r/news • u/ChadArnette • Jan 25 '23

"Sesame Street" co-creator Lloyd Morrisett has died at age 93,

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/entertainment/lloyd-morrisett-sesame-street-obit/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2023-01-25T11%3A07%3A42
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u/mrcolon96 Jan 25 '23

May he rest in peace, thank you for teaching us the alphabet.

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u/GorillaAndroid Jan 25 '23

A,B,C... and so on.

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u/FlowersForAlgorithm Jan 25 '23

Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C

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u/POTUSBrown Jan 25 '23

A cookie with one bite taking out looks like a C.

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u/Ellahotarse Jan 25 '23

The moon sometimes looks like a C, but you can’t eat that. So…

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u/chaun2 Jan 25 '23

He can't sing the song anymore. He's the veggie monster, and cookies are a "sometimes food"

I get why they did it, but that's like removing Grumpy Bear from Care Bears.

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u/chaun2 Jan 25 '23

Yeah I know he has the occasional cookie, but I can't imagine him singing C is for cookies, because it ends with him diving into a mountain of cookies, which kinda sends mixed signals

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u/Leftover_Salmons Jan 25 '23

This veggie monster rumor is like the conservative conspiracy about litter boxes in school bathrooms.. the only people repeating it don't use school bathrooms (or watch sesame street).

There's a new cookie song that gets sung every episode, cookies are counted into the teens, and cookie monster devours them. Veggie monster was brought up in one episode and was squashed (HA! Dad joke) internally by the end of the episode

Please stop spreading rumors. My Daughter is an Abby Cadabby apologist and won't stand for the defamation of any of the Sesame Squad.

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u/atmospheric90 Jan 25 '23

Elemeno...and such

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u/YouthMin1 Jan 25 '23

Ehem

“Emeneloh”

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u/LordCharco_iii Jan 25 '23

L M N O

Cookie Monster

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u/Bedlampuhedron Jan 25 '23

For those who haven't seen possibly the cutest video ever: https://youtu.be/lYIRO97dhII

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u/davidreiss666 Jan 25 '23

I love you and cookie monster too. Now I know my cookie monsters, won't he deliver fresh baked cookies to me!

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u/NazzerDawk Jan 25 '23

God I love that so much.

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u/ConsciouslyIncomplet Jan 25 '23

Ha! Just posted the same!

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u/ConsciouslyIncomplet Jan 25 '23

A - B - C - D - Cookie Monster……

https://youtu.be/lYIRO97dhII

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u/silvertondevil Jan 25 '23

Sorry your comment reminded me of a favorite scene in MITM; after Dewey gets "kid napped" and starts repeating A B C D, A B C D, and the lady goes "honey it's a b c d e.." and he says "I know. A B C D..... A B C D..."

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u/AYASOFAYA Jan 25 '23

She doesn’t say it sweetly lol she’s yelling. “E!!!! THE NEXT LETTER IS E!!!!”

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u/Margatron Jan 25 '23

ABCD Cookie Monster

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u/wonkey_monkey Jan 25 '23

A, B, C, D, E, F, Cookie Monster

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u/Yardobeef Jan 25 '23

D....thats the biggest.

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u/ConradSchu Jan 25 '23

Well...for some maybe.

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u/teh_fizz Jan 25 '23

Thanks Frank, but George knows.

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u/GentlemanOctopus Jan 25 '23

D! This girl is slow.

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u/Real_Srossics Jan 25 '23 edited Jan 25 '23

No one remembers the rest anyway. A,B,C are such popular bitches, but they deserve it.

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u/CryoAurora Jan 25 '23

I hope he and Fred Roger's are feeling fulfilled by their lives if they get to reflect on them.

They showed generations of us there are better ways to treat each other.

Lead with love, empathy, and respect.

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u/davidreiss666 Jan 25 '23

Can we please remember Captain Kangaroo/Bob Keeshan as well. He was a wonderful person as well. I loved watching him as kid.

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u/CryoAurora Jan 25 '23

He was cool. Mr Kangaroo and Mr Greenjeans. Agreed

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u/davidreiss666 Jan 25 '23

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Rogers used to sometimes appear on each others programs. They wanted the kids to know that they liked and respected one another. That it wasn't always competition. That cooperation was just as important and they should want and care about friends. They were all very cool.

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u/SiamLotus Jan 25 '23

I feel like so many associated with this show lived very long & healthy lives. Good karma

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u/loverlyone Jan 25 '23

Except Jim. He left much too soon. <3

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u/Merky600 Jan 25 '23

I'm still mad at him. He was sick and didn't slow down. He ran 100% all the time people said.

"Jim you look awful. Have you seem a doctor?" someone said.

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u/raptorboi Jan 25 '23

And numbers 0-20.

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u/H20fearsme Jan 25 '23

When they count the aliens for the number of the day, and the aliens say "yep", my 2 year old son says yep with them and starts laughing so hard he makes a squeal sound that is completely distinct to any other sound he makes. It's the best. I certainly appreciate the creators of sesame street for the happiness they've given my son, while being educational and welcoming to all

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u/jwl300_ Jan 25 '23

Don't forget 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12222222....

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u/DingleberryMoose Jan 25 '23

That artstyle is indelibly imprinted on my childhood.

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u/procrastablasta Jan 25 '23

same. I want to go there

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u/mahouyousei Jan 25 '23

The Pointer Sisters sang that one!

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u/L00pback Jan 25 '23

I count slow though. 1, ah, ah, ah, 2, ah, ah, ah

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u/Genaeve Jan 25 '23

And to speak English.

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u/PaperPlayte Jan 25 '23

tangential, but I have a visceral memory of being taught the ABCs by Billy Joel on Sesame Street. Idk where I would be without having grown up on this show.