Line #48 Heartwarming/SesameStreet


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3	''Series/SesameStreet'' is a classic show, and never fails to tug on the heartstrings of even the littlest ones.
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6	* Examples for ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' go [[Heartwarming/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet here]].
7	* "Farewell, Mr. Hooper." While indeed a major TearJerker due to the real-life death of Will Lee (and the fact that it's nearly always sad when a main character dies), let it never be said there weren't heartwarming moments. Big Bird and his human friends hugging is one such moment. Another is Big Bird's drawing of Mr. Hooper. Unable to give it to his friend like he wanted, Big Bird kept it. It would ultimately be hung over his nest, where it ''still remains to this day''. As said on the main page, the loss is handled with honesty, dignity and respect - showing how much both Lee and his character were loved.
8	** How the adults explain death, while crying: it's not fair, it can't be explained but they deal with it by supporting each other in grief. The adults, themselves showing it's OK to cry and be sad, reassure Big Bird that they'll tell him stories, and make his birdseed milkshake.
9	** During Mr. Hooper's tenure, there was a RunningGag of Big Bird [[AccidentalMisnaming mispronouncing his name]] - leading to a comically frustrated correction. At the end of the famous TearJerker scene, Big Bird looks at his drawing and says "You know, I'm gonna miss you, Mr. Looper," and Maria – herself trying to hold back tears – gently corrects him. It's not hard to see it as Big Bird saying goodbye by performing their RunningGag one last time.
10	*** Caroll Spinney once related a quote from the late Will Lee about that RunningGag why Big Bird was always being corrected:
11	---->"He once said to me, 'I will always correct Big Bird because I am proud of being Mr. Hooper.'"
12	*** The fact that Mr Hooper was a bit of ButtMonkey via that RunningGag makes his ultimate eulogy even more heartwarming. Big Bird couldn't even get the guy's name right, but he still loved him and couldn't comprehend him not being a part of his life anymore.
13	** In something of a follow-up skit in a later episode, Big Bird, Maria and David fondly remember him, which puts both the drawing and old footage on display. Yet another episode had a bird art collector offer Big Bird 100 bags of birdseed for the picture, but after another montage of old Mr. Hooper footage, Big Bird refused because he "couldn't say goodbye to Mr. Hooper again."
14	* There is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWRXggFEuJM sketch]] where Cookie Monster asks his cousin to find something wonderful that starts with the letter "C." Cousin Monster keeps coming back with vegetables (corn, cauliflower, carrot). Then Cookie Monster gives Cousin another hint: it's "first class sensational!" - and Cousin Monster thinks about it and says "Ohhhhh, Cousin!" and gives Cookie a hug. It's not what Cookie Monster had in mind, but it's still a very cute ending nonetheless.
15	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBJ5K8RCKio The song]] where Cookie Monster defines a friend as someone you give your last cookie for.
16	* In another [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Orkn4YdQ8 sketch]], Cookie Monster is about to enjoy a cookie, then sees a very sad-looking girl gazing at him. He can't bring himself to eat the entire cookie, deciding to share it with her. The ending, though, turns funny as she devours her half with an "Om nom nom!", just like Cookie.
17	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscJoT3yrPk Ernie and Bert are having a very special guest over... I wonder who it could be...]] It's the viewer.
18	** In a similar vein, Ernie designs a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwnh2RY5xYI "follow the arrows" game]] for Bert, promising someone he likes at the end. Once again, it's the viewer!
19	* Ernie’s song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIq8jLj5TzU I Don't Want To Live On The Moon]]." All of it, really, but especially this part:
20	-->''Though I'd like to look down at the Earth from above,''
21	-->''I would miss all the places and people I love.''
22	-->''So although I may go, I'll be coming home soon,''
23	-->'''Cause I don't want to live on the moon.''
24	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRRe5GkBPjs This absolutely adorable song from Season 2]] about two girls playing with a dollhouse, especially the ending where [[CuteKitten those cats]] appear! That sketch was filmed entirely in Jim Henson's young daughter's bedroom with an actual dollhouse she had.
