My favorite show is Yo Gabba Gabba. And If there was one show I hate it would be Sesame Street. The core values that I live my life by are obtained from what I learned from these two shows. Helping kids grow into kinder human beings; without them I know for a fact that I would be a completely different person today.
'Sesame Street' (1969 - Present)
Although Sesame Workshop is a non-profit organization, they managed to sell millions of copies of VHS and DVD. I hate it, even though I go on Muppet wiki time to time. Produced in over 150 countries, in 2017 Sesame Workshop had been awarded $100 million to bring early education to refugee children. Every project that they take on is inspiring and it's a secret of mine to be on an episode of Sesame Street, preferably in a scene with Burt and we are taking about birds (Yes, I've thought about this many times).
Growing up there was not a lot of depiction of Asian American on television and when your own third grade teacher referred to you as a "chink" there's no surprise that it was hard for me to feel connected or be proud of my own culture. So when the YGG cast watched Cornelius perform or when Big Bird traveled to Japan and China, I finally felt like I existed. Also, it was quite amusing to watch Big Bird mistake everyone in Japan to be from Ohio when they said hello to him.
'Yo Gabba Gabba' (2007-2015)
It was hard to write this section of the post because everything thing that could be said about Yo Gabba Gabba has already been said. If you haven't read any of them then to sum it up, Yo Gabba Gabba was created by Christian Jacobs of the Aquabats and Scott Schultz, who worked together on skateboarding videos. From DJ Lance Rock and friends, I learned about not biting my friends or not owning up.
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