sunny days, sweeping the clouds away...

sunny days
sweeping the clouds away
on my way to where the air is sweet
can you tell me how to get
how to get to sesame street

come and play
everything's a-okay
family neighbors friends
that's where we meet
can you tell me how to get
how to get to --

sunny days
sweeping the clouds away
on my way to the air is sweet
can you tell me how to get
how to get to sesame street

come and play
everything's a-okay
family neighbors friends
thats where we meet
can you tell me how to get
how to get to sesame street
how to get to sesame street
how to get to sesame street
how to get to sesame street


i can not explain my excitement every day when i open my internet at work to see smiling happy sesame street characters on my google homepage. big birds happy feet, cookie monsters wonky eyes and crumbs flying everywhere, jovial pals bert and ernie; they all bring a smile to my face and put a skip in my step. perhaps sesame street really does conjure the power to sweep away the clouds. in the least, it has the power to sweep away the clouds in my head making this day seem sunny and bright.

yesterday i read this story, and my heart skipped a beat. if possible, i think i love big bird even more after reading this. the same man has played big bird for the last 40 years. 40 years. he was 35 when they started recording. and every day he still hops in that costume and puppeteers that big yellow and orange face to perfection.

sesame street has been on the air for 40 years. and 40 years is a long time. in order to stay on the air for such a length of time it has had to change and grow with the changing world, environment, and entertainment industry. and it has come a long way from little tv show designed to get inner city preschoolers interested in learning. and it has certainly changed a lot from, according to me, it's glory days in the 80's.

cookie monster doesn't smoke a pipe on monsterpiece theater anymore, and he only eats cookies as a "sometimes" snack. don't get me started on that. DO NOT GET ME STARTED. and sesame street is remarkably cleaner than it used to be. oscar the grouch isn't quite as grouchy, and who the heck is this abby cadabby? elmo has taken over, bob and susan have a few more wrinkles, and the shows layout is much different than it used to be.

but the simple, innocent, whimsy of the show remains the same.

and it thrills me that there are still children who watch and learn from sesame street. did you know they have done studies and children who watch sesame street have higher grades through middle and high school, and are more likely to read for enjoyment. really. serious. no joke. that is incredible.

40 years. whatever they are doing. it must be working.

and i hope that it is around for 40 more years. i hope that my children can watch super grover in amazement, and giggle at bert and ernie and their silly disagreements, like i once did. i hope they can watch and learn how to help their friends, like i once did. i hope that when i am busy, i can turn on sesame street and know that they are being taught, and learning, as well as being entertained. i hope that my kids can watch, and learn, and grow from the silly characters on 123 sesame street just like i once did.

and i hope that the show never loses it's simple, innocent, whimsy. because that is a very welcome breathe of fresh air.

Comments

  1. hope you're having SO MUCH FUN with the fam. :) I have several Sesame Street ALBUMS, thank you very much - even Big Bird singing the 'AB-C-DEF-G'....song... oh, how I loved it!!!

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  2. Oh Steph...I tried to sing that song to Melinda this weekend. I never could sing it and I am such a dork.

    I loved Somebody come and play.

    And then I went to youtube to show them the time in Follow that Bird when Big Bird is so sad and sings...One little Star.

    Susan sings so pretty in that song.

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  3. Hi Melinda! How are you settling into your new home?

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  4. Amen! I love Sesame Street...grew up watching it, my kids watched it, too. Now my youngest is 9 and too old for such things, but wouldn't it be great if my kids' kids can watch it someday, too?

    Denise

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  5. Amen! I love Sesame Street...grew up watching it, my kids watched it, too. Now my youngest is 9 and too old for such things, but wouldn't it be great if my kids' kids can watch it someday, too?

    Denise

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  6. Anonymous07:37

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