25	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTqCVJW2qOw "Cookie Monster isn't a letter of the alphabet!"]] While it's mainly just a silly video with a girl singing the alphabet but replacing random letters with "[[NonSequitur Cookie Monster]]", it becomes heartwarming when she tells Kermit she loves him, and he replies, "I love you too." Joey is one of the most adorable children ever seen on Sesame Street!
26	** Brian Jay Jones' biography of Jim Henson begins with a dramatization of filming this scene, making it even better as we get inside Henson's head as he improvises along with the girl right up to "I love you too."
27	** Even better, at first the crew wasn't sure what was happening when Joey went off-script. Jim Henson decided to go with it, and soon everyone was trying not to laugh when the ensuing result was intentional comedy-gold and they wanted to keep the take. You can hear Jim cracking up when Kermit says, "You're (snort) you're teasing me."
28	** It's made even more adorable by how sad she gets when Kermit walks out; she sadly cries out, "I love you!" Kermit immediately pops back to reassure her that he loves her too, and she kisses him.
29	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79I-q4Yv2M Elmo singing "Proud" with his father]], who is coming home from the Army. The video is interspersed with real pictures of military personnel and their little kids for extra effect.
30	* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpFde5rgmw I Love My Hair]]. A Sesame Street writer adopted a daughter from Ethiopia, and after she told him that she wanted long straight hair like her white Barbie dolls, he wrote the song as a way to show her that she's beautiful just the way she is.
31	** Now has a Spanish version, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMsiwjAY0w Mando]]! The actor wrote it as part of his audition.
32	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvfkpdm6bFo Luis and Maria's wedding]], with the entire cast's happy thoughts expressed in song. Luis's uncle and Maria's mother don't hesitate to share [[SoProudOfYou how proud they are.]] Linda and Bob [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike both wonder how they would feel being married to each other]], but they each keep it to themselves.
33	* The song “The Like Changed Into Love,” about Maria and Luis’s relationship
34	* Gabriella's birth, which Maria recalled as "a wonderful experience." And Oscar the Grouch is trying too hard to not care... but he can't repress it any longer.
35	--> '''Big Bird''': Welcome to Sesame Street, and the world.
36	* Snuffy and Big Bird put on a play to recount the adoption of Miles.
37	* The song about how "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65rPqZrYuc4 One small voice can teach the world a song.]]", and that singing can make a huge, positive impact on the world.
38	* Just about ''all'' of the 35th anniversary special, but special mention has to go to the finale, where the main cast performs a song called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHMElLwZqbU The Street I Live On]]. An abbreviated version was performed at the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade that same year.
39	* A cartoon insert about an acorn fall off an oak tree and growing into another oak tree features the classical piece of ''Romeo and Juliet'' by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
40	* Elmo visiting the Fire Station after being traumatized from the fire at Hooper's Store.
41	-->'''Elmo:''' Elmo used to be scared. But Elmo isn't scared anymore.
42	-->'''Bill Walsh:''' That's okay, Elmo. We firefighters do our job. We put out the fire.
43	* Martin Robinson (Telly and Snuffy's puppeteer) and Anne Evans, a Sesame Street writer, [[http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/blog?p_p_id=33&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=parents-top-content&p_p_col_count=1&_33_struts_action=%2Fblogs%2Fview&_33_delta=5&_33_keywords=&_33_advancedSearch=false&_33_andOperator=true&p_r_p_564233524_resetCur=false&cur=1 have a blog devoted to their family life, particularly their twin daughters.]] Unfortunately, the blog is not on the official website anymore.
44	* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jcUjr2JCIw#t=21m6s "My Best Friend"]] is a generally heartwarming song, even for adults. It's a FriendshipSong about how the two friends are "as close as a sock and a shoe" and like to do things together.
45	* Any of Oscar's interactions with Slimey the Worm. Oscar may be a grump, but he's also an AnimalLover and takes good care of his many pets. Slimey in particular stands out, since he's bubbly and not at all like Oscar, but Oscar loves him anyway.
46	* Highlights from the Slimey Goes To Space Arc
47	** Despite not wanting Slimey to go to WASA, let alone the moon, Oscar supports him trying out for space training. On launch day, he asks Lynne Thigpen, WASA commander, if the ship has his favorite foods like pizza. Maria convinces Oscar when he seems to back out, that this is worth it because it's Slimey's dream.
