Can't read...Can't read... ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)

'Sesame Street' seems to have an unusually high illiteracy rate.

Several sketches have made reference to Cookie Monster's weak reading skills. Another segment reveals that even the Number Painter hasn't been blessed with the gift of literacy.

So it's ironic that 'Sesame Street' would feature a song promoting reading:



That segment was from the '80s when I was a little too old for 'Sesame Street', but I know I saw it at a family member's house one weekend around 1991. I was watching 'Sesame Street' because all the other channels were showing preacher beg-a-thons.

Also, is it just an illusion, or does the back of Bob's newspaper feature ads for escort services?

I always used to think of additional verses to this song that had to do with other reading materials. I think it would pib if a fourth verse featured Amazing Mumford singing:

In a porno book
I got to take a look
At those filthy photos Grover took
Can read
Can read
A porno book you can read
A porno book's all you need
And you can read

It's great when you can read! Yeah!