I saw this video on perezhilton.com and i got super nostalgic about Sesame Street.

Feist on Sesame Street:

One of my favorite music performances on Sesame Street was REM: 

I am definitely in the Sesame Street years with an almost 2 year old.  In the interest of full disclosure, Elmo is what keeps our son calm before breakfast and allows us an extra half hour of laziness in the morning.  We plop him between us on the bed with a truck and turn on Sesame Street (thank goodness for Kids On Demand!).  It's not my proudest parenting confession, but it's the truth... so there.

I love that I am experiencing Sesame Street again as an adult.  Some things seem to be the same, but many things have changed on Sesame Street.  My husband and I are right on an imporant cusp, I remember when nobody could see Snuffy but Big Bird, and my husband only remembers a time where everyone could see him.  We are only 5 months apart, but those 5 months apparently are very important in knowlege of Sesame Street history.  When I was young, there was no Elmo, there was no Zoe, there was no Stinky the flower.  There was Mr. Hooper (who is greatly missed these days), Gordon is still hanging around, so is Maria, lots of familiar faces.  Many of the voices have changed, but Big Bird hasn't changed the decor of his nest too much. 

Yesterday we got on the topic of Barkley the dog.  These are the important things that get talked about over dinner at the Lindstrom house.  Apparently we lead quite a boring life.  I digress.  I noticed that Barkley the dog hasn't shown up in any of the recent Sesame Street episodes that I've seen.  So, what happened to Barkley?  Did he die?  Did he run away?  Did he just get older and more lazy and suddenly was no longer interesting?  I tried to google it, but lost interest quickly in having to work so hard to find an answer.  I can't possibly be the only person wondering what happened to Barkley... could I?