Sesame Street Week - Day 2

Wow. That's the inital feeling after skimming through just several pages of Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street. Around January, I would have said that Street Gang was THE book on Sesame Street. Sorry, Michael Davis, this book tops Street Gang in every possible way. More like Of Muppets and Men, this is the Sesame Street book we've been waiting for. Compared to 1998's Sesame Street Unpaved, which suffered a strong amount of factual errors and head-scratching material despite some very comprehensive reading, A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street is a better book.

One thing about it this that the book is HUGE. This is more than just a coffee table book, it's the size of a textbook with elements of a coffee table book. When I bought it at Barnes & Noble, walking around with it really tires you out. OK, it's not that bad, but it's still a really big book.

Once you really get into it, a lot of the information is repeated info with occasional insight into stuff we don't really know. But the mass amount of pictures we see in the book more than makes up for it. Lots of pictures ranging from 1969 to 2009, behind-the-scenes photos, merchandise, it's all here. I'd go into details but that would deter away from the main point I'm making: buy this book! There's something in here for everybody. There's even a bonus DVD with the first episode on it. If you own Old School, Vol. 1, it's sort of pointless, but makes a nice companion piece anyway. This book may be $40, but it's worth every penny. Go check it out.

Tomorrow: We didn't get Old School, Vol. 3, but a substitute like tomorrow's item repairs the damage.