Sesame Street.
6 months, 24 days, 8 hours, 39 minutes old
For the past couple of months we have been watching a fair amount of Sesame Street. We DVR it every day and can turn it on whenever, usually in 10-15 minute increments. Ali LOVES it! Elmo is her favorite, but that seems pretty par for the course nowadays. She also enjoys Cookie Monster and Telly. I watched alot of Sesame Street growing up. For the most part we only watched PBS (OPB for you Oregonians). I remember stopping right when Zoe was introduced as a character. Anyway, after re-entering the arena Tony and I have a few questions and observations:
- Is Prairie Dawn a "little person?"
- How did Elmo get so big? Did kids like him and they gave ‘Elmo’s World’ or did they feature him more and then he got more popular?
- Does anyone else notice how eighties most of the show is? Grover, Bert, and Ernie all LOOK eighties…and most of the segments are the same ones I watched in the 80’s!
- Is it just me or does the Elmo in the ‘Elmo’s World’ themesong look a little haggard and dirty?
- When did Baby Bear become a main character? And why does he sometimes have a lisp and sometimes not?
- I don’t remember The Count having a wife. Is that new?
- Sesame Street is sponsored by Mcdonalds?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
- Do you think the actors (like Gordan, Marie, Bab, and Gina) set out to do this until they were seventy (because that’s how old some of them are looking)?
- Um, Gina’s baby is like two. Why is she still rocking him all the time like he’s an infant?
- Dr. Phil does not belong!
- Does anyone know the airing schedule? As far as a "season" or whatever. Thus far I think we’ve just been watching reruns and I wondered if the show is effected by the writer’s strike. A lot of the reruns are from ‘07 and ‘05 so some of what I’m seeing may be outdated.
- There is a very big push toward spanish right now…what about other languages?
That’s all I got for now but some may be added later.
Cynthia responds:
Posted: January 27th, 2008 at 5:36 pm →
Haha, you crack me up. I’ve observed/wondered many of the same questions. I am always confused by all the ’80sness, when the date says 2005 or whatever for the show, because I swear that no one dresses like many of the people dress anymore! And I ALWAYS wonder whether the actors just wanted to break into show biz and ended up stuck on Sesame Street forever. I also wonder whether, while they’re singing potty songs,etc. they’re like, “God, will this ever end?”
Katy responds:
Posted: January 28th, 2008 at 3:03 pm →
Oh my gosh! I was laughing out loud and hard! Soooo true on all counts….not to be confused with the character. I didin’t know he had a wife. Where have I been? I always thought it comical when celebrities where fetured. It makes wonder whick celeb’s they’ve had on. Does the feture come with perks or is it like a psa or something? You’ve made me want to watch an eppisode just to laugh at it! Silly stuff.
Hey, you could write a questiona and answer or faq book on the show????? Cha-ching! Love you.
Ashley responds:
Posted: January 29th, 2008 at 3:54 pm →
Okay, here’s some undeniable proof. The letter of the day today was ‘K’, and Cookie gave Prairie the word “kowabunga” as an example something that starts with K. If that’s not eighties I don’t know what is!