my husband and i buy the old school sesame street dvd for our daughter and i have to say and i do not let her watch the new episode on tv and because i find all of the character annoy . baby bear and telly . omgosh and how annoying and useless blabber can someone think of for their kit . elmo . give it a rest not every kid like him and once again and annoy and doesn not teach my child anything . mr. noodle . what a reject . i think the one time i turn the new show on for her and she and i be leave dumber than before . the show have definitely take a wrong turn . i remember the yip yip and kermit break news and 1 2 2 little doll and mumford the magician and bert and ernie and grover the waiter and all the great educational skit of old school s. s. sesame street have suffer a direct hit of boredom and dumbness since jim henson pass in 1990. the show no longer have the educational and funny and interactive skit it use to . i find the new version simply unbearably annoy and full of useless non educational blabber . way to go s. s. producer or writer you have yet another cartoony show for the parent to sit there non creative and non exercise kid in front of so they will get out of their hair . per producer or writer represent i suggest you whip out the old muppets and start tap similar content to that of the first sesame street . lord know i sure do not want my child talk like baby bear or elmo .