24 November 2015

Sesame Streetspiration

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Many of my early motherhood years are a blur. I blame it on the 18 months between child 1 and 2 and child 2 and 3. I know they watched Sesame Street because I bought Pearl an Elmo doll that she loved to pieces, literally. I'm not sure what happened as children 4, 5, and 6 came along. Somehow, the most famous giant bird and his trusty friend with the long trunk and even longer eyelashes were forgotten - until today. I asked Drummer if he had ever seen Sesame Street. His eyes grew big and an excited smile formed on his face as he asked, "Where is this street?! Can we go there?!"  So, of course, we remedied the situation. I pulled it up on the computer and we sat down together, watching Big Bird read books to the neighborhood children and David Beckham explain what the word "persistence" means, and Elmo stacking hats on his head, counting as he went. It was an instant hit with Drummer. And I remembered how much I love the celebrity cameos and guest appearances. 

Then Clover waltzed in the room and plopped herself down next to us. She was very pleased with herself that she could figure out the math problems before those furry little puppets could. I had forgotten how magical Sesame Street is, almost wishing we lived on a street where there is constant happiness and neighbors are more like family. Earlier in the day, Drummer was pestering me to watch a movie or play a game on daddy's ipad. I declined both requests in hopes he would do something with his imagination instead. He was relentless, however, until it was time to get in the car to pick up siblings from school. After we returned home and watched Sesame Street, Drummer wanted to make spaghetti for dinner because it was an example of being persistent in trying to eat it on a fork on Sesame Street.  He was fascinated to learn how bricks are made (anything to do with building, he's on board). After we ate our spaghetti (squash) dinner, I thought it would be fun to make our own Sesame Street-inspired puppets as a family: Sesame Streetspiration Puppets! I put a big stack of felt and cardboard pieces on the table and loved watching everyone get creative. I've heard that people look like their pets. I'm wondering if the same holds true for puppets. ;)  
 
So, the big news on the (Sesame) Street is that it's coming to HBO in January with all new episodes, fresh and updated! And I've noticed that the same people that were on when I was little haven't aged a bit! I tell ya, it's that Sesame Street magic. I need to get me some. ;)
 
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88 comments:

  1. My favorite episodes are the Christmas episodes. Christmas on Sesame Street. So perfect. My hubby thought I was crazy when I found it for cheap one Christmas and bought it. But the memories it brings back are so wonderful!

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  2. I just loved all the music in Sesame Street and, of course, I loved Big Bird. He seemed like he would be the perfect best friend.

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  3. I loved all of the characters...especially Oscar the Grouch.

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  4. Sounds familiar--my first two watched Sesame Street. But we didn't get cable after we moved, so the third didn't see it much, and the fourth not at all. My oldest loved the brick-making bit, though, and used to dream of making everything, including a rocket ship, out of bricks!

    Now they all like the new Muppet music videos. Isn't YouTube handy?

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  5. My favourite memory is sharing SS with my son and watching the same clips I did when I was little (specifically 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tweeeeeellllve video game montage). I swear he learned to read early because of his SS exposure. As a parent I love the 5 minute pod casts - just long enough to hold a little one's attention span. He was recently told by boys at school that SS was for babies...well then call me a baby because I love it!!!!

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  6. I grew up with it and so have my kids. Super Grover was and is a favorite of mine and my little Abby just adores Abby Cadabby

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  7. My favorite memory was the episode where Big Bird learns the alphabet and sings that crazy alphabet song where he thinks it was a word. My kids now love to see Elmo, and Abby.

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  8. My youngest child is 26 so it's been a few years. I do remember my son liking Oscar the Grouch! I think it had to
    do with him and the garbage can!! My son also liked watching the garbage man pick up our garbage!!!

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  9. I loved Big Bird!

    mami2jcn at gmail dot com

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  10. tweet--https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/669302166738345984

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  11. I loved Sesame Street as a kid in Melbourne Australia in the early 70's.. Yes, we got Sesame Street in Australia too.
    There are so many awesome memories, but I had to go & find this one. Joey & Kermit say their ABC's. Hi-larious
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYIRO97dhII

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  12. I remember watching the Christmas special... I think Big Bird sat out and waited for Santa and got really cold-- icicles on his beak?! And I think he even says something about having chilblains!! That was my first exposure to that word :) Poor Big Bird!
    ~Natalie (QSOgirl at yahoo dot com)

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  13. My favorite Sesame Street memory was watching the Cookie Monster devour cookies! I also remember that I learned how to count numbers better by singing along with Count von Count. yarbr012@gmail.com

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  14. https://twitter.com/yarbr012/status/669321673292668928 yarbr012@gmail.com

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  15. I remember watching Sesame Street as a kid but it's been cool to watch with with my 2-year old daughter. She loves Elmo!

