This is how Sesame Street started back when the 60's were about to end. Looking at this many years later to learn how the longest running children's show had began it's definitely not perfect, but I think it's very important for what made Sesame Street the classic show it eventually became. It somewhat provides the premise of the show but more towards random events than actual plots for the hour-ish runtime. Ernie and Bert are the only muppets who make their debut with the talented performances by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. I feel like Jim Henson was still working on getting many of the other Sesame Street muppets created and approved for the show. It provides educational lessons about the letter D and the number 2 which gives the idea of what they're going for.
Other than that I wouldn't necessary say that this 53 minute pilot has aged well, the whole man of the alphabet scene felt awkward like even as an adult I didn't understand what was happening in that segment (which wasn't used again in the actual show probably for this reason), I also wasn't expecting Superman and Batman to appear in Sesame Street which was fine I guess, and overall this pilot feels very slow in pacing since it's basically trying to shove the ideas together in one long episode to make it into a full television series while trying to be both educational and funny at the same time. And for some reason some segments were repeated like the part where Ernie watches an animation of two boys learning what D can be used for replays twice. There's a few moments like this and it got repetitive.
Not saying this pilot is particularly bad in any way, just really dated since the creator and the other talented people like Jim Henson were still trying to make it work. This is an important piece of media that made the street truly expand over the years and that's what makes me appreciate it along with the nostalgia it brings.
Other than that I wouldn't necessary say that this 53 minute pilot has aged well, the whole man of the alphabet scene felt awkward like even as an adult I didn't understand what was happening in that segment (which wasn't used again in the actual show probably for this reason), I also wasn't expecting Superman and Batman to appear in Sesame Street which was fine I guess, and overall this pilot feels very slow in pacing since it's basically trying to shove the ideas together in one long episode to make it into a full television series while trying to be both educational and funny at the same time. And for some reason some segments were repeated like the part where Ernie watches an animation of two boys learning what D can be used for replays twice. There's a few moments like this and it got repetitive.
Not saying this pilot is particularly bad in any way, just really dated since the creator and the other talented people like Jim Henson were still trying to make it work. This is an important piece of media that made the street truly expand over the years and that's what makes me appreciate it along with the nostalgia it brings.
