Top Ten Sesame Street Moments?

May 31, 2009 in Education, Entertainment, Heroes with 6 Comments

Well, normally I’d never link to Jezebel; their commenters aren’t as smart and good-looking as ours are, not to mention all those “Date Rape: what’s all the fuss?” posts they did not so long ago, but every once in a while they simply fail to fail, as they do here with their 10 Awesome Moments from Sesame Street.

Singing, cultural diversity and huggable puppets: What’s not to love? (How many of these albums did you have?)

  1. Me and My Llama
  2. Ladybug Picnic
  3. School Pageant: Flower
  4. Pinball 12 with the Pointer Sisters!
  5. Ernie Can’t Sleep
  6. I Love Trash (my all-time favorite)
  7. Somebody Come and Play
  8. C is for Cookie
  9. Near and Far with Grover
  10. Fairy Alphabet, which I don’t believe I’ve ever actually seen before

Now, I dunno about you, but to me this list lacks a few things. A few AWESOME things, namely Monsterpiece Theatre, Elmo interviewing Ricky Gervais, and Neil Patrick Harris as the Shoe Fairy. Behold!

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6 Responses to “Top Ten Sesame Street Moments?”

  1. Diana June 1, 2009 at 5:36 pm #

    Can you provide links for these pro-Date Rape posts? I’ve been reading Jezebel for quite some time, and haven’t seen anything remotely close.

  2. raincoaster June 2, 2009 at 12:25 am #

    You don’t know Moe? And all the “oh, it happens to everyone, you just pick up your pantyhose and walk home in the rain” fallout? She was even on television talking about it, perhaps one of the reasons she left so abruptly. Twice.

  3. raincoaster June 2, 2009 at 12:30 am #

    You’ll want to read through the about 300 comments on these two threads:

    http://gawker.com/5027587/jezebel-moe-jumps-to-radar

    http://gawker.com/5028396/wednesday-evening-news-dump

  4. La Petite Acadienne June 2, 2009 at 12:21 pm #

    For my money, the best Sesame Street moment was Stevie Wonder singing “Superstition”. This was back when Sesame Street was still urban, diverse and seriously, seriously funky.

    Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE

  5. Glinda June 2, 2009 at 5:34 pm #

    I’m partial to the “Rubber Duck” song where they are all in the tub with Ernie, and Ernie’s duet with Aaron Neville.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsjbEWKK8AU

    and

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WsXtCPE7Ww&feature=PlayList&p=7E0373F3DE09C6D7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=35

  6. raincoaster June 3, 2009 at 1:27 am #

    Certainly classics, all.