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  16. Oscar the grouch was always my favorite. dawnm1993(at)gmail(dot)com

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  17. My favorite memory is when my son watch Sesame Street for the first time. He enjoyed it a lot

    elena150980 at yahoo dot com

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  18. https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/669355342506004483

    elena150980 at yahoo dot com

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  19. My favorite memory is taking my son to meet Elmo when he was 2, he kept hugging him.
    kellywcu8888ATgmailDOTcom

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  20. I loved the song about the two cats in the doll house and teeny tiny super guy! I keep meaning to find these clips and show them to my kiddos. They love old Grover clips - so funny!

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    https://twitter.com/Kellydpa/status/669356045471522816

    kellywcu8888ATgmailDOTcom

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  22. My kids can't stand Sesame Street which I find odd because I loved it! "C is for cookie that's good enough for me!" And Maria was always so patient and kind.

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  23. My favorite Sesame Street memory is watching each and every episode with my kids.
    tcarolinep at gmail dot com

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  24. tweet-https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/669377608828633088

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  25. My daughters loved Sesame Street when they were little, and my favorite memory is my husband coming home every night, kissing me, and asking "What was the letter of the day?"

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  26. I watch Sesame Street almost everyday with my sons. Tina Fey as Mother Goose is one of my all time favorite skits! That woman is hilarious!
    Emilee.a.gilliam {at} gmail {dot} com

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  27. My favorite memories were the songs and singing along to them. One was called Eleven Morning and I still sing it sometimes today when it pops into my head, after all those years ago :)

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  28. tweet-https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/669470924962447361

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  29. I also grew up with it and so have my kids.school classes

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  30. There was a cartoon meant to teach the concepts of "front" and "back" that featured a Frankenstein/robot named Junior. He learns "front and back" by holding his teddy bear, so I named my teddy "Junior," and I still have him four decades later :)

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  31. My kids would adore these puppets! Might be an idea of something to do with them as the weather gets colder and they are demanding to do a craft *all the time*

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  32. Some of my earliest memories are of watching Sesame Street. We didn't have heat, so we'd sit as close as possible to the space heater while we watched in the winter. I still like to sit as close to the space heater as possible. ;)

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  33. "One of these things is not like the other," totally rolls around in my head often! The music is what I remember most. :)

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  34. My favorite Sesame Street memory is Oscar the Grouch in the garbage can, and I got one of these cute toys for my son and we loved watching sesame street together when he was young!

    jewelwood55(at)gmail(dot)com

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  35. tweet-https://twitter.com/JewelWood/status/669585799306850304

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  36. I love so much about Sesame Street it's impossible to choose a single aspect or character or moment, but recently I was fetching something for my mom from her basement, and noticed a little Mr. Hooper from my old Playskool set standing solo on a shelf, and it brought me immense joy and a flood of happy Sesame Street childhood memories. I carried him home in my purse, and have decided to leave him there for moments I need a little sunny in my day.

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  37. I was a PBS tv-head growing up. I watched Sesame Street twice a day, followed by Mr. Rogers, Electric Company, and Zoom. There are still some specific things I recall--Grover's "A-La Peanut butter sandwiches!"; the scene with Ernie as the waiter, the animation of Spanish words; I must have started watching it soon after it began airing.

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  38. I loved Sesame Street as a kid (and my kids loved it too). One of my favorites was the pinball song (1,2,3,4,5...6,7,8,9,10...11,12).
    I still can sing along with that one.
    Then much much later, when my 16 year old was small, I absolutely loved when STOMP guest starred.
    Such happy learning connected with that show.

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  39. My favorite Sesame Street memories was the sing along part. i love singing and dancing with Elmo.

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

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  40. tweeted:
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  41. https://mobile.twitter.com/Esham4life/status/669797205251870720

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  42. I just loved Big Bird.... So whenever he was on! afjackly@oakland.edu

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  43. https://twitter.com/OneFrugalGirl/status/669874448632295424
    onefrugalgirl AT gmail DOT com

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  44. My parents subscribed to a book club that delivered new Sesame Street books every week or month, (I can't remember). I loved getting a new book and asking my parents to sit and read it to me!
    onefrugalgirl AT gmail DOT com

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  45. I loved the animation between puppets skits especially the one that counted balls inside a magic pinball machine. "I,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, elven, twelve!".
    Oh and The Count... I guess I was more of a numbers person than I realized back then.

