AngryGremlins (October 13, 2008 at 1:22 am)

Roosevelt need to brush his damn hair hahahahah..why am i the only one who finds this funny...haha his dancing was horrible everything was (i'm black by the way)

kingdomshaman (October 11, 2008 at 8:52 pm)

this is not how all african americans speak. some of us have standards and can speak properly. so yes this does happen to be racist in a sense that you cannot group a race by the actions of a few.

angel15chick (October 5, 2008 at 1:28 am)

sexy vid of me dancing

wookie72 (October 3, 2008 at 12:04 am)

I think it was more that he was considered a "bad role model" (I'm not saying he was, I'm just saying that's what they thought). But both Sesame Street and Electric Company were very forward-thinking in their diversity.

wookie72 (October 3, 2008 at 12:02 am)

My guess is that Franklin Delano Bluth was inspiried by Roosevelt, combined with a bit of Lester (of Willie Tyler and Lester fame).

missnicky20 (October 1, 2008 at 4:08 am)

How is this racist? Black people talk like this.

jensmusicfaves (September 30, 2008 at 4:44 am)

Sesame Street was with RF, as with many things, ahead of its time. They were trying to use the character to teach AA kids not to be ashamed of stuff like AAVE (African-American Vernacular English), etc. And RF *encouraged* education (he was a teacher, after all), not discouraged, as I've seen commenters on other RF videos claim. *rolls eyes*

bigveeayking (September 28, 2008 at 2:15 pm)

Funny im like 16 watching the colbert report this guy's kool :D

Surrealist137 (September 28, 2008 at 12:45 am)

I liked Franklin from Arrested Development better. He wasn't as racist.

itsjonathanmorales (September 27, 2008 at 4:35 pm)

colbert rbort!