Happy 40th Sesame Street

My Mom once told me right after she and my Dad were married, they would rush home from work to watch a short comedy skit done by the muppets just before the news would come on. Laughing hysterically at the comedy antics of Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Fourty years later, I still laugh at the skits they do on Sesame Street. Sometimes it's geared towards adults. For example, when my sons were about two years old and it was early in the morning, they were watching Sesame Street. I was not fully awake yet, and was sitting on the couch half asleep, then suddenly this old soap opera music comes on and the words "Desperate Houseplants" comes on the screen. Well of course I perked up because I watch the show Desperate Housewives. It was about two plants sitting in the window. One needed water and the other needed sun. "I've lost my bloom!" cried the plant. Then this studly man muppet struts past the window and one of the plants says, "Is that the gardner?" So of course he takes care of the plants, and everything turns out fine in the end. I'm rolling on the floor laughing and my sons are staring blankly at the tv. Love it! It's actually on youtube. You should look it up.

Whoever coined the phrase, "Laughter is the best medicine", was right. I love to laugh and I love it when people make me laugh. It makes my stressful days go by so much easier. Just think, if everyone could watch Sesame Street in the morning before they go to work, the world would be a much nicer place. The muppets teach you the basics of life, like, wash your hands, say "please" and "thank you", treat others the way you want to be treated, and last but not least, "C" is for "cookie!"