Against Big Bird, The Gods Themselves Contend In Vain
There are too many Sesame Street specials to count, and most of them have climactic revelations along the lines of, “Oscar learns that not everyone likes a grouch” or “Elmo learns the real value of sharing.” Yet once, just once, a bunch of writers at the Children’s Television Workshop actually decided to run with “Big Bird overpowers the will of gods and demons in a quest for celestial justice.”