48	** WASA sets up a monitoring station on Sesame Street so they can keep touch with Slimey, with one scientist staying on-site. This helps when an emergency alarm wakes up Maria, Telly and Oscar; they find the astronauts fighting over a bowling ball, which hits the Wrong Way button and sends the crew in a different direction from the moon. Maria gets out the instruction book-- worm-sized-- and says the crew needs to work together to get back on track. Oscar relays this to Slimey, who agrees in worm-speak. They then succeed beautifully, pressing the Right Way button.
49	** Everyone on Sesame Street gathers for Slimey's birthday to serenade him via song. Despite the technical difficulties, no one gives up. They finally succeed in singing "Happy Birthday," and Oscar admits that he is pleased.
50	** When the worms are landing back on Earth, everyone goes MassOhCrap on hearing that their capsule isn't landing in the ocean but on Sesame Street! There's no water to soften their landing. The adults then take charge; ordering someone to get a bucket, fill it, and stand by until the capsule lands. Doubles as an Awesome Moment that this attempt succeeds, and no one gets hurt. Maria gets splashed in the face, but she takes it well.
51	** The fact that the farmer's chicken manages to go for RefugeInAudacity and sneaks onto the spaceship after she wipes out of WASA training. Chicken gets to live out her dream of going to the moon, and the worms make her part of the parade when they return to Earth.
52	* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVzjoj96vs "What I Am"]] (with [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas will.i.am]]) and the re-recorded version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDWFT3VzOhw "What We Are"]] (with Big Bird, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Abby and Elmo) both give off a strong vibe of pride and self-esteem.
53	* During the '70s, Big Bird's friendship with folk-singer (and recurring guest star) [[Music/BuffySainteMarie Buffy Sainte Marie-Wolfchild]], was genuinely touching. During a period when the other adult cast members [[NotSoImaginaryFriend insisted that Big Bird's friend Mr. Snuffleupagus was imaginary]], Buffy gave Big Bird the benefit of the doubt, because she trusted Big Bird and knew him to be inherently honest.
54	** Following on from that, Big Bird's other friendship with Bob's Uncle Wally (Bill [=McCutcheon=]) was also genuinely touching. Uncle Wally also gave Big Bird the benefit of the doubt about Snuffy's existence, and, in fact, claimed to have encountered other Snuffleupaguses over the course of his travels.
55	** Finally, in a closing of the RunningGag, Mr. Snuffleupagus finally being revealed. Snuffy gets acquainted with the rest of the cast at last, and the adults apologize for not believing Big Bird ("[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Maybe we should get that in writing]]"). The reveal was made primarily to teach children not to be afraid about telling adults serious issues.
56	*** Within the apology, Susan tells Big Bird he has a right to be angry at her and the other adults for not listening to him. In addition to telling kids that they shouldn't be afraid to tell adults about certain issues, the show is also teaching kids that their feelings are valid.
57	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLHXwC7lkas&list=PLB20D942818BC93F3 "The Ballad of Casey Macphee"]], Cookie Monster is tempted by the chance to eat a bunch of cookies (which were to be delivered to a birthday party) without immediate consequences, but then decides to eat the avalanche that swamped his train instead and save the day! Also an SugarWiki/{{Awesome Moment\|s}}.
58	* A DVD was released geared especially towards children with parents serving in the military to help them handle the stress of having a parent deployed to dangerous places around the world.
59	* Taking lead from the Mr. Hooper episode above, a special was also made about dealing with the death of a loved one, this one about the death of Elmo's uncle. The interaction from the parents is incredibly sweet; between Elmo's [[InnocentlyInsensitive awkward confusion over Uncle Jack]] and Jesse's aloofness about losing her dad, the adults are conveyed as incredibly patient and understanding, making clear it's okay to remember and be openly emotional about the death of a loved one.
60	* Halloween 2013's tribute episode to Jerry Nelson, in which the Count runs late for a ceremony to give him the Noble Prize for Counting. The rest of the cast try to stall the award committee by impersonating the Count, but ultimately fail, but the Count is fine with it--what's really important is he had so many friends willing to help him out. Then the Count literally swoops into the scene, aided by his bats, and proceeds to count all his friends - using prerecorded audio from Jerry. Fade out on thunderous applause, both onscreen and off.
