Judge: Film isn’t ‘Sex-a-me Street’

A TRAILER for an R-rated movie featuring puppets having sex adequately distinguished itself from “Sesame Street,” despite claims to the contrary by the makers of the kid-friendly show, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Sesame Workshop sued the film studio behind the raunchy comedy “The Happytime Murders” last week, alleging that the movie’s slogan — “No Sesame. All Street” — confused the public and harmed its wholesome brand. The trailer, featuring Melissa McCarthy, showed puppets joking about drugs, offering sex for money and shooting guns.

But Judge Vernon Broderick said the slogan actually distinguished the movie from the Sesame Street trademark.

He said the “No Sesame” tagline was a “humorous, pithy way” of letting viewers know “The Happytime Murders” was not “Sesame Street.”