PW's Picks For The Week

Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street, Stuff White People Like, Punk Rock Flea Market, Tim and Eric, Awesome Show! Great Job!, Greed: The Tale of Enron.

Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street

Almost all the Brady Bunchers have made bank with their not-so-wholesome memoirs, and the roof’s sure to be blown off Full House soon. Word’s still out on those self-righteous Huxtables (they were probably too well-behaved to warrant a big-figure book deal), but now your favorite kid show that wasn’t Small Wonder is getting the tell-all treatment thanks to Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by former TV Guide editor Michael Davis. Did Mr. Hooper die of an overdose? Was Bert bulimic? Did Linda abort Grover’s furry blue baby? Do Elmo and Ernie do lines off the stoop with guest stars between takes? It’s more likely Davis will address issues of infotainment and child literacy, but the Q&A—moderated by WHYY personality Ed Cunningham—is the perfect opportunity to ask those questions that’ve been plaguing you since you first made your way to where the air is sweet. (Caralyn Green)

Christian Lander

You’ve had ugly sweater parties, you love hummus and you listened to Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. Be a good white person and see Christian Lander. The author of blog-turned-book Stuff White People Like will get you over that “OMG I’m white” hurdle and onto a more complicated racial mindset. (Becca Trabin)

Punk Rock Flea Market

Since the Eagles have fucked up and won’t be on the road to victory, ease your pain with retail therapy at the Punk Rock Flea Market. Expect typical flea market items as well as crafts and music. And for those who still give a damn about football, you’ll be home for kick-off. (Erica Palan)

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

No more watching Tim and Eric’s crude, lewd, bachelor-boy humor in your footie jammies with empty ponies at the foot of your undergrad futon. Adult Swim is taking Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! off the telly and onto stages in 25 cities. The Temple alums have become the Cartoon Network’s biggest nighttime stars with their public access satire, which features bare beer bellies, crusty drag get-ups and lots of inappropriate bodily functions, as well as guest spots from David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Rainn Wilson and regular John C. Reilly as sandwich-loving, ant-eating, tip-giving wino Dr. Steve Brule. The Oscar-nominated “serious actor” isn’t touring with Tim and Eric, but street puppeteer David Liebe Hart and perpetually abominable celebrity impersonator James Quall are. Tim and Eric, you’ve come a long way from humping benches in front of the Art Museum. (C.G.)

Greed: The Tale of Enron

Rebecca Davis has serious credentials. The Temple grad spent 10 months in Russia studying arts management on a Fulbright scholarship, won a grant from Temple to found her own nonprofit dance studio (aptly named the Rebecca Davis Dance Co.) in 2004 and has choreographed numerous Philadelphia shows in the past five years. She hasn’t exactly stuck to easy topics, either: A two-show run of Darfur, exploring the genocide in Sudan, was well-received last year. This year she’s back at the Prince Music Theater focusing on a less violent event: the collapse of energy giant Enron. Featuring Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay as characters and an alt-rock soundtrack, this is one of the least traditional things you’ll see all year. (Daniel McQuade)