Posts Tagged ‘Sesame Street’

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Biggest Disappointments of the Decade

As each decade dawns, there is anticipation and excitement over what the next ten years will bring. Sometimes the decade lives up to the hype, but more often there are huge disappointments. A quick disclaimer, some of you may disagree with what counts as a disappointment. So just remember that this is one man’s opinion. [...]

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Best of the Decade: Top Ten Tuesday

This is cheating. When this decade comes to a close, Top Ten Tuesday will not have made a lasting impact. It will have only been around for 13.33% of the last ten years. But it seemed to appropriate to keep in theme with the rest of the entries this week. If you haven’t checked out [...]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Sesame Street Turns 40

On November 10, 1969, Sesame Street hit the airwaves with one mission: to educate children via television. The mixture of humans, muppets, animation, song, dance, comedy, and special guest stars with counting, ABCs, lessons on being kind to one another, and how to tie your shoes has been a standby for several generations of children. [...]

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Sesame Street and Fishers of Men

“Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” -Matthew 4:19

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Of the thousands of Sesame Streets skits that I saw growing up, I don’t know why this one has stuck in my head all these years. Maybe it was because I always liked Ernie (though [...]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Aliens

Seesalt registration began this past week and so in honor of this summer’s theme, “Invasion”, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday will cover some of our favorite pop culture aliens. First off, apologies to Trekkies for the lack of a Spock or Worf on this list. I’m not a Trekkie (though J.J. Abrams upcoming movie has [...]