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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 01:32 AM
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BBC under fire for giving "Humpty Dumpty" a happy ending
THE BBC was under fire last night after rewriting nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty - to give it a happy ending.

The words were sanitised for a CBeebies kids' show. Instead of the old version:

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again"

The last line becomes:

"Made Humpty Dumpty happy again."

Labour MP Tom Harris watched the show - called Something Special - with his sons aged three and five.

He said: "For goodness sake. Kids should be exposed to real life a bit, not cosseted away.

"We need to stop this moronic activity.

"Let them see colourful and violent cartoons, and let them be children."

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2688365/BBC-under-fire-after-rewriting-nursery-rhyme-Humpty-Dumpty.html#ixzz0USGzNrOz
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 01:36 AM
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1. I thought it was happy in the first iteration... I LOVE scrambled eggs! n/t
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Arcana Donating Member (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 02:07 AM
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2. It's a kid's show
get over it, they have real life surrounding them every other time.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:12 AM
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3. but ... a "happy ending" in a kids' show?
Come on ... that's a bit risqué ...
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