the buzz log

You gotta love a children's TV show that takes on the very adult-themed series "Mad Men." But that's exactly what "Sesame Street" says it will be doing.

"Mad Men" as Muppets? Minus the martinis? "Sesame Street" officials were quick to add that the parody would dump the boozing, the womanizing, and the smoking of the series about an ad agency in the 1960s. Which leaves, well, not much of a show. But even the cleaned up version got lots of bloggers thinking about who to cast in the various roles.

Jezebel thought fuzzy red Elmo would be a ringer for Pete Campbell, the eager, young upstart. Flavorwire figured Big Bird for Betty Draper, the picture-perfect wife of the ad man Don Draper. Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch suggested other shows the muppets could re-enact in the future: "So You Think You Can Dance" and "In Treatment," natch.

The Buzz Log will put its money on Kermit the Frog (in his trench and fedora, of course) as Don Draper and Miss Piggy as the curvy head secretary, Joan. What's not to like?

But "Sesame Street" is way ahead of all of us: They already did a sendup—"Desperate Housewives." Dubbed "Desperate Houseplants," the show was described by an official as "about a houseplant not getting its needs met by the gardener." Riiiiiiight, very cleaned up.