Seasame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1975)

A DVD collection of episodes and segments from the first five seasons of the PBS perennial. Some of these segments were recycled enough that I recall seeing them when I religiously watched the program in the early 1980's. Of course the show has changed a lot over the years with a current Elmo fixation that’s arguably overly cutesy. A major virtue of the shows earlier years was a stronger sense of its urbaneness, and a 1970's good natured frankness, Oscar was a grouch, Cookie Monster a gluten, things that have been PC’d out a bit since that time. Anyway fascinating as nostalgia. Included is an early pitch presentation for the program to President Johnson’s newly created Public Broadcasting System.