- Cookie Monster.
- Hi, Joe.
- Hi, I wanna tell you something.
- Does it involve a cookie?
(audience laughing)
- Better than that.
- Nothing better than cookie.
Yeah, okay, but just, for me,
when I was little Sesame Street,
it made me laugh so much,
and it made me sing and dance,
and it taught me so many things,
and now I'm a dad and my two boys love it
just as much as I used to
and what could be better than that?
- Well, you know, I mean, there's always--
- Oh yeah, well there's--
- Cookie.
- Yeah, that's true.
- Yeah, cookie.
(audience laughing)
Do you happen to have said cookie?
- I actually do.
- Oooh, cookie!
Aaah, num-num-num-num-num-num!
(audience laughing)
- Cookie Monster and
his Sesame Street pals,
they haven't just been
teaching children fun ways
to learn letters and
numbers with clever songs,
children are also taught
essential life lessons
to get them ready for school.
- Excuse me, Joe, sorry to
interrupt you little speech.
But do you happen to have, thank you.
Um-num-num um-num-num!
(audience laughing)
- Healthy habits, social emotional skills
that foster mutual respect and kindness
and acceptance of others.
(audience applauding)
Kids discover how to
recognize our similarities
and appreciate our differences.
And they also learn how to cope
with some of the bigger challenges of life
that are often difficult
for kids to understand.
