Sesame Street: Old School, Volume One

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Title: Sesame Street: Old School, Volume One
Years: 1969-1974
Network: PBS
Episodes: five (the first episode of each of the first five seasons), at about 1 hour each, plus about 2 hours of other sketches
Creator: Joan Ganz Cooney
Writers: Jeff Moss, Bruce Hart, Carol Hart, Jerry Juhl, Emily Perl Kaplin, Bob Oskner, Ray Sipherd, Norman Stiles, Jon Stone, Dan Wilcox
With: The Muppets (Fran Brill, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz), Northern J. Calloway, Emilio Delgado, Will Lee, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Harold Miller, Matt Robinson
Music: Joe Raposo, Jeffrey Moss, Bruce Hart, Jon Stone
I saw it: on video a couple times, most recently over the past week (have on DVD)
Synopsis: some people and monsters really love the alphabet

My reaction
Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 0/4 (Terrible). Hey, don't get me wrong. I love the alphabet as much as the next guy. But let's be honest, it doesn't make for much of a narrative.
Characters: 4/4 (Great)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent). Good from the Muppets, bad from the humans.
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 10/10 (Favorite of my favorites, 4/4 5/4). It's annoying that it's only three discs - more than 600 episodes cut down to less than seven hours. But, whatever.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.8/4 2.9/4 (Good)