xxxholic

Did he want to retire from the show? Is he completely retired career wise or just from Sesame Street?                                                                                                                      I loved Sesame Street growing up, but there is something that bothers me that I can't put my finger on. For the most part it's the puppets/ muppets (I think). The voice acting drive me nuts. I know that for some people, voice acting is such a small detail, and it probably doesn't bother the kids that are watching it now, but it seems that some of the puppeteers haven't trained enough to keep their voice sounding similar to the previous puppeteers.                                               Maybe I am just being a jerk. 

He retired from work - being 70 years old (remember my name here).... speaking of which I totally adore XXXholic manga and the anime!!  not to mention that it's nearly 100% accurate and real (I am an occultist and have been for... sigh... 50 years)!   Re Sesame -- well, they don't have the handy Doctor Who paradigm of regeneration and new companions... so they either have to go thru a rough patch when people remember both, or drop characters for a decade (that would be my choice)... and the whole 'vibe' is not quite honest, somehow... we aren't in a flower-power epoch; the Donald is obviously a symptom of a terrifyingly deep and cankerous cause... either America catches up with the rest of the multicultural world or it will burn itself down.  it really will.  it happened to the British Empire... and historically that wasn't so very long ago--for the same fuckin' reasons...   / here's hoping that there is still something to done..