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Happy 40th Sesame Street.

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The year,1969. Nixon takes office. Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. Woodstock rocks. John Lennon and Yoko Ono bed-in and Give Peace a Chance. Holy Muppets! We were just in High School!
But it wasn’t until the seventies that my kids (and an estimated 77 million other Americans who watched the series as children) even watched the groundbreaking Sesame Street series – but, oh, what a godsend it was.

TV had become an unlikely babysitter years earlier, but PBS revolutionized television by making it not only kid-friendly and commercial free, but educational and parentally approved. What? Yes – it was the debut of a new TV genre: edu-tainment. Thanks to Sesame Street, millions of pre-schoolers have learned their ABC’s and 123’s in 12- to 90-second blips. As author Malcolm Gladwell stated, "Sesame Street was built around a single, breakthrough insight: that if you can hold the attention of children, you can educate them".

Sesame Street is the longest-running children’s program on U.S. television and Tuesday, November 10th marks the 40th Anniversary of Jim Henson’s lovable Muppets interacting with adult humans. From Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, roommates Ernie and Bert, Elmo, Grover, and the Count, to newer members of the cast, like Zoe and Abby Cadabby, we continue to welcome them into our homes as old friends. And now they’re babysitting a fourth generation of fans, our grandchildren.

With literally hundreds of kids’ shows available on cable these days, it’s a testament to the writers and producers of Sesame Street (and almost unbelievable) that our young rulers of the remote control still willingly click on this series for education-in-disguise entertainment provided by their familiar, furry little monster friends.

Sesame Street is one of the most highly regarded, and most watched, educational show for children in the world. Currently the 15th most popular children’s show on television, a recent survey found that 95% of American preschoolers have watched the show by the time they are three years old. To date, the series has received 118 Emmy Awards, more than any other television series.
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At the time I was a bit past them maybe :( But grew to love them as I got older. I was 11 at the time. But loved watching them over the years with my younger cousins at the time, and as I grew older "baby sitting" with even my peers kids.. they are time less!
 
It's hard to beat Sesame Street.

"Near" ......................... "Far"......................."Near" ........................."Far"

"Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Uh Huh, Uh, Huh, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Uh Huh, Uh Huh!"

"La, La, La lah, La, La, La lah, La, La, La lah, Elmo's World." Gotta love Dorothy and Mr. Noodle.

We named our cat Oscar after Oscar the Grouch because my wife found him in a trash can as a little newborn kitten.

And, it's hard to beat the Sesame Street Techno song by the Smart E's, "Sesame's Treet".

Fun times, good memories, and having young one's means you get to enjoy it all over again. :)
 
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You made me laugh so hard I spit out the mouthful of lunch I was eating :eek:

But yes, that one pops into my head from time to time. If I'm with friends I'll randomly pipe up in my best Grover voice... and usually everyone cracks up.

Sesame Street was one of those shows that had something for everyone. As a little kid you're mesmerized by the cool creatures, music and bright colors. As an older kid you're learning to count or the letters of the alphabet or social behavior skills like sharing. As a preteen you're laughing at the slapstick humor in the skits (like Grover the waiter versus that poor blue man). As a teenager and up you're laughing at the cultural references and parodies (like that great song, "Letter B", by the "Beetles").

I enjoyed Google's Sesame Street themed doodles this week. And I found some fun stuff on YouTube, like Cookie Monster as a guest on Martha Stewart (he made such a mess of her kitchen, she tied him up... and then he tried to offer her a date with Bert if she would untie him! :eek: ).
 
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