They were fairly blasé this time, too, until the Muppets came on. Then it was as if they were in the presence of a genie. They were enchanted...
...children's program so addictive for adults? "It takes you back to childhood," says Cronin. "Yet much of it is really geared to adults. There are double-entendre puns and jokes but they don't get in the way of the children's enjoyment." Adds Kanfer: "Deep down we're all culturally disadvantaged. Because there's not enough irony, humor and liberated nonsense for all us kids. There's a profound wit that we've all lost track of since Edward Lear and the Alice books...
...Stefan Kanfer...
...Holly Woodlawn). In the film's climactic scene, Holly stuffs a pillow under its sweater, feigning pregnancy to con an uptight, upright social worker out of welfare money. Those who can respect Trash will hasten Warhol & Co. to their ultimate alchemy, the recovery of gold from garbage. Stefan Kanfer...