61	** Heck, the reason why the Count was late; he was helping out a friend in Chicago with a counting emergency. The cast notes that it's very sweet of the Count, if inconvenient.
62	** Telly's LeaningOnTheFourthWall declaration to the judges: he says that the Count must receive the award because he taught so many people to count. It doesn't matter for the Street's posterity; he wants his friend to get credit for his good deeds.
63	** The IAmSpartacus moment. Elmo came so close to impersonating the Count, with Maria backing him up, but the lightning didn't show up at this crucial time. The ''whole street'' proceeds to claim they are the count, starting with Gordon. Humans and Muppets alike don the cape, monocle, and "ah ah ah" laugh. It ends up not working, but it's touching that they would all work hard to get him the award.
64	** Oh, and the Noble Prize for Counting itself? [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131029045331/muppet/images/7/73/4411-Prize.png It bears Jerry's likeness]], in an especially sweet behind-the-scenes EasterEgg. Kudos to the Sesame team for working that in.
65	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5lHYJJQfw This]] beautiful song sung by Dave Matthews and Grover. They're both feeling a bit down, but don't know to articulate it, so they try singing to see if that helps. Grover reveals that he's sad and frustrated because he wished for a rocket ship and didn't get one, and Matthews reveals that he's jealous of Grover for being a superhero. When the song is over, however, [[TearDryer they're both happy again]] and grateful for their friendship.
66	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3U3Sby4zko If Moon Was Cookie]]" is a very sweet song where Cookie Monster sings about how he likes to look at the moon, mostly because it looks like a giant cookie to him. He then has an ImagineSpot involving himself riding on a rocket to the moon and then eating it - at which point he realizes that if he ate the moon there would be no moonlight. He then states that he's glad the moon isn't a cookie or he'd be sad that there would be no moon for him to look at if he ate it.
67	** In a similar spirit, the song "My Outer Space Friend" from TheNineties, where Telly sings about having a Martian as his friend and doing all sorts of friendly things with him, set to a similarly lilting arrangement.
68	** And two more for the pile: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vRJHt_k9fQ "Planets Moons and Stars"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoGuiEBUFIs "The Moon Shines"]]. The latter is paired with gorgeous animation and the voice of Jerry Nelson for extra SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel. ("Planets" was also sung by Jerry and set to animation, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88jFV8jguW4 here it is]].)
69	** "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon". Ernie sings about wanting to visit the moon or travel under the sea, but not wanting to live there, knowing that he would soon miss his friends and the places he loves back on Sesame Street. Coming from a character known for consistently bothering Bert (and occasionally other characters) and never giving him any peace, this is actually a nice sentiment from him.
70	*** Let's just say that any ''Sesame'' song about the moon or space will be this.
71	* "I Think That It Is Wonderful" is a song where several characters talk about the things they really like, then they go to bed and sing, "Goodnight, [insert thing thought to be wonderful here]."
72	* Everyone supporting Big Bird after his nest was blown away during the hurricane arc.
73	** In the same arc, only two items are shown to have survived: Big Bird's teddy bear Radar...and the picture of Mr. Hooper. Showing that no matter what, Mr. Hooper's legacy will endure.
74	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-L-Fg7lWgQ Buffy teaching Big Bird about breastfeeding]], in a ''kids show'' no less. In parts of the United States, there is a negative stigma associated with public breastfeeding, so the fact that Big Bird is so quick to see it as normal is something truly both awesome and heartwarming. Keep in mind, this was also in ''1977''.
75	* The cartoon short "Bumble Ardy #9" about a boy who invites a group of swine to celebrate his birthday while his mother, "Sweet Adeline", is out. The pigs make a horrid mess and Bumble's mother sternly orders them out when she comes home. But when she realizes that Bumble has also left, and is meekly asking if he can come in, she takes him on her lap and kisses him nine times without a word of reproach.
76	* The song ''I'm An Earthworm'' after Slimy returns from the moon. Filled with montage of clips from Slimy's trip to the moon.
77	-->'''Slimy:''' I miss you too, Oscar.
