Comments on: Big Bird-day at Sesame Street

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:48:51 +0000

I watched Sesame Street when I was young . My favourite characters were Bert and Ernie.

Happy Birthday Sesame Street

By: John Jackson

John Jackson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:23:28 +0000

Happy Birthday Sesame Street!

I so loved Barkley when I was younger, sad that he isn’t around much anymore as far as I’m aware.

I really loved it when Big Bird and Oscar came out to Australia as well, and Oscar was one of the judges on Red Faces (gave Red a run for his money!) and Big Bird came over to the desk to chat with Daryl. Can’t recall if he met Ossie though.

Really hoping for them to come to Australia again, and not so much Elmo.

By: JohnP

JohnP — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:22:33 +0000

I don’t think it is being shown here on FTA sadly.

It should be on ABC1.

By: Daniel Warque

Daniel Warque — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:35:02 +0000

Happy Birthday!! . I can’t believe that it’s been 40 years. It’s the best kids show I’ve grown up with apart from the Australian ones. I have my favorites in a list of top 10:
1. Elmo. I like that fact he is red and that means love. Like he does to Rove.
2. Big Bird. I like that fact he is yellow and that means happiness.
3. Oscar the grouch. I like the fact he is green and that means envious, like he is with the trash.
4. Bert and Ernie. They are like the odd couple and never will get along.
5. The cookie monster. He made kids of our time [90-2000] eat and steal cookies from the cookie jar.
6. Grover. He had so much to complain about, he never seemed to have any positives.
7. The count. Boy he taught me the maths and I wonder how much blood he has sucked?
8. The brown bear. He had a book that suggested he lost his hat. I also like the fact he doesn’t swipe picnic baskets.
9. The aliens. They always made me laugh, especially when they went yep yep yep over and over!
10. Mr. Snufflelupagus. He was like an elephant cross bred with a furry bore. He had the most sensible remarks and he just screams cute!

By: franz chong

franz chong — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:29:22 +0000

This was a timeless instuition and many of us learnt to read and count/write because of this show.
My favourite would be the cookie monster and his om nom nom nom noms.I have one to this day.
Will Your HI 5 or Disney Offerings have that to say about themselves come the year 2039.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:09:36 +0000

Ohh Barkley the dog, I remember him! Farout, 40 seasons, that is incredible. This show has become such an institution, kids grew up on it, and it really has an excellent mix of entertainment and kiddy stuff as well as educational stuff, it actually used to deal with some pretty serious life topics like sickness, death, divorce, birth etc. I love watching the old school segments on youtube, brings me back. I loved the No! song, with Maria and Gina.

Here’s to another 40 Seasons

By: Anthony Sullivan

Anthony Sullivan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:17:08 +0000

Of course knowing the ABC, the 40th season will air here in early 2010. Anyway-happy birthday to Sesame Street!

By: T-Mac

T-Mac — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:49:46 +0000

RE Boy Wonder: the dog’s name was Barkley

By: KFed

KFed — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:15:56 +0000

I’m sure gonna miss you Mr Hooper.

By: Andrew B

Andrew B — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:59:05 +0000

This comment is brought to you by the letters T, H and B as well as the numbers 3 and 8.

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:53:42 +0000

I loved Mr Snuffelupagus growing up! When he was Big Birds imaginary friend and nobody believed BB that Snuffy was real.
Happy Birthday!
P.S the dog scared me and took over the show for a while. I hated that damn dog whatever its name was.

By: koverstreet

koverstreet — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:26:37 +0000

Many fond childhood memories of watching this wonderful show. Even today some of the Bert and Ernie skits are still funny. And without Sesame Street we wouldn’t have Kermit’s pop classic “Rainbow Connection”!

If only we could erase Elmo from the history of Sesame Street

By: mikeys

mikeys — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:26:32 +0000

You really have to hand it to them for having such a timeless institution which basically everyone knows and watched at some stage of their lives.

Happy Birthday Sesame Street