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Sesame Street had a jive-talking black puppet named Benjamin Franklin

Or something like that I remember him from when I was a k...
big orange depressive
  07/04/26
lmaoo You're thinking of Roosevelt Franklin, not Benjamin...
pontificating abode place of business
  07/04/26
Holy shit that was him Lolololol
big orange depressive
  07/04/26
evolving community feedback tp
pontificating abode place of business
  07/04/26
https://youtu.be/Vt8bl_4etAw?t=40
pontificating abode place of business
  07/04/26
The brother in the back is a lot funnier I like how the ...
big orange depressive
  07/04/26
elmo was black you can really hear it here in labyrinth ...
Aqua Shivering Organic Girlfriend
  07/05/26
wtf
big orange depressive
  07/05/26
...
Tirant Lo Blanc
  10/31/26


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Date: July 4th, 2026 11:43 PM
Author: big orange depressive

Or something like that

I remember him from when I was a kid, but he has been completely Disappeared, I guess cause he was too slappy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49979447)



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Date: July 4th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: pontificating abode place of business

lmaoo

You're thinking of Roosevelt Franklin, not Benjamin Franklin . Introduced in 1970 and voiced by Matt Robinson (who also played the original Gordon), Roosevelt was a confident, quick-witted, purple Muppet explicitly created to represent African American culture, though he was retired by 1975 due to evolving community feedback.

Roosevelt Franklin was designed as a smart, empowering figure for Black children, often seen teaching his classmates—like Hardhead Henry Harris—important life lessons, social skills, and the alphabet using soulful, rhythmic songs. Despite his educational focus, some viewers and cultural critics in the 1970s felt that his slick-talking, funky persona relied too heavily on stereotypical language, leading to his gradual removal from the show.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49979448)



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Date: July 4th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: big orange depressive

Holy shit that was him

Lolololol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49979449)



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Date: July 4th, 2026 11:46 PM
Author: pontificating abode place of business

evolving community feedback tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49979450)



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Date: July 4th, 2026 11:48 PM
Author: pontificating abode place of business

https://youtu.be/Vt8bl_4etAw?t=40

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49979451)



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Date: July 4th, 2026 11:52 PM
Author: big orange depressive

The brother in the back is a lot funnier

I like how the black female puppets have hair like the Supremes

I’m gonna go into a Roosevelt Franklin rabbit hole I think

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49979453)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 12:14 AM
Author: Aqua Shivering Organic Girlfriend

elmo was black

you can really hear it here in labyrinth

https://youtu.be/kiUt5HuW3xc?si=Y4rldUEi3BGQWxgy&t=144

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49979460)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: big orange depressive

wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#49980152)



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Date: October 31st, 2026 6:41 PM
Author: Tirant Lo Blanc



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879760&forum_id=2#50218629)