The Week contest: Moneyless Muppets
This week's question: The Trump administration has terminated a federal grant that helps fund PBS children's shows, including Sesame Street. If Sesame Street's puppet cast were to sing a song about how the beloved show's finances are no longer A-OK, what would the number be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Rubber Checkie"
Moe Cougher, Olathe, Kansas
SECOND PLACE: "Grover, Can You Spare a Dime?"
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
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THIRD PLACE: "It's Not Easy Needin' Green"
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, New York
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"I Love Cash!" (by Oscar the Grouch)
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Somebody Come And Pay!"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"C is for Cutbacks"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"It's Not Easy Beating Greed"
John Faulkner, Holly Hill, Florida
"Today's Number is Zero"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
"Elon Musky, You're No Fun"
D McSwain, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
"It's Not Easy When They're Mean"
Pamela Torraco, Waterford, Michigan
"The People in Our Neighborhood (Are Broke)"
Gino SantaLucia, Plantation, Florida
"Born to Subtract"
Lindsay Nonnenmocher, Newark, Delaware
"Cloudy Days and Bills to Pay"
Bill Wilwers, Barling, Arkansas
"'N' is for Netflix"
Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio
"Let's Learn a Big Word: Gentrification"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"One of These Presidents (Is Not Like the Others)"
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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