Open Sesame (Street) Part Ten!

I was completely in love with Sesame Street (and still am). When I was little I would watch it at least 2 times a day (even though it was the same exact episode). My mom said it was the only way she could get me to come inside!

On a related note, she also said I would cry hysterically every time the Muppet Show ended. I have Sesame Street to thank for being able to count to ten in Spanish which is virtually the only words I know in a non-English language. (Although I'm still hoping to learn Spanish from Dora & Diego, of which my kids are avid fans.)

I also have a memory of being really annoyed and somehow a little frightened of this clip they would do of a ball bouncing around the box making a really annoying sound until it would finally get out of the box somehow!

- Elizabeth Bohmier,

co-star of "Josh And Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet"

Open Sesame (Street) Part Nine

My first memory in adulthood would be that my girls got Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Grover puppets for their 1st birthday and someone (OK... it was me) scared the crap out of Hannah with one of the puppets because she had no idea what it was. But they love those puppets now,
and when they see those characters on TV they run to find their puppet and hold it up to the TV.
- Michelle Lucco,

mother of three, and caretaker of Tricky

Bad Monster!

Bad Monster tells you to do bad things!

Come Back Tomorrow For More Open Sesame (Street)!

Friday the 13th!!!

Be Safe Out There And Watch Out for

DEMONS!

Open Sesame (Street) Part Eight

"It was the only TV show I was allowed to watch as a kid, (besides David the Gnome) and I have no memory of it."
- Amanda Regan,

co-star of "Josh And Todd: The Story of a Man And His Puppet

But soon after Amanda made that statement she also disclosed:

"I used to have a crush on Ernie"

Open Sesame (Street) Part Seven

The music of Sesame Street has always amazed me. I would play my Sesame Street records all day, and play with my dolls and puppets of the characters, putting on my own Muppet shows for an audience of none, and I loved it.

Ernie singing “I Don’t Want To Live On the Moon” is a piece of art in itself, and of course “Bein’ Green”, probably the first song about equality and self respect I ever heard, but at three years old, to me, it was just Kermit saying it’s OK to be yourself…

And he’s right. It is.

- Jon Bristol

Both songs are available on the CD below, get it now!

Open Sesame (Street) Part Six

I didn't watch a whole lot of Sesame Street when I was a kid... Until I was 6 and saw "Follow that Bird", was without doubt the most amazing movie of my life.

The noble struggle of the Biggest of Birds to find what his real place in the world was. The pathos, the agony, the ecstacy, you get the idea. After that, I found out there was a TV show and I was hooked.

I guess, in some ways, you could say I'm still following that bird.

- Mark Elsinger