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  46. i loved raising my kids with sesame street - we have a dvd all about potty training, and we still sing songs that we learned from that DVD. so cute.

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  47. I loved watching Sesame Street with my children. When my oldest graduated from high school, I found and bought the book Sesame Street Unpaved, a look behind the scenes. When her first marriage came undone and she and her 18 month old son move in with us for a few years, I watched Sesame Street with him. It had changed in those years, but it was still magic and every once in awhile they would show an old film clip from my daughter's era and I would sing along. We love Sesame Street.

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  49. My memories are of watching Sesame Street with my kids and singing along with the characters.

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  50. Giving my daughter a Big Bird for Christmas...she slept with it every night!

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  51. i always loved watching elmo


    POKERGRL8 at gmail.com

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  52. https://twitter.com/aes529/status/670986009836978180

    POKERGRL8 at gmail.com

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  53. I always loved the musical guests on the show.

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  54. I loved the "Tiny Super Guy" song and have found myself singing it to each of my three baby boys. ❤️❤️❤️

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  55. I remember Bert and Ernie on Egypt and Ernie was wearing eyeliner!!

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  56. I loved hearing my toddler giggling while watching Sesame Street. It is fun to remember her when she was little.
    aleksnearing gmail com

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  57. My favorite memory is watching with my son and we danced!
    tina19820115@gmail.com

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  58. https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/671535990356500480
    tina19820115@gmail.com

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  59. I remember loving Mr. Snuffleupagus - I think because I liked saying his name!
    nuthouse(at)centurytel(dot)net

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  60. tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/671803976606752768
    nuthouse(at)centurytel(dot)net

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  61. i loved "big bird goes to japan" as a kid. i also really, really remember how they handled mr. hooper's death. as a kid it made sense, and as an adult i appreciate the sensitivity that went into it.

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  62. My daughter loves Sesame Street (Elmo in particular!) so it'll always remind me of her!

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  63. I love Sesame Street. I get sad when my kids don't want to watch it anymore! I loved the claymation Orange skit when I was a kid, but the best episode is a newer one with Big Bird going to live at the beach. It made my son giggle so hard he couldn't breathe and that is the very best!

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  64. I remember how I used to always wait for Mr Snuffleupagus to show up and how fun it was to be in on the joke.

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  65. Tweeted
    https://twitter.com/rubylorikeet/status/672219271737376768

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  66. i enjoyed the count's counting

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  67. I loved watching oscar the grouch being grouchy.
    MCantu1019 at aol dot com

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  68. I like blowing the youngsters' minds by telling them that when I watched Sesame Street everyone but Big Bird thought Mr. Snuffleupagus was imaginary!

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  69. There was a Sesame Street segment with song that I loved as a kid and sang all the time. I still find myself humming the tune every now and again.
    prettyinhotpink6 at gmail dot com

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  70. Tweet: https://twitter.com/PrettyHotPink6/status/672532843906465792

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  71. My favorite sesame street memory was watching Bert & Ernie.

    willgriesmer@yahoo.com

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  72. https://twitter.com/willgriesmer/status/672610644261113856

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  73. My memories are that me and my parents and siblings had Sesame Street nicknames! I'm Ernie and my sister is Bert and my (late) father was Kermit and my mom Fozie! Thanks and God bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol.com

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  74. My favorite Sesame Street memory is singing the theme song with my cousins when I was babysitting them. Their sweet little-girl voices were well suited to that fun melody.
    [notheranneother {at} gmail {dot} com]

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  75. Here's my tweet about your Sesame Streetspiration blog post and the Sesame Street giveaway:
    https://mobile.twitter.com/NotherAnneOther/status/672848705255579648
    Thanks!
    [notheranneother {at} gmail {dot} com]

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  76. My favorite memory of Sesame Street would have to be counting with the count.

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  77. https://twitter.com/RachelGriesmer/status/672925893896073216

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  78. My favorite SS memory is singing the songs with my kids -- over and over and over! LOL. I can recite them to this day!
    Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

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  79. I have memories of watching this with my brother when I was very young. Sometimes we would go downstairs and watch it before our parents got up in the morning.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    wildorchid985 AT gmail DOT com

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  80. tweet--https://twitter.com/WildOrchid985/status/673223122808623104

    wildorchid985 AT gmail DOT com

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  81. I enjoyed the Cookie Monster eating all of those cookies.

    s2s2 at cox dot net

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  82. https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/673690332911951872

    s2s2 at cox dot net

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  83. I liked watching Elmo laugh on Sesame Street.

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  84. https://twitter.com/prizepuzzle/status/673706648381366272

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