Go fly a kite, 'Sesame Street'! ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)

'Sesame Street' is a fantasy world where kites actually work the way they're supposed to.

The only time I remember trying to fly a kite was in grade school when they had us put together kites with the White Cloud toilet paper logo on them. When the school took the student body to a nearby field to fly these kites, most of our attempts were hilariously unsuccessful, as the kites opted to rest limply on the ground.

Maybe it was because my schoolmates kept throwing rocks through each others' kites and ripping them, but I don't know.

I didn't try to fly a kite again - especially after the Kite-Eating Power Line in my neighborhood slowly devoured someone's snazzy bat kite.

On 'Sesame Street', however, life is different. It's a cheery world where nothing goes traumatically wrong, where they have 8-foot-tall talking birds, and where kites really work.

That last point is proven by this clip that I remember seeing as a child in the '70s:



The acoustic guitar music used for this clip has also been used for other shows. It reportedly was played on an episode of 'The Odd Couple' and on a children's radio show in Chicago.

Although there is nothing scary or humorous about that clip, 'Sesame Street' needs to bring it back anyway. It's certainly more educational than what usually fills the airwaves these days.