About “Sesame Street” in a few words:

“Sesame Street” is an iconic American educational children’s television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is known for its Muppet characters created by Jim Henson. The show addresses a variety of topics through songs, sketches, and short films, aiming to educate young children on numbers, letters, social skills, and more, all while entertaining.

Meet the Sesame Street characters

Elmo

Elmo is this ridiculously sunny little red furball who seems to radiate enthusiasm like it’s a superpower — he giggles a lot, asks a million questions, and somehow everything is “Elmo’s favorite!” He’s childlike and earnest but also drops these weirdly wise comments occasionally (like, unexpectedly deep for a fuzzy three-year-old?). He loves singing, friends, and his pet goldfish Dorothy, though I’m pretty sure he once claimed to be terrified of cucumbers? Always bouncing, always curious, and yes, he talks in that high, adorable voice that makes you smile whether you meant to or not.

Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster is pure chaotic love for cookies — fearless, unapologetic, and famously loud when the treats appear (OM NOM NOM, the classics). But he’s also weirder and gentler than people remember; he’ll line up cookies by size, talk about feelings, and on a good day even say “C is for cookie, but sometimes C is for carrot” (is that real? maybe). Blue, shaggy, slightly bonkers eyes and a hunger that becomes legend — he trips over his own enthusiasm and it’s the best thing.

Big Bird

Big Bird is giant, soft, and impossibly sincere — like the kindness incarnate of Sesame Street, always asking questions and learning in public, which is charming and a little heartbreaking. He’s very tall (obviously) and somehow both childlike and oddly patient, the sort of friend who will listen to your entire dramatic story and then make you feel better with a slow, thoughtful nod. Lives in a nest but also has a cozy bedroom? He loves nature, birds (duh), and sometimes gets confused about grown-up stuff but figures it out, usually with a song.

Oscar the Grouch

Oscar is cranky, green, and living in a trash can by choice because he genuinely loves the stink and the solitude and the aesthetic of clutter — he’s grumpy on principle and proud of it. But here’s the thing: under all the gruff there’s this weird, begrudging affection for the neighborhood (and yes he has a soft spot, shh), plus he collects horrible things like discarded birthday candles and old jingles. He complains about happiness but will also smugly show up when someone needs trashy advice (which is its own kind of care).

Bert and Ernie

Bert is the buttoned-up, eyebrow-arch-loving roommate who treasures pigeons, bottle caps, and order (and yes, he will absolutely catalog your spoons if you let him), while Ernie is a goofy, rubber-ducky-worshipping prankster who sings, splashes, and somehow gets away with everything. Together they are domestic chaos and balance — they bicker, they scheme, they share a bed? no, seriously, it’s complicated — and you can feel how real their friendship is even when Ernie is hiding Bert’s favorite paperclips. They are endlessly comforting as a pair, like late-night roommates who know each other’s strange habits and still like each other.

Count von Count

The Count is delightfully theatrical, a vampire-ish fellow whose entire personality is an ode to numbers — thunder, lightning, and COUNTING! He’ll happily keep tally of anything in sight (stairs, frogs, soup spoons) and pronounce it with glee, complete with a maniacal laugh (ah ah ah!) that never gets old. He’s obsessive but in the cutest way, living in a castle with bats who are probably his accountants, and sometimes he forgets zero exists until someone reminds him, which is hilarious and slightly tragic.

Grover

Grover is that earnest, wide-eyed helper who thinks he’s an expert in everything (Super Grover to the rescue!) and then proceeds to make a noble mess of it — bless him. He tries so hard to be brave and useful and sometimes he is glorious and other times he trips over his own cape; both versions are delightful. He’s sweet, a little clumsy, speaks with dramatic sincerity, and will insist he’s totally in control even when the situation says otherwise (and that is the charm).