c/asklemmy · by lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca · 1yDid Dracula get less scary after the appearance of The Count on Sesame Street in 1972? 52 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world
10 Comments
EntropyFlux@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y
You mean, there’s a scarier one than the one on Sesame Street??
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
There's TWO! TWO scary vampires! Ah ah ah!
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
He's such a pervert though.
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
needlessly redacted 😁🙂
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Yes, but correlation is not causation.
I believe it's more due to overexposure to the concept. Knowing that you can deep fry the big bad evil guy in a fucking tanning bed kind of de-escalates the threat level.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Not sure on that one, but those meep meep guys did NOT make me less scared of aliens!
cfi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
The Count was actually pretty scary [for a kids show] in the early years. They toned him down later, but in 1972 he was still frightening for kids.
Davel23@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y
Count Chocula probably helped.
Apeman42@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I mean, is Mad Jack Churchill made less scary by the existence of Mr Bean, just because they're both Englishmen?
salty_chief@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Not even close. A night stalking Vampire that will suck your blood out of your body. Versus a puppet?