Today's Post Is Brought To You By the Number Eight

There are a million reasons I love "Sesame Street."  Here are eight:

1. The Muppet in Green Meets in the Man in Black (who is, er, wearing blue):



2. Celebrity mashup of the alphabet, from the sublime (Ray Charles) to the ridiculous (Ellen Degeneres):



3. Feist counts with penguins and chickens:



4. Adam Sandler for once doesn't have the most annoying voice on screen, thanks to Elmo:



5. Jason Mraz is absolutely adorable in his little porkpie hat:



6. Smokey Robinson gets groped by the letter U but keeps on singing:



7. Lena Horne and Kermit just might make you cry:



8. All-star cast sings a great song and brings on a powerful 80s flashback:



Now you've smiled today. Go pass it on.