[Anne] I Distinctly Remember The First Time I Saw Sesame Street

Tami says: This post comes to you courtesy long-time commenter Anne, Mother of Three. WELCOME TO THE PARTY!

The American Dream.

I can tell you the day I started dreaming the American Dream.

I was in my grandparent’s front room, where they had a color console TV. On this amazing television, this amazing show, with bright colors, fun music and wacky characters came on and I was immediately hooked. It was unlike anything I had seen before, and I was sure this was an accurate representation of how amazing America was.

We had a television at home, but it was small, only showed programs in black and white, and all of the shows were dubbed over. At least all the shows my brother and I watched. I am sure that there was programming that was not dubbed over. Therefore, to view a large, console TV in color was astounding in and of itself.

There I sat, in sunny southern Florida, on a floor with wall-to-wall carpeting, and I watched psychedelic numbers flash on the screen as the counting was sung out in a crazy tune. I watched fuzzy monsters discover something new as they uttered yip yip yip yip and uh huh uh huh uh huh. It was marvelous. And I loved it. And my American Dream began.

As I grew older, moved stateside and learned all things American, I began to think of my future. For many, many years, I desperately wanted to be a writer for Sesame Street.

However, writing did not seem to be my strength and I had no idea how to pursue that dream, so I followed my strong suit. Then I followed other dreams, other responsibilities, and other strengths. But I still kept a few of my dreams.

I recently shared one of those dreams with my family. For a long time they have known that I wanted to write for Sesame Street, the Simpsons, or be the person who names the colors for cosmetics. However, I did not ever tell them this dream.

This, in retrospect, makes sense, as they all laughed heartily at this dream and said that I had no chance, ever, of fulfilling that dream.

I gave up the dream of being a lawyer the day I found out I shared a birthday with Richard Nixon, so don’t think that was my most preposterous dream.

I will share it, but first I have to hear of few of your dreams that you have not given up on yet.

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