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    Hallo Sesamstrasse

    In almost exactly a year's time, it will 50 years since the first episode of Sesame Street aired in the USA.

    I remember well when it came to West-Germany. In 1972 regional TV in several Bundesländern aired a pilot programme, in English, to gauge parents' reaction. My brother and I watched it with my mother. Afterwards she asked what we thought of it. Even though we didn't understand a word, we loved it. By 1973 it was broadcast in German on TV in almost all of West-Germany. Only the state of Bavaria banned it. By then I was, at 6 going on 7 years old, rather outside the target audience. And there were parts I obviously found dull. But there was still a lot to love for me. Oscar, whom I adored, Ernie and Bert (worryingly, I rather identified with Bert but wanted to be more like Ernie), and, above all, the Cookie Monster.

    The love affair lasted only a year or so. But a year when you are 7 is a very long time. And even as I was older, I'd occasionally tune in when I was bored, because there's always be something to entertain me. Fast forward 20-odd years, and I bought Sesame Street videos for my son, introducing him to my old favourites, plus that new-fangled Elmo (an old Elmo shampoo bottle still stands on our bathroom shelf). I loved watching the old stuff with him. Subsequently I have downloaded, for me nostalgic enjoyment, episodes from the first few years. And I occasionally search YouTube for those great music clips.

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    Grover's my favourite, especially the skits where he's working somewhere and annoying the bald guy with the moustache.

    Honourable mention to the Oklahoma bit with Kermit and Forgetful Jones.

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      #3
      Sesame Street is all kinds of ace. We are huge fans of Jim Henson's work in our house and Sesame Street was such a legacy to leave.

      Kermit interviewing a Koozbanian on the planet Koozbane is just hilarious, however old you are.

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        #One Two Three Four Five, Six Seven Eight Nine Ten, Eleven Twelve#

        Sesame Street was / is fantastic. Cookie Monster was always my favourite, although Guy Smiley and "This is Your Lunch" always raised a smile.

        This post was brought to you by the letter "H" and the number "7".

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          #5
          Similarly, I didn't get to see Sesame Street until returning to the US when I was around ten years old. Obviously it was aimed at a much younger audience, but I thought the characters and TV-spoofs were great. (If it doubled-up with The Electric Company on PBS, even better.)

          Yeah, Grover was my favourite too, with Cookie Monster a close second. Ernie and Bert were The 'Morecambe & Wise' of the set-up, while Oscar and Sherlock Hemlock always raised a smile. (Herry Monster gave me the bejeezus, however, while Big Bird rattled my nerves a bit.)

          Pre-school TV that has never been bettered, basically.

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