Pace on Earth

Sesame Street

Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th birthday this week. I, along with most of North America's kids born after 1969, grew up with Sesame Street. Big Bird, Grover, Oscar, Bert and Ernie were my friends growing up. Snuffleupagus remains one of my favourite words to say, thinking of Guy Smiley always makes me smile, and Count von Count (and this song)taught me to count. But my favourite character, bar none, is, of course, Cookie Monster. If you haven't plowed into a fresh batch/bag of chocolate chip cookies, pretending to be Cookie Monster, you haven't lived.

My friends with kids tell me that Sesame Street is still in their regular rotation with their kids and, not surprisingly, is one of their favourites to watch. How could it not be especially with the odd musical guest. Here is a good list of the top 10. I would have to say this is my favourite:

Teaching the funk; every kid on the show that day is automatically cooler than any of us ever dreamed of being.

Gotta love the Canadian Content too:

Great stuff. Great show. I wish I were four again.

Pace out.

Labels: Flashback Friday

posted by Vitamin S @ 4:40 p.m.