Many of the Muppet scenes and films were created so that they could be replayed over and over (at least one segment would be repeated within any given episode) some of the segments made in 1969 would continue to be rebroadcast into the 1990s. Sesame Street's format as established in 1969 would remain virtually unchanged for decades live-action street scenes would alternate with Muppet comedy skits, musical numbers and short film segments, all known collectively as "inserts".
The season also featured live-action segments starring Buddy and Jim, a human comedy duo that failed at such tasks as hanging a picture and making a sandwich. Bob, originally a shop teacher, would later teach music, and by the end of the first season Susan would become a nurse. Like the Muppets, the human characters would change over time. Hooper, who died in 1982, the other original characters were still with the series until casting changes for Season 46, making them some of the longest continually-running non- soap opera characters in American entertainment.
Hooper, Gordon, and Susan were the original human cast members. Monsters, who would become core characters by the second season, had fierce teeth, often destroyed anything in their path, and didn't have consistent names.īob, Mr. Oscar, who would retain much of his grouchy demeanor, had orange fur. Big Bird had a much more naïve voice and a smaller head with fewer feathers, and was written as a sort of dopey adult character. Many of the Muppet characters had designs and/or character traits that would be changed or dropped later on. During this first season, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird were the only Muppets to appear regularly in Street scenes, while most of the other Muppets debuted in separate segments.
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