How to get to Sesame Street

Everybody sing!  (You know you want to).

Sunny days
Sweeping 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-okay
Family neighbors friends
That's where we meet
Can you tell me how to get
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How to get to sesame street
How to get to sesame street

Even if you can't remember the words or the tune, you know the song.  Most of us have grown up with it.  Our kids have too.  It's the theme song of course from Sesame Street, the long-running children's tv show that turns 50 today.

Fifty?  Is that possible?  Yup.  The program began even before PBS, its home for most of its run.  That first year they were on NET (National Educational Television).  Some more numbers - 4,500 episodes have been produced.  There have also been 35 TV specials, 200 home videos, and 180 albums.  Oh and they even have a very popular YouTube channel.  These days they are also on HBO.

 

Is there anyone out there who has never watched this great show?  It doesn't just keep kids occupied, it help them learn.  What a difference it has made over the years in the lives of so many.  May it continue forever!