If you think you ever remotely had a childhood...
Read this page: 25 of the author's best memories about Sesame Street. I don't remember a lot of these, since I'm pretty sure they pre-date me, but some of them hit nerves: the Don't Eat The Pictures one, Ernie's stupid jokes, the martians. It gets all the really big Sesame Street-specific bits, but on of my personal favorite SS-related memories was way bigger in scope: the Muppet Christmas Special.

In short: Take every muppet that ever hit the TV screen. Make holiday special. I think the basic plot arc is that Fozzy Bear, from the Muppet Show, ends up going to his mom's for Christmas, and was only planning on coming with a few people like Kermit and Miss Piggy, but due to weather and various other circumstances, the entire Muppet cast of Sesame Street and the Muppet Show wind up visiting. Moreover, the house they're in end's up being Doc's house, resulting in the Fraggles showing up! Now that I think about it, this is probably the first major crossover event I ever experienced, and it was so awesome. From the Swedish Chef vs. Big Bird to Grover and the Snowman's Vaudeville routine, the whole show just plain ruled. It's really unfortunate that a lot of the archives for these shows have been lost or are otherwise unaccessible. Re-releasing them on DVD would be really something.

I can't speak for the Street now, (apparantly Elmo is now something like the star of the show, for some reason) but when I was a kid, Sesame Street and the Muppets were an institution. I don't think it's possible for a kid NOT to have memories of this show, and therefore I propose that anyone who hasn't, is an android, body-snatcher, invader from the Qth dimension, or y'know, not from North America. Whichever.  ¶ 11:40 a.m.