40 Years of Sesame Street

Although the true anniversary isn't until next Tuesday apparently, Google in the UK are today marking 40 years of Sesame Street with a Cookie Monster 'google doodle'.




I used to enjoy Sesame Street when I was younger (and by younger I mean in my 20's) - my favourite characters were always Elmo and Count von Count.

As my own tribute to the show here are some out-takes from when Ricky Gervais met Elmo on the show earlier this year.



'You're not supposed to touch Elmo!'

"I'm Gonna Need A Hacksaw"

Whenever I see Kiefer Sutherland/Jack Bauer I think of this line from the first episode of season 2 of 24. Jack appears to be a beaten man - his CTU career is over, he's seen his daughter kidnapped, his wife murdered ... he just didn't have anything else left to lose.

What happened before Jack uttered those words set the tone for the show from that point onwards I think: anything is possible!

Six or seven years later and the programme is onto the eighth series ('day') and for me everything about the show - the acting, the writing, production - is just as strong as it was during those early episodes.

Earlier this week Fox released what I believe is the first trailer for 'day 8' and it looks like we're in for another great series.



24 Season 8 premieres January 2010.