78	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVSvjOY4g4 "Furry Happy Monsters"]] [[ParodyAssistance with]] Music/{{REM}}. Although Michael Stipe has famously gone on record as [[CreatorBacklash hating]] "Shiny Happy People," he and the other group members look genuinely happy as they goof around with the Muppet monsters. Stephanie D'Abruzzo (who voiced the [[Music/TheB52s Kate Pierson]] parody Muppet) said they had a blast, and Stipe even complimented her voice when they pre-recorded the song!
79	** It gets better too. Stipe also said that the night before they were to film the segment, he was having vivid night terrors. However, the next morning when her and the rest of the band came in to record, performing with the Muppets helped cheer him up.
80	* In the end of the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7JnWcw_nko Big Kids Cry]]", A little boy (performed by Brian Muehl) cheers up the three sad older kids (performed by Kevin Clash, Michael Earl Davis, and Karen Prell) with a box of popcorn, and then they all go to the park.
81	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQJvSzkVfRg Grover asks, "what is marriage?"]] Sexuality has ''nothing'' to do with the answer that is given.
82	* The depiction of Julia, the first puppet with autism, is absolutely heartwarming. She is treated as part of the gang and her symptoms, including stimming, aren't ridiculed but completely accepted and treated as normal. Julia herself is an absolutely adorable bundle of joy.
83	* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctTfxbHnom4 Brothers and Sisters]], which talks about how siblings are always loyal to each other (even if they have SiblingRivalry) and are there to help each other.
84	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tddMnvrFiqQ one skit]], Grover is tutoring Elmo to deliver telegrams, with him giving a demonstration to (quite expectedly) Mr Johnson, and botching it. Elmo decides to try it out, with the same door. It looks like he's going to annoy Mr Johnson even further, except he gets the lines right. Mr Johnson is actually quite touched by the service and tells Elmo to come back anytime ("without ''him''"), giving him a rare last laugh against Grover.
85	* Even though the songs about sadness and/or crying (such as "Sad", "Big Kids Cry", "It's All Right to Cry", and "All I Can Do is Cry") are tearjerkers, the message that it's fine to be sad or cry is heartwarming.
86	* Even though in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3t_tT98j70&feature=youtu.be&t=0m10s this skit]], Ernie ends up bothering Bert and leaving no room in his bed, it was still sweet of him not wanting to disturb Bert.
87	** Speaking of the friendship between Bert, they have some nice FriendshipSong's, such as "Do You Like Me?" (where Bert reassures Ernie that he likes him), "Loud and Soft" (where they compare their singing styles) and "But I Like You" (where they sing about how they like different things but both like each other).
88	* The Best Friends song about the friendship between Baby Bear and Telly. They sing about how they'll be friends forever, laugh at each other's jokes even when they're bad, cry in sympathy when the other gets soap in his eye, etc.
89	* All of the "Here is Your Life" sketches, which show the {{Animate Inanimate Object}}'s friends reuniting with them after spending years apart and being happy to see their friend again.
90	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg71djeZfos This sketch]] is mostly just comical, but it has a heartwarming ending. Basically, the Alligator King is feeling sad so he asks his seven sons to cheer him up, giving them the incentive that he'll let the one who succeeds wear his crown. After his first six sons try showering him with gifts that go horribly and hilariously wrong, the youngest simply helps him up after he trips. This wins him the crown, because as the King explains...
91	-->'''Alligator King:''' You didn't give me diamonds or rubies, but\
92	[[AFriendInNeed You helped me up when I was down!]]
93	* "Put Down The Duckie": Ernie comes to Mr. Hoots, saying that he hears a silly squeak every time he plays the saxophone. Mr. Hoots pinpoints the problem: Ernie is holding his rubber duckie when he plays. Cue a PepTalkSong where he sings to Ernie to put down his duck for a few minutes while he plays. Cue celebrities from different time periods making random cameos, encouraging Ernie to "put down the duckie". Ernie finally gets it when Mr. Hoots explains it's just for a few minutes, and he can pick up his duckie when he's done playing. Cue Ernie finally letting loose on a saxophone solo and it is ''beautiful''.
94	** There are several versions, including an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqJjrtDFGpI all-stars assemble supercut]] where different celebrities sing for Ernie to put down the duckie. Most 90s viewers may be familiar with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlWMA6PJ7AA the cut]] from the ''Sing Yourself Silly'' VHS. We get some sweet moments, like Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman {{Corpsing}} before they dance together, Jeremy Irons doing a funny walk, and Itzhak Perlman plucking his violin.
