Who Was Your Favourite Sesame Street Character?

ChrisR777
ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,108 Championing
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My favourite puppet character was Mr Aloysius Snuffleupagus, and for the human contingent, i'm going with music teacher - Bob Johnson.

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,741 Online Community Team

    Ah I wish I'd grown up watching Sesame Street. I love the Muppets, but for some reason we never watched Sesame Street! I'll have to go back and watch some to fill in that part of my childhood ๐Ÿ˜„

    I know of some of the characters but I wasn't very familiar with Mr Snuffleupagus before your post. A quick google tells me he is an excellent choice!

    I do have a soft spot for Elmo I have to say. There was a point a couple of years ago where Elmo asked people how they were feeling on Twitter and lots of adults told him they weren't doing so well. It turned into a whole emotional wellbeing moment. Bizarre but oddly enjoyable to read through!

    Is Gus' name related to Mr Snuffleupagus or just a coincidence?

  • kreacher
    kreacher Community Member Posts: 691 Empowering

    oscar the grouch

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 6,493 Championing

    Abby Cadabby

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Community Member Posts: 2,027 Championing

    A tie between The Count and The Cookie Monster. Absolutely adored them. They were so funny!

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,436 Championing

    ๐Ÿคจ it passed me by, never watched.

  • Dynamisante
    Dynamisante Community Member Posts: 228 Contributor
    edited October 1

    oh my gosh, weโ€™re going back some years ๐Ÿ˜‚ big bird was my favourite, he was larger than life and struggled to hold his weight ๐Ÿ˜‚ plus he could talk, what a guy !

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,108 Championing
    edited October 1

    I have just learned that man who performed as Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover, he was born in Hereford (Frank Oz).

  • Rag_793
    Rag_793 Community Member Posts: 824 Empowering

    To be honest I was brought up watching stuff like Playschool, Rosie & Jim, Tinytots, 80s Cartoons, Rainbow, Trap Door etc but the one Sesame Street Character that I can associate with is Oscar The Grouch

  • Anhedonia2
    Anhedonia2 Community Member Posts: 447 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151534#Comment_1151534

    I never saw Playschool but this is the same as me. I know I watched a few episodes of Sesame Street and Oscar the Grouch and Mr Snuffleupagus are actually the only two I remember so would have to say they are my favourite.

  • Orbitmaker45
    Orbitmaker45 Community Member Posts: 14 Connected

    I absolutely love Elmo and Big Bird

  • kreacher
    kreacher Community Member Posts: 691 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151534#Comment_1151534

    i prefered playschool etc, now and again i watched sesame street, and now i have the rosie and jim theme in my head

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,283 Championing

    Big bird

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,108 Championing
    edited October 3
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151470#Comment_1151470

    Gus is a common abbreviation of Angus. My daughter asked me at the time, if it was short for Gustav! ๐Ÿ™„

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    I have to post the catchiest counting song ever

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC7l3V1nhWc
  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,108 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151827#Comment_1151827

    I remember the 'song', I imagine it featured many times across the years.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,108 Championing
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dlWmrRstc&list=RDG1dlWmrRstc&start_radio=1
  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    I love this song @ChrisR777! I love how the girl really got into it. I wonder if she became a singer?

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,108 Championing
    edited October 3

    Maybe she did become a singer, we'we'll never know!

    I see it was aired on PBS, and must have been beneficial to generations of US children. Guess which POTUS wants to shut tthat particular network down? ๐Ÿค” (Probably thinks it's communist).

    I can't remember when I viewed Sesame Street, it must have been early morning at the weekend, i'll have to find out.

    My old man stayed in bed until 09:00 on Saturday mornings, my mum would have been off to her shop assistant job with M&S, then later with Next when it first opened here.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    I remember it being on very early in the morning in the 90s. I think I watched it on Channel 4. There'd be Pokemon and the Simpsons on too. Children will never know how awful it was to have to watch a program you didn't like just to get to the one you really wanted to watch!

    I miss having lazy weekend mornings watching tv in bed. We don't have a tv in our bedroom now because I don't think I'd ever leave ๐Ÿ˜‚

  • Epistle_Rich
    Epistle_Rich Community Member Posts: 37 Connected

    Bert 100%

    I always like when a grumpy character can be made loveable (still welcome and included, even when their mood could be frowned upon)

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