It's been nothing but sunny days since 1969 for Sesame Street, the much-loved, much decorated PBS (and now HBO Max) series. The show has taught several generations how to count, recognize numbers, speak American sign language, recognize colors and shapes, learn words, and learn how to cope with disasters, death and disease – and even appreciate pop culture.
"Sesame Street" is such as staple for viewers at this point that there's little more anyone can do to laud it. It's been a daytime television staple for so long that it holds 180 Daytime Emmys, a record for any children's program. Characters like Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Count von Count, Cookie Monster, Grover, Oscar The Grouch, and Elmo are pop culture icons. The street has seen deaths, marriages, births and divorces. And now you know that they're one of the the longest-lived children's programs of all time. Not a bad raft of legendary accomplishments.
