Sesame Street: A Lot Has Changed on the Grand-daddy of Kids TV Shows

A lot has changed on Sesame Street since the classic kids TV show made its debut in 1969. If you tune in today with your kids, you will notice a lot of new characters and segments. Still, almost all of the classic characters and humans are still around, and the show is unparalleled in its ability to teach children. 

The old guard includes adult humans Gordon and Susan (married), Luis and Maria (married) and Bob and Linda (just friends). Gordon and Susan have an adopted son named Miles, who is a teen-ager. He pals around with Luis and Maria’s teen-age daughter Gaby. Linda, who uses American Sign Language, has a huge Muppet dog named Barkley. 

The classic Muppet characters that are still around include Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Snuffy, Grover, The Count, Cookie Monster, Prairie Dawn and Oscar the Grouch. Kermit the Frog is no longer around, since branched off to The Muppet Show in the 70s.
If you grew out of Sesame Street as a child at this point in time, here's whom you missed: