Sesame Street celebrates its 50th anniversary today. November 10, 1969 was the pilot episode on PBS. Big Bird, Kermit, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, and Bert and Ernie were all part of the very first episode.
Sesame Street is still going strong, moving from PBS to HBO. The characters they have created throughout the years have become iconic.
Here's the complete pilot episode that ran 50 years ago today.