The diverse cast of Sesame Street

[Mister Yamoto]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

Best song ever. And the video is even better when you're older and high.

Thanks Puxlut. I'm gonna be in a good mood for the rest of the day.

I don't remember this song being twelve (twe e e e e lve) minutes long. It's the In-da-gadda-da-vita of kids songs!

Love this thread.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by troutman

Maybe the best 2:24 in TV History:

This was my favourite bit....oh wait that wasn't Sesame Street.



Daughter loved Elmo and especially the episode with Feist. Son never really liked it.

Never had a favourite character form what I can recall, likely Cookie Monster. I was more a Muppet Show kid (can't imagine any kid-like show having that Alice Cooper story line today. The Evangelical groups would be up in arms like you've never seen before).

[surferguy]

I always loved Ernie as a kid but now I can't enough of Grover. He is just great. Also Cookie Monster is pretty good in the newer episodes as well.

Big Bird can GTFO

[psyang]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

Best song ever. And the video is even better when you're older and high.

This was the song I always remembered for counting to 12. Funny I never remembered the verses, but hearing them now it makes sense - what did I know about fire insurance when I was 5?



Also, I always catch myself singing this tune randomly.

[burnin_vernon]

This one had my mom and myself in tears, and I first saw it well after my SS viewing years. Nobody I know knows this skit but Kermit still makes me laugh.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by ernie

Daughter loved Elmo and especially the episode with Feist. Son never really liked it.

Never saw the episode but someone emailed this vid to me which is pretty cool.

[bob-loblaw]

Originally Posted by Jacks

Never saw the episode but someone emailed this vid to me which is pretty cool.

What ever happened to her?

I always liked Grover, Oscar, and Ernie. Different show, but the most awesome Muppets were the Swedish Chef and Beaker.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Telly is my favorite, but I wonder what happened to some of the characters like Guy Smiley, Harvey Kneeslapper, Bruno, Herry Monster, and the Shrelock Holmes guy.

Telly was my favourite too. I also like the "Here is Your Life" sketches they did with Guy Smiley.

[photon]

I think the Ernie with the banana in his ear sketches are what turned me into a skeptic.

[getbak]

I loved this book as a kid...

[Regular_John]

If we're ok with treating this as a general Jim Henson nostalgia thread, the "Mahna Mahna" clip still holds up.




Oh man, or Teeny Little Super Guy!

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by getbak

I loved this book as a kid...

They have a version of this book for the iPad that is amazing. Fully animated and interactive. Voiced by Grover. My kids loved it when they were younger.

[Slacker]

Cookie Monster is my spirit animal

[driveway]

Came to post 'Monster at the End of this Book' saw it was already posted, will leave with this:

[Kavvy]

I have always thought this edit was priceless... maybe not the intent of this thread.

[DownInFlames]

This is the cutest thing I've ever seen

[jammies]

Grover was the best, followed closely by Cookie Monster, the Count, and Bert. Bert was the logical Muppet.

I bought a Grover t-shirt from a women's clothing store and wore it till it fell apart. The clerk tried to warn me, "Um, that's a girl's shirt." Yah whatever, Grover don't respect your gender boundaries, biznitch. He belongs to the People.

[killer_carlson]

The quality of their programming is second to none when it comes to children's shows.

[dammage79]

As a kid, it was Grover, Super Grover, Oscar, the Count, Snuffy, the yup yup yup uhhhh-huh guys, inch worm, Beeker.

Scenes: definitely the 12345 video, and this gem:

[Ozy_Flame]

I had a childhood fear of the telephone aliens as the creep factor was off the charts with that skit.