I just learnt from Google that today (Nov. 5) is Sesame Street's 40th anniversary.
I remember growing up with the show in the '80's. If for nothing else, the show was very memorable for it's muppet characters - Ernie & Bert, Kermit the frog, Grover, Elmo, the inimitable Cookie Monster, & so on. Now I think the way that the show saturated you with numbers and letters was a bit repetitive, but I suppose it was educational.
What are other members' memories of Sesame Street?
I remember growing up with the show in the '90s. I always loved it, more everything about it than any one thing in particular. Wonderful, wonderful show for its intended audience.
I was a little before you guys, growing up in the early 70s watching the show. I was a teenager when Mr. Hooper died and I remember how they dealt with it being sort of controversial. I was more of an Electric Company guy as a child to be honest.
Obviously Sesame Street was like the Muppet Show for daytime kids TV. Still a great show, but it always left us in the dark as to how to get there (is that a bit twee?). I absolutely love Jim Henson and find his characters incredibly lively and cute, be it in the Muppets, Fraggle Rock, Star Wars, Little Shop of Horrors, Labyrinth or Dark Crystal.
Yes, it was great. In late 90's I was watching the oldschool Sesame Street because, like other western shows, it came up to eastern Europe long after it's premiere. So I was lucky to watch Cookie Monster and others at their best. Modern SS is damn crap, Cookie Monster don't eat cookies anymore, and the whole show is boring to me. I still enjoy old videos like this: or this:
Yeah, I remember seeing the newer edition of the show a while back, and my basic reaction was that it seemed to lack 'soul.'
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