Big Bird learns about death

The actor who played Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street, Will Lee, died. The Sesame Street people decided to let the character die too, and used it as an opportunity to teach children about death.

This clip demonstrates how to treat death in an honest and helpful way better than any evasive or euphemistic gibberish I've heard from allegedly mature people.

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_...

[Due to copyright blah, the video is now unavailable in the US and any territories which are basically a US colony]

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  Education

[ASSEMblerEX]

Thank you for not talking down to me when I was a child, Sesame street.

[ELWest1000]

This is back when Sesame Street was actually good.  Screw the copyright blah; this belongs where people can see it.

[SweetZombiJesus]

Not sure, but I read that they did this in one take because none of the actors wanted to do it multiple times, as it was rough for them, emotionally.

[Chris Moffatt]

3:35 existential dilemma

[urylia3397]

3:15 got me right in the feels.

[Erin H]

:,(

[jbittens101]

haha that black guy ain't touching big birds milkshakes

[woo1693]

yes, it was said that the actors were all holding back their tears when they were shooting this scene, although we can all see that they are very sad.

[Eli Moore]

Did it actually make the actors cry?

[Eli Moore]

So sad

[Pip bernadotte]

this ep made me cry...:( i love sesame street.

[alterbridgefan99]

my grandma passed away a week ago. I'm sobbing right now. She was my best friend. Her funeral was like being wide awake for surgery with no pain killers. I thought I would be fine because I said goodbye to her long before she passed. She had Severe Alzheimer's for a long time. The finality of it when they closed her casket and was brought to her stone by my brother and cousins and seeing my mom cry...ugh. I just watched "A boy and his frog" and then I saw this. Composure...gone lol