{"id":18448,"date":"2015-04-06T14:46:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T21:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=18448"},"modified":"2015-04-06T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T00:03:59","slug":"sesame-street-game-of-thrones-parody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/sesame-street-game-of-thrones-parody\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesame Street Solves Westeros’ Political Problems with a Game of Musical Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What do you get when you cross one of the most endearing children’s shows with HBO’s explicit medieval franchise? A rather funny tongue-in-cheek video of musical chairs.<\/p>\n

Sesame Street<\/strong><\/em><\/a> posted a video to their YouTube channel parodying Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong> It’s hilarious, clever, and extremely bizarre when you sit down to think about the two shows meeting in this parody. You can watch the video below.<\/p>\n

Titled “Game of Chairs,” this video parodies the show’s politics of various characters fighting for the Iron Throne. In this version, Jesteros needs a new queen or king and in order to appoint one, Ned Stark has created a new game. Grover Bluejoy appears to help explain the rules (although not very well) of a traditional game of musical chairs.<\/p>\n

The competitors are Daenerys Targaryen, Robb Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, and Cersei Lannister.<\/p>\n

The script is very clever, which is perhaps the most enjoyable element. Grover refers to Daenerys as a “mommy of dragons” while Robb ushers everyone to hurry up because he has a wedding to get to. If only he had really been late to his wedding because of a game of musical chairs.<\/p>\n

Daenerys is out first, followed by Joffrey, who “choked” in his round. There are many more references in the video, but I won’t spoil all of them.<\/p>\n

The video is a parody to help teach counting, as well as provide amusement for fans of Game of Thrones<\/em>. I know I was certainly amused, if also a little (read: very) freaked out too.<\/p>\n

What do you think of Sesame Street’s<\/em> parody? If the Sesame Street<\/em> characters were in Westeros, who do you think would end up on the Iron Throne? Share your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n

Sesame Street: Game of Chairs<\/h3>\n