History Fridge / SesameStreet

* The fact that the show has been running so long since Mr. Hooper's death and seen so many changes over the years makes his passing even more tragic in hindsight. Mr. Hooper never got to see Maria and Luis get married, never got to see Miles's adoption or Gabi's birth, never got to learn that Snuffy was real, never got to see the Around the Corner set, never got to see the new places such as the Laundromat or the bike shop, never got to be a grandfather figure to Elmo or his dog Tango, Zoe, Baby Bear, Rosita, Abby Cadabby or her stepbrother Rudy, Julia, Gabrielle, Tamir, Ji-Young and none of them ever got to know him... again, a nod to real life.

* The fact that the show has been running so long since Mr. Hooper's death and seen so many changes over the years makes his passing even more tragic in hindsight. Mr. Hooper never got to see Maria and Luis get married, never got to see Miles's adoption or Gabi's birth, never got to learn that Snuffy was real, never got to see the Around the Corner set, never got to see the new places such as the Laundromat or the bike shop, never got to be a grandfather figure to Elmo or his dog Tango, Zoe, Baby Bear, Rosita, Abby Cadabby or her stepbrother Rudy, or Julia and none of them ever got to know him... again, a nod to real life.

** "Sing" (sung by just about everyone)- A song about how creation can be a positive thing.

** "Put Down the Duckie" (sung by Ernie and Hoots)- A song about how you shouldn’t let distractions get in the way of your goals.

** "Believe in Yourself" (sung by Bob, Susan, and Gordon)- [[Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It’s in the title.]]
** "But I Like You" (sung by Bert and Ernie)- A song about how two people can like different things, but still like each other.

** "It's All Right to Cry", "Big Kids Cry", and "All I Can Do is Cry" -- songs about how crying is acceptable.

* The fact that the show has been running so long since Mr. Hooper's death and seen so many changes over the years makes his passing even more tragic in hindsight. Mr. Hooper never got to see Maria and Luis get married, never got to see Miles's adoption or Gabi's birth, never got to learn that Snuffy was real, never got to see the Around the Corner set, never got to see the new places such as the Laundromat or the bike shop, never got to be a grandfather figure to Elmo or his dog Tango, Zoe, Baby Bear, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, Julia or Rudy and none of them ever got to know him... again, a nod to real life.

** "It's All Right to Cry", "Big Kids Cry", and "All I Can Do is Cry" -- songs about how CryingIsAcceptable.

* This could also double as a "Fridge {{Tearjerker}}". In the special video series made for military families called ''Talk, Listen, Connect'', Rosita has to come to terms with her father being confined to a wheelchair. This in itself is pretty sad - [[{{Tearjerker}} especially when she tells him how she wishes that he didn't have to go to the hospital so often and that things would just go back to how they were, while on the verge of tears]] - but then it gets worse when one learns the story of her wings in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4mVTR5e7k this interview]]. As someone else said on the Nightmare Fuel page, "The fact she said it wasn't painful despite all this, and that she hates to think about it, makes you think it was such a bad injury that her body blocked out the pain the same way you do when you get a large injury." So, with this in mind, she first has to cope with her ''entire family'' losing their wings, in addition to her own, and ''this'' is then followed by her dad losing the use of his legs... [[TheWoobie Dear Lord, someone get this poor girl a good therapist!]] --Tropers/ShakaRaka

* The fact that the show has been running so long since Mr. Hooper's death and seen so many changes over the years makes his passing even more tragic in hindsight. Mr. Hooper never got to see Maria and Luis get married, never got to see Miles's adoption or Gabi's birth, never got to learn that Snuffy was real, never got to see the Around the Corner set, never got to see the new places such as the Laundromat or the bike shop, never got to be a grandfather figure to Elmo or his dog Tango, Zoe, Baby Bear, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, Julia or Rudy and none of them ever got to know him... again, a nod to real life.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAV71UHWSXM A]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wblWacel_9g sketch]] from 1975 has the Count sleeping over at Ernie and Bert's place, and keeping Ernie awake by counting sheep. In the morning, an extremely haggard, zombie-like Ernie emerges, in a daze and also counting("Forty-three thousand...eight hundred and ninety-one...forty-three thousand...eight-hundred and ninety-two...") The implication was that he was simply suffering from SleepDeprivation, but seeing as the Count has displayed mind control powers in other skits, the fact that Ernie is counting could also suggest that the Count used his power on Ernie.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK73DM4yOwc This episode]] where Natasha and Slimy are having a play date, for the most part, is pretty tame up until Gordon with the finger puppet of Slimy is in front of Natasha teaching her how to be gentle with Slimy. It's going well until Natasha bites Gordon's finger and spits out the Slimy puppet! To which Oscar rightfully tells everyone that he's not going to let Natasha near Slimy because she might bite Slimy as well! It was a good thing that it was the puppet of Slimy or otherwise Oscar would've seen Natasha bite Slimy for real and Slimy would've been dead for sure! Even though it isn't meant to be scary it's still scary to think what would've happened if Natasha bit Slimy for real! It's at 10:04 for anyone who's curious.

* The fact that the show has been running so long since Mr. Hooper's death and seen so many changes over the years makes his passing even more tragic in hindsight. Mr. Hooper never got to see Maria and Luis get married, never got to see Miles's adoption or Gabi's birth, never got to learn that Snuffy was real, never got to be a grandfather figure to Elmo, Zoe, Baby Bear, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, Julia or Rudy and none of them ever got to know him... again, a nod to real life.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK73DM4yOwc This episode]] where Natasha and Slimy are having a play date, for the most part, is pretty tame up until Gordon with the finger puppet of Slimy is in front of Natasha teaching her how to be gentle with Slimy it's going well until Natasha bites Gordon's finger and spits out the Slimy puppet! To which Oscar rightfully tells everyone that he's not going to let Natasha near Slimy because she might bite Slimy as well! It was a good thing that it was the puppet of Slimy or otherwise Oscar would've seen Natasha bite Slimy for real and Slimy would've been dead for sure! Even though it isn't meant to be scary it's still scary to think what would've happened if Natasha bit Slimy for real! It's at 10:04 for anyone who's curious.

