[HN Gopher] Classic Sesame Street - Computer Trouble ___________________________________________________________________ Classic Sesame Street - Computer Trouble Author : doener Score : 28 points Date : 2023-05-06 06:55 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.youtube.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.youtube.com) | christkv wrote: | Reminds me about this classic | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-sgxDGuMDU | erkmene wrote: | I haven't seen this before. There's also a bit (relatively) | updated version which I prefer: https://youtu.be/8d4RtvMQp10 | Dwedit wrote: | Gateway AnyKey keyboard with diagonal arrow keys. | acheron wrote: | Ha yes it is. And the two sets of function keys. I loved the | Anykey keyboard. | duxup wrote: | I worked tech support for gateway way back in the day. | | The reset programming for the AnyKey was a very common call, | many people didn't even know they had an AnyKey keyboard and | would accidentally remap keys. | CoastalCoder wrote: | My first PC was a Gateway 2000 (in 1991). The provided Anykey | keyboard was awesome. I loved its ability to record and | playback macros. | acheron wrote: | I remember the old one but I've never seen that one. That's | great. | neilv wrote: | What is the appeal of either of these? | | For young children, what's the developmental impact? | electrondood wrote: | Introducing children to the concept of computers. | | Keep in mind that Sesame Street basically pioneered | children's educational programming. | hiimshort wrote: | It's a harmless bit. The joke (if I remember correctly) is | that these two creatures are aliens that pop up and don't | know what the thing in front of them is. For children (and | adults) it is silly because, of course, we know what a | computer is - we've seen one dozens of hundreds of times! | Compound that confusion with a silly way of speaking to | reaffirm that they're not from earth and it makes you giggle. | | As for the developmental impact, I think it's quite positive. | Sesame Street has been and continues to be a great source of | knowledge and useful lessons & morals for children. Adding in | some silly situations like this helps keep them engaged and | develop their sense of humor. | trebligdivad wrote: | It doesn't show the year; but assuming this was about 1980, | home computers were only just starting to appear - many kids | wouldn't have seen them; and you've just told taught them | computers do what you tell them to do, and not by themselves | and also told them what the flashing thing is. For Sesame | street that's more than enough for a little sketch. (And that | the computer guy fixes everything....) ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-05-07 23:00 UTC)