Everyone born in the 70’s & 80’s has their own favorite Sesame street character… Who’s yours?
Ahhhh those were the days, Saturday mornings sitting on the floor with your breakfast fighting for the best spot with your brothers to get your weekly sesame street fix. As soon as the opening theme tune was heard kids and adults alike appeared from random rooms in the house, out of nowhere and took their positions.
‘Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame street’
Go ahead, sing the theme song now, to yourself quietly. You kinda know it, remember the tune, no problem but somehow just can’t remember the darn words! I tried it on a couple of the guys and gals in the office and the best i got was a blank look on the face while singing ‘Everything’s A-OK’.
So to kick off this 5 most loved sesame street characters article I found the lyrics to the song from the huffingtonpost.com site, so you don’t need to have a blank look on your face next time someone asks you to sing it…
Sunny Day
Sweepin’ the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street
Come and play
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That’s where we meet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street
It’s a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To happy people like you–
Happy people like
What a beautiful
Sunny Day
Sweepin’ the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street…
There’s just something so retro and nostalgic about Sesame street. If you have time today grab yourself a bowl of fruit loops or some pop-tarts, put your laptop on the coffee table and sit on the floor watching some sesame street. Hey, you can even sing alone to the tune… And get the words right!
1: Bert & Ernie
These two are probably the most famous roommates of all time. Renowned for being the central comedy duo of the show ‘Bert & Ernie’ are about as retro as it gets.
2: Elmo
We all remember and love elmo, the furry red guy with the yellow nose who graced the show so wonderfully. There’s good reason why he’s in the top 5 today as one of the most popular sesame street characters of all time.
3: Big Bird
Remember big bird, the 8 foot 2 big yellow rollerskating, dancing, unicycle riding bird? How could you forget? Probably the most flamboyant of all the sesame street characters, we love big bird!
4: Oscar the grouch
The little green dude who lived in the garbage and had that unique kinda dry way about him, Oscar is a well known and loved sesame street character. Did you know that for some reason in the 1969-1970 season he was actually orange? I prefer him in green myself.
5: The Cookie Monster
Best known for his eager appetite for cookies and his famous phrases “Me want cookies! & Om nom nom nom” this lovable character made his way into the hearts of millions of kids during the 70’s and 80’s.
