Sesame Street

Pros: Still has great characters and teaches all of the basics
Cons: *sigh* too much Elmo and Elmo's World is difficult for adults to take

Sesame Street. It's been a part of my life for the last 27 years, and hopefully will be for 27 more. It's astonishing how much of my world has been shaped by this program, which started back in 1969. There have been definite changes, more in the last...

Pros: Definently one of todays major learning tools.
Cons: Show is 1 hour long, might be hard for some toddlers to sit through.

I believe that the title says it all! "Sesame Street" is a show which has truly stood the test of time. I sat down with my 2 year old daughter recently to watch Sesame Street. It has been a good 20 years since I have watched, and I was...

Pros: Educational, grabs kid's attention.
Cons: Some segments teach semi-controversial idealogy, most segments repeated over and over and over again.

I don't know why they have to show Sesame Street at 8 in the morning here. Maybe so I can get my butt out of bed and not sleep the day away. I guess that's a good thing. There I am, every morning at 7:50, getting my daughter up to watch Sesame Street. ...

Pros: Educational programming for our little ones
Cons: Not one

“Come and play, everything’s A-OK….”

Jim Henson’s vision of a television show for children, featuring his puppetry creations, had come to life! As children’s shows before it, such as Punch and Judy, Howdy Doody and Sherry Lewis...

Pros: Excellent teaching methodology
Cons: None that I have found

When my oldest child was born far too early in 1969; preemies were just expected to have life long problems. Medical technology has made such advances from that time to this that little ones who are born between weeks 26 and 28 of gestation often...

Pros: educational in a variety of ways
Cons: should be on 24/7

Can You Show Me How to get to Sesame Street? If only you could. This is one tv show I would not mind living in, if possible.

Sesame Street has offered quality children's programming since the 60's. Yet, the show retains a certain amount...

Pros: Everything about the show is great
Cons: Not on enough, should be on 24 hrs.

Remembering back to being a child I can still think back to when I would sit on the floor about 20 inches from the television set with my bowl of cereal and orange juice, and just watch Sesame Street like it was the only show on television.

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Pros: Education with a Postive Attitude
Cons: What happens when a child misses a couple of days? Numbers are skipped??

Over 30 years later, audiences in over 140 countries are still wowed by Sesame Street. Considering the target audience is toddlers and preschoolers wowing them is not an easy task! And at times adults, teenagers and preteens that tune in outnumber the...

Pros: The lessons are endless and wonderful.
Cons: None at all

I can honestly say that I do not know a child that hasn't watched Sesame Street at one point or another. It has to be the most educational children's show on television today, and has been for many years. This show is run on donations from the public. I ...

Pros: Great deal of talent to make the show as educational and entertaining as possible
Cons: Elmo speaks in the third person

Sesame Street has been one of my most favorite shows of my entire life. I watch it a little less now than when I was a toddler. I used to ball my head off when an episode of Sesame Street came to an end. I was the reason why my parents bought a VCR....

Pros: This is the best show ever for young children.
Cons: I can't think of ANY in my almost 30 years on this earth.

My daughter is 2 years old. I remember watching sesame street as a 5 year old. I understand how people can't explain how a show this old has held it's own against the Blue's Clues and the Tele Tubbies and the Thomas the Train's shows out there. ...

Pros: Educational, Entertaining...Wonderful Characters
Cons: None

I just had a great time reading my daughters epinion (Chalathra) and remembering what a great show Sesame Street is.

The show first aired when my oldest daughter was only about a year old and was such a novel idea in Childrens entertainment....

Pros: Has--and hasn't--changed.
Cons: Some of Elmo, most of the merchandise, and the final theme song.

. . . if you really need me to finish that line, you've had your head buried in the dust for the last thirty years or so.

I love Sesame Street.

Since I'm going to say one or two rotten things about Sesame Street, I wanted to...

Pros: Educational, Entertaining, Fun Songs.
Cons: Elmo refers to himself in the third person.

This program brings back such fond memories of my childhood. Even now that I am a mother, I love it as much today as I did way back when.

Sesame Street is a one hour long educational program aimed at toddlers and preschoolers. The cast of...

Pros: Educational, fun, lovable characters. Top-notch quality.
Cons: It is television.

I watched "Sesame Street" three times a day as a preschooler (Yeah, I know. My parents had never heard of the phrase "too much TV"), after school every day when I was in the primary grades, and with my young charges as an after-school...