I grew up with Sesame Street – hopelessly addicted. I spent endless afternoons religiously glued to the TV in kindergarden and later primary school. My fascination with Oscar, Big Bird, Terry, Elmo and gang waned when I discovered My Little Ponies. But that’s another story. 

Once in a while, during secondary school and college, I’d catch a glimpse of that childhood while channel-surfing. Of course, the puerile TV dramas and variety shows always proved too much to resist. A familiar sense of boredom set in on a hot Sat afternoon lured me to the Net. Doesn’t it always begin this way? I was at my usual pretentious sites – Guardian.co.uk to be exact – when I read an interview with Feist. There’s the usual interview crap and it mentioned she appeared on Sesame Street singing her megahit ’1,2,3,4′ She’s not  only the only one. Okay, I know celebs and musicians like Stevie Wonder and Johnny Cash have long appeared on Sesame Street. In this world of startling changes, especially in the media, it’s rare to see a ‘tradition’ is being continued. Call me sentimental, but I found myself on YouTube watching these clips. 

Yah, yah, it’s lame to say I wanna be a kid again. I don’t. If anything, watching them as a cynical adult is kinda humanising. A rare moment to feel silly, happy and easily impressed again.  Of course, the clips are also so damn cute! 

Here’s Norah Jones singing ‘Don’t know whY’ searching for her friend Y:

And there are soft rockers Goo Goo Dolls:

Whiny James Blunt and his annoying song (that doesn’t seem so ‘balls-squeezing’ here) :

For some reason, I can’t Feist on Sesame Street! Can somebody upload it please?