Remember those awesome outtakes from Ricky Gervais’s appearance on Sesame Street? Well, here’s a clip from the show, Celebrity Lullabies (hang in there for the chorus):

Really looking forward to watching Steven Strogatz’s math series unfold:

Crazy as it sounds, over the next several weeks I’m going to try to do something close to that. I’ll be writing about the elements of mathematics, from pre-school to grad school, for anyone out there who’d like to have a second chance at the subject — but this time from an adult perspective. It’s not intended to be remedial. The goal is to give you a better feeling for what math is all about and why it’s so enthralling to those who get it.

So, let’s begin with pre-school…

He then cites a Sesame Street video. Good man.

P.S. If you want to subscribe to just Strogatz’s stuff, I couldn’t find a separate author feed at the NYT, so I created a Yahoo pipe of his posts.

Google’s logo celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street:

UPDATE 1: Cookie Monster on Thursday:

UPDATE 2: Bert and Ernie on Friday:

Best Sesame Street outtakes ever: Ricky Gervais and Elmo. Also, from Gervais’s blog:

Did Sesame Street which is possibly the most fun show I’ve ever done. There were loads of outtakes but the producers are worried about releasing them as they may get the show taken off air.

and…

The next day I did my appearance on Sesame Street which I am honestly considering declaring a career high light.

Kevin Clash is amazing. He totally holds his own, and stays in character. Can’t wait for the episode to air!

I always loved Bud Luckey’s Sesame Street cartoons (even if I didn’t know who Bud Luckey was until Boundin’ came along):

• Martian Beauty
• The Alligator King
• The Ladybugs’ Picnic
• Three on a Lady’s Lap

You can search YouTube for more (or for the inevitable day when those particular copies are pulled).