I really love looking at Sesame Street content and I want to start watching the show but I don't really know where to start, if that makes sense? I wasn't allowed to watch the show as a kid so I don't know anything about it, I just love the characters. Do you have any advice? Like do I have to start with episode 1 and can I watch it online etc. Thank you so much 🥺
Not all the episodes are online (and quite a few of them are lost), but yes, Episode 1, and many of the older episodes are online! The problem is finding recent episodes, especially since the HBO takeover. It’d be best to search through the episode guide on the Muppet Wiki, find which ones interest you, and check on YouTube for them. Like I said, many older episodes (pre-2000s, usually) are pretty easy to find, while the recent ones aren’t. It’s considerably easier to watch the individual sketches, but there are some actual storylines and arcs that you’d actually have to watch full episodes for. The most famous one is probably Maria and Luis’ courtship, marriage, and the eventual birth of their daughter, Gabi, and many of said storylines don’t have much to do with the Muppet characters. Whether that’s a problem or not depends on the viewer (personally, I love the human characters, though my blog doesn’t really show it). For more Muppet content that follows a storyline, there a plenty of movies and specials that focus primarily on them, such as The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Follow That Bird, Don’t Eat The Pictures, etc. It all really depends on what you’re looking for, really.