It's fun firing up my computer every day and seeing yet another Sesame Street character hanging out with Google's logo. The Google countdown of Sesame Street friends ends Tuesday (Nov. 10, 2009), and then the PBS show's 40th season opens a day later on November 11th, with a visit from First Lady Michelle Obama.
In our lobby at PBS Hawaii, we have a bench filled with large stuffed-animal residents of Sesame Street. Parents who bring young children into the building inevitably lose the kids for a bit to the bench. Keiki are drawn to their TV friends and squeeze their way into the colorful, furry, feathery line-up. The children stay there, tickled, until their parents insist they must go.
Elmo is clearly the favorite of the bench bunch. But almost all of the visiting kids can name almost all of the characters on the show.
Honolulu's Catherine Toth shares her Sesame Street memories in her blog. and readers chime in, at:
http://dailydish.honadvblogs.com/2009/11/05/the-most-beloved-street-in-the-world/
For a free calendar wallpaper showing Mrs. Obama on Sesame Street, click and download:
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