I was truly a Mr. Rogers Neighborhood kid, though I watched Sesame Street, and have a deep love of Muppets in general - The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, etc. But my *least* favorite character on Sesame Street, and a story my mom likes to tell to this day, is how utterly terrified I was of The Count. Not sure if it was the laugh, or the thunder and lightening that always accompanied him, but I cried every time he hit the screen.

My favorite was this Grover sketch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rygc5JQKYNQ

Still makes me laugh because it's just so absurd.

I wore out a cassette tape of the rubber ducky song as a kid. I love Oscar the Grouch and Slimy, and Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, and I like Snuffleupagus, too. I didn't watch it that often as a kid, but enjoyed it when I did.

I loved the special guests especially the ones who sang opera. I always loved opera even when I was small so if they had Beverly Sills on I watched. I generally liked all of the muppets but Burt and Ernie reminded me a bit of my uncles and ernie was my favorite.

My favorite bit was when Bert and Ernie sang the song "Things that I Remember" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMGZzhPJ008) together. But I also credit Sesame Street for my love of learning languages - I loved the inclusion of both Spanish and American Sign Language, and for positively portraying diversity to this gal who grew up in the very bigoted South in the 70s and 80s. To this day, I STILL enjoy watching Sesame Street from time to time. It's such a positive example of learning and cooperation and that meant a lot to me when I was growing up surrounded by so much hate.