My new favorite website!

Friends, this morning we made a wonderful discovery here at the Wuertz house. I found Sesame Street! I was curious as to whether or not it was still on TV (it is!), so I checked the cable menu and Sarah Beth and I watched it (well, she watched the first 10 minutes and then lost interest and resumed climbing all over a cardboard box). When it started, she was transfixed! She was in the middle of one of her DOZENS of laps around our big rectangular coffee table and she stopped, looked up at the TV, held out her hand and started babbling at whatever strange looking muppet was on the screen talking about what makes a triangle great! It was hysterical! She's never paid that much attention to anything on TV--it was like she looked up and saw the blue-furred little guy and went, "Hey! This is for me!" :)

She watched with serious interest for maybe 10-15 minutes then went back to playing. I, however, watched the whole thing and loved it! I had no idea how hilarious Sesame Street has become! The highlight of my day so far was watching James Blunt sing a duet called "My Triangle" (to the tune of his song, "You're Beautiful") with a muppet. My sweet friend Sarah (a preschool teacher) clued me in on the wealth of fabulous celebrity videos that can be found on sesamestreet.org and I've spent the last 20 minutes watching videos and wondering how these people do this with a straight face. Here, for your personal enrichment, are my favorites:

James Blunt singing "My Triangle"
http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=df4a889a-157a-11dd-9bc7-777dea8a73e7

Dixie Chicks singing "There's No Letter Better Than B"
http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=19fde7fd-1575-11dd-bb51-597ab51d2e81

Anderson Cooper (my "Silver Fox Crush") broadcasting from Oscar's trash can with "Dan Rathernot" and "Walter Cranky"
http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=86730c18-154b-11dd-8ea8-a3d2ac25b65b

Ken Jennings (from Jeopardy) wins a date with a pineapple
http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=72ed3da9-156a-11dd-bb51-597ab51d2e81