* One of the best qualities of the show is when the lessons are able to be applied to people of all ages, and here are quite a few of the songs that I have come to realize have lessons that are applicable to both children and adults as I've listened to them for years:
** All By Myself (Sung By Prairie Dawn)- A song about being proud of things that you can do by yourself.
** What Do I Do When I’m Alone (sung by Grover)- A song about how it’s better to be with another person than it is to be alone.
** Little Things (sung by Joe Raposo on the show, covered by Prairie Dawn on audio releases)- A song about how big and important little things can be.
** Sing (sung by just about everyone)- A song about how creation can be a positive thing.
** Doin’ The Pigeon (sung by Bert), Clink Clank (sung by Bert and Ernie) and I Love Trash (sung by Oscar)- Songs about how people may not see value in what you like, but you should not let that get to you.
*** Building off of this, Counting Is Wonderful (sung by The Count) is also about things you like, but it rather encrouages the idea that hobbies are a good thing to have.
** Put Down The Duckie (sung by Ernie and Hoots)- A song about how you shouldn’t let distractions get in the way of your goals.
** Be Doodle Dee Dum and Happy Tappin’ With Elmo (both sung by Elmo)- Songs about how you can cheer yourself up.
** Monster in The Mirror (sung by Grover)- A song about how your fears can actually be just be something harmless.
** One Small Voice (sung by Bob, Telly, and the Kids. Audio releases replace Bob with Hoots, Prairie Dawn, and Elmo)- A song about how one person can inspire.
** I Don’t Want to Live on The Moon (sung by Ernie)- A song about how moving away can make you miss all the place and people you love.
** Me (sung by Grover on audio releases, two Anything Muppets on the show itself) and Just Happy to Be Me (sung by Kingston Livingtson III)- Songs about self-esteem, and how you're special and unique.
** Believe In Yourself (sung by Bob, Susan, and Gordon)- [[Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It’s in the title.]]
** But I Like You (sung by Bert and Ernie)- A song about how two people can like different things, but still like each other.
** Lonesome Joan (sung by Bert and Ernie)- a song about how you don’t have to do everything alone.
** Everyone Makes Mistakes (sung by Big Bird)- a song about how it’s okay to make mistakes.
** We Are All Earthlings and Bein’ Green (the former sung by various Muppets, the latter by Kermit)- Songs about race/sex/orientation/religion. The former more about how we are all humans despite those outside differences. The latter about being accepting of who you are and not letting discrimination bring you down.
*** Fuzzy and Blue (And Orange) (Sung by Grover, Herry, Cookie Monster, and Frazzle) is like Bein’ Green.
** The Ballad of Casey McPhee (sung by an Anything Muppet and Cookie Monster)- a song about resisting temptation and not giving up.

** NightmareRetardant kicks in when you notice he still had a beard as a kid. Vampires age differently, indeed.

* In the "Oklahoma" sketch, Forgetful Jones goes through the vowels with "Aaaaaaaaa-klahoma", "Eeeeeeeee-klahoma" and "Iiiiiiiii-klahoma" before finally singing the right opening line: "Ooooooooo-klahoma". Suppose he went through the whole alphabet instead of just the vowels? After "Aaaaaaaaa-klahoma", he'd have to do "Beeeeeeee-klahoma", then "Ceeeeeeee-klahoma", then "Deeeeeeee-klahoma"...
** I don't see it. All the funnier to me.

* In the "Oklahoma" sketch, Forgetful Jones goes through the vowels with "Aaaaaaaaa-klahoma", "Eeeeeeeee-klahoma" and "Iiiiiiiii-klahoma" before finally singing the right opening line: "Ooooooooo-klahoma". Suppose he went through the whole alphabet instead of just the vowels? After "Aaaaaaaaa-klahoma", he'd have to do "Beeeeeeee-klahoma", then "Ceeeeeeee-klahoma", then "Deeeeeeee-klahoma"...

* The Count recaps his first day of school... only, he's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2yFoq09ug&t=318s 6,523,728 years old]], and his classmates (Theodore, Ben, Adeline, etc) were humans, not vampires like him. That means they're dead now.

** It's heavily implied that what he says to Gina over the phone is not something that could be said on a children's program.

* One odd piece of old vampire folklore is that they were compelled to count every grain of sand or each individual grain of rice in a pile. I have just been informed that [[Series/SesameStreet Count von Count]] is a reference to this superstition, and that is ''awesome''. --{{Tropers/Haven}}

* One concerning Cookie Monster: Of all the characters to promote healthy foods, why ''him?'' Well, not only does it work for {{Irony}} (after all, it's really saying something if even a cookie junkie like him likes veggies and fruit), but one of the main hurdles of promoting healthy eating is encouraging the young audience to get over being picky... and no character in the entire show is ''less'' picky than ''[[ExtremeOmnivore Cookie Monster]]!'' I don't know if this was the true idea behind it, but it's kind of a neat notion to think about. --Tropers/ShakaRaka

* The racism episode had the bigot see Savion and Gina, which means that there's a bigot ''living on Sesame Street''.

* One of the best qualities of the show is when the lessons are able to be applied to people of all ages, and here are quite a few of the songs that I have come to realize as I've listened to them for years:

** The Ballad of Casey McPhee (sung by an Anything Muppet and Cookie Monster)- a song about resisting temptation and not giving up. [[Tropers/{{powerpuffbats}}]]