The Street We Live On

The Street We Live On is a celebration of 35 years of Sesame Street, which aired as Episode 4057. In the special, Elmo has a special day in Elmo's World, thinking about his neighborhood. The special contains clips from classic Sesame Street episodes, a special musical number sung by the Sesame Street cast members, and a timeline sequence which pays tribute to some of the greatest moments of Sesame Street.

Overall

 * 1) Way too much filler, just like in the Sesame Street segment the special is based on.
 * 2) Once again, Elmo has been flanderized to be annoying and obnoxious. He also still treats the audience like how Angela Anaconda, Barney the Dinosaur, Blue from Blue's Room, Joe from the the later seasons of Blue's Clues, Dora the Explorer, Diego from Go, Diego, Go!, the narrators and puppets from Baby Einstein, the Little Einsteins, JoJo from JoJo's Circus, the Sensational Six from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Darby from My Friends Tigger & Pooh, the Teletubbies, and mh:besttvshows:Pinky Dinky Doo do.
 * 3) The Elmo's World theme is still irritating and annoying.
 * 4) Elmo talks about the topic of the special (which is Sesame Street) non-stop, which may get on your last nerve.
 * 5) Like in all of the Elmo's World episodes, the scenes with live-action kids demonstrating how to do something involving the segment's topic in front of Dorothy and Elmo asking babies (in the case of The Street We Live On, Cookie Monster dressed as a baby) how to do something related to the topic are pointless. Dorothy is just a goldfish, while babies can barely move and aren't able to talk.
 * 6) The picture quiz is once again poorly and cheaply animated.
 * 7) The audience is still forced to suffer through the "Elmo has mail" line from the Computer like in every single Elmo's World episode from 2001 to 2009.
 * 8) Annoying and ear-piercing music that relies on horns, kazoos, and toy pianos as always.
 * 9) Cheap-looking and mediocre CGI animation as usual. It looks like something from a Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, or Xbox game.
 * 10) Irritating and mediocre voice acting from Elmo (as always) and Big Bird (during the Journey to Ernie segment where Matt Vogel performs him instead of Caroll Spinney, which begins here with Big Bird sticking his head through Elmo's window).

Problems Exclusive to This Special

 * 1) The Elmo's World part of the special begins without any warning only a few minutes into the special when Oscar says he wonders where Elmo (which he refers to as "the little red menace") is.
 * 2) The segments from the main show serve very little purpose.
 * 3) The whole special is basically an extended episode of Elmo's World.
 * 4) Ridiculous questions from Elmo during the picture quiz, like "Does George Washington live on Sesame Street?"

Good Qualities

 * 1) The special is presented in Sesame Street's original magazine format, which was last used in Season 32 and briefly returned in Season 38 (with Episodes 4137 and 4145 being the only ones to use this format).
 * 2) Great puppetry as always.
 * 3) Great voice acting for most of the characters.
 * 4) Some heartwarming moments, like when Grover and Elmo go back in time to see Mr. Hooper.