Comments on: My Five Favorite Things About Sesame Street

By: jazzfan360

jazzfan360 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:29:54 +0000

Oh good LORD that Cookie Monster clip was funny!

Elmo was great in the ’80s when he was an adorable supporting character who showed up here and there. (While I preferred Grover growing up, Elmo was my mom’s favorite.) Making him a household brand in and of himself was absolutely not right.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:54 +0000

Something else that was great about Sesame Street is that it normalized diversity. Sure, Gordon was the archetype of a strong, black head of family, but he was primarily just the archetype of a head of family. I grew up eating and hanging out with neighbors of all races, so it wasn’t so hard for me, as a white kid, to see Gordon as the platonic ideal of a dad (especially ’cause he looked kinda like my actual father), but I suspect that he was the platonic ideal of a dad for a lot of white kids around the country who didn’t see people of color every day. SS wasn’t a black show or a white show, it was just a show that was fun for kids to watch. I haven’t seen anything on television or in real life come as close to the so-called “post racial America” since.

By: DJStylus

DJStylus — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:58:31 +0000

*ahem*

Muppet Isaac Hayes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdpc7n2KbTk

By: Thembi Ford

Thembi Ford — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:27:23 +0000

Yes Mark! I remember that bit about the boy heading to the store. Nice!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:37:32 +0000

Plus without Sesame Street I wouldn’t have the name of my blog: “Loaf of Bread, Container of Milk, Stick of Butter”

http://loafofbreadcontainerofmilk.blogspot.com/

By: Ginneh

Ginneh — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:53:20 +0000

That Patti LaBella alphabet joyn always has me rockin. It’s on Amina’s favorite DVD.

And Elmo is so wack I can hardly stand it. Grover is the shit. What you know about ‘there’s a monster at the end of this book’????

By: TalentedTenth

TalentedTenth — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:52:05 +0000

it was about the little girl around the 1:05 minute mark in the gladys video. she had me hollering!

By: darqchild

darqchild — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:25:36 +0000

Kids today are lost when it comes to Sesame Street. My 7 year old nephew has no clue what Sesame Street is about.

By: ListenToLeon

ListenToLeon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:34:43 +0000

This was great! Gordon has been around FOREVER, and back when 227 first came on, I said to my mom “That’s the lady from Sesame Street!”

Yes, I’ve been pointing out blacktors all of my life!

I actually like Elmo a little more than Grover, but to me, it’s all about Ernie and Kermit the Frog!

By: Courage

Courage — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:13:29 +0000

I came this way on a link from one Courtney P. and I’m so glad I did! Nice. It always amazed me how current and lightweight progressive the producers were, and how everybody – celebrity guests included – took children SO seriously.
Besides that, the muppets were mad soulful: witness that slow groove two step during Patti’s ever-extra ABC song.
The very best part, though, was that it was the first indication that my small town upbringing didn’t change my very city heart. I thought the kids from the live action segments with their hard accents, cool parents, cool neighborhoods, cool culture, and cool activities were just so dern…COOL!
Happy Belated, Sesame Street