Pig'sSaysAdios
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True. But maybe one day i'll get to have a job where I can be a kid all day.Same thing could be said about Jim's death and Sesame Street. I really thought that after hearing about his death, Sesame was finished.
After 20 solid years, how much longer could the show go on? It outlasted anything else PBS ever aired (Mr. Rogers aired new episodes sporadically, he didn't have the heavy production schedule Sesame did).
They were able to survive the deaths of Mr. Hooper, David, and Joe Raposo, but Jim's death was such a serious blow. Even Frank admitted, he still did Grover and Cookie for a number of years, but after a while it seemed more of an obligation than a true commitment.
By virtue of getting older, by the time of Jim's death I was 22, graduating from college, and sitting at home to watch Sesame Street is no longer a top priority.
Working, paying rent, playing in bands, dating, all that stuff happens as you grow up, and instead of watching Sesame every day, you have other things on your plate.
This is probably scaring the crap out of some of you, all this ADULT stuff, but someday you'll all have to face that moment too.
You don't have to leave your childhood behind completely, but at work, the boss probably won't like it if you show up with your sippy cup and binkie.
Meanwhile, all this talk about recasts recently has got me thinking about Sesame Street. I wonder who each character would be played by if something were to happen to their other performers. Telly specifically is so much a Marty character, he's the only one that I can't picture being anybody else.