95	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bciVZbsDJSM A live concert]] had Mr. Hoots and Ernie reunite for a jazz arrangement of the song. They haven't lost their touch, and Mr. Hoots is allowed to give a soothing solo.
96	** The documentary ''Street Gang'' ends with the production crew and cast singing it from a taped wrap party. There's something sweet about how such a silly song has endured for fifty years and counting.
97	* [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/343213309 "The Imagination Song"]] is another heartwarming moment. Ernie complains to Bert about nightmares he has of monsters (Not [[BenevolentMonsters friendly monsters]] like Grover, Herry or Cookie, which Bert mentions, but [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight scary ones from under his bed]]). Bert comforts Ernie back in bed by telling him to think about dreaming of good things. Ernie thinks about balloons. And it breaks into the song. In the end of the song, a dream sequence appears of balloons pouring all over Sesame Street.
98	-->'''Bert:''' What do you like?
99	-->'''Ernie:''' Well, I like big balloons, Bert!
100	-->'''Bert:''' Well, that's nice! Big balloons! That's good! What else do you like?
101	-->'''Ernie:''' Well, small balloons, Bert!
102	-->'''Bert:''' Small balloons? Okay, so you like big balloons, and you like small balloons! There must be something else you like, though!
103	-->'''Ernie:''' Oh there is, Bert!
104	-->'''Bert:''' Oh, good, what?
105	-->'''Ernie:''' Middle-size balloons, Bert!
106	-->'''Bert:''' (sighs) Okay. So you like balloons.
107	-->'''Ernie:''' Oh yes, Bert!
108	-->'''Bert:''' Well, then imagine balloons!
109	** Bert sighs, frustrated with Ernie's fixation on balloons, then he goes with it. He's not about to let his buddy down.
110	** After the song is done, Ernie drifts off to sleep, dreaming that millions of balloons are raining down on Sesame Street. Bert was right; it's great SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel.
111	* [[https://youtu.be/bovHcMEgc30 "Closer to Me"]] is an Elmo song from the mid-1980s about how good it feels to be by yourself sometimes. The way he sings it is so cute.
112	* The short cartoon skit titled "Mother and Child Draw Love". Basically, a woman and her daughter who looks about 18 months old are taking a nap on the couch on a rainy day, when the girl notices she can draw on the window with her finger. The mother wakes up and draws the daughter, who then crudely draws the mother and then the baby makes it so the drawings are holding hands.
113	* The book, titled "Ernie's Big Mess", has a rather heartwarming plot. Towards the end of the book, Bert, having previously chewed out Ernie for his uncleanliness, realizes his mistake and heads out in search of him. When he finally finds him, he apologizes for yelling at him, and the two head back to the apartment.
114	* What's better than Kermit singing "Bein' Green"? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPvZR6DTbq8 Lena Horne singing "Bein' Green" to Kermit to cheer him up.]] It's far more powerful than you'd expect: Kermit is clearly feeling very depressed, and Lena is doing her best to comfort him. At times she speaks the lyrics to him, at other times she sings in a very intense voice. By the end, Kermit has ''not'' magically broken out of his funk, but he does feel better, knowing [[YouAreNotAlone he has friends like Lena who have his back.]]
115	* In episode 5015, Charlie and The Count have lots of fun counting together. Even when The Count thinks that Charlie has usurped him as Sesame Street's resident, she assures him that no one could ever replace him.
116	* The adorable "[[https://youtu.be/9fdl52y62O4 I Can Remember]]" , a quintessential clip of what it was like to grow up in the inner city during the '70's[=/=] '80's. A little girl is sent to the store by her mother, insisting that she can remember what her mother wants, repeating the items all the way. . . only to forget as soon as she gets to the store. But she thinks about for a moment and ''does'' remember, and the skit ends with her proudly presenting the items to her mother, who tells her "Good job, baby". It's a lovely demonstration that even very young children can be trusted to be independent and reliable. The skit was so iconic that it was remade in 2012 and even parodied by other shows.
117	* The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbZsX4HTep8 Bye-Bye for Now]]": The parents and children acknowledge that while they are saying goodbye, it is only for now, and they will be fine while apart.

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