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Message: <blockquote data-quote="omedon" data-source="post: 43002" data-attributes="member: 837">I agree Sesame Street is not the wonder it once was. I think the "elmofication" of Childrens Television Workshop has more to do with there need to draw funding than actually educating children. They need to sell their dolls in order to pay for the show, and Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert and Ernie, and Oscar the Grouch just aren't moving off the shelves the way they used to.I liked the old set up of sesame street. Sure the main story was broken up, but there was great stuff with puppets in between it. The two-headed monster, Grover the waiter, Guy Smiley the gameshow host, Super Grover, Bert & Ernie, The Count, etc.Hopefully they will eventually show reruns of the older shows. And although I would hate to see Gordon, Maria, and all the creative people on that show go out of work, maybe they should. Come on it is not like the 3 year old is going to know that the episode he is watching was shown 10 years ago.They have actually done this with a very popular childrens show here in Canada called Mr. Dressup. When the shows star finally retired he just ended the show the way he always did saying "see you next time and bye bye, from me Mr. Dressup." They have been repeating the 20 or so years worth of episodes ever since.Oh, and by the way Eversoar the Swedish Chef is from the Muppet Show.I sure wish that they would rerun that.</blockquote>