Chrysler is sponsoring Sesame Street, and Sesame Street characters are helping to sell minivans. Gone is the “gee, I’m a lousy dad but I like my minivan” campaign; in its place, we have Dax and the Two-Headed Monster.

Congress is set to drop funding for the long-standing educational children’s show Sesame Street — but Chrysler is taking their place, by sponsoring the half-century-old show and using its “Muppet” characters in promotional videos. Tim Kuniskis wrote, “As a trusted family brand, we were...