The best Sesame Street characters, bar none, are the Sesame Street Martians. Their gaping shag-carpet mouths speak the truth, my friends—the whole truth and nothing but the truth. When their flimsy floating tentacles lead them to a cow, they look at each other and let loose: "Cow" one says. "Cow" the other one says back. "Cow" they say together. Then they belt out "yip yip yip yip yip yip yip" in that frenzied joyous tempo that can only come from realizing what is real and what is important. "Cow," my friends. "Cow" is important. … "yip, yip, yip." And then they float toward a chicken and soon we will know all we need to know about the chicken. Thank you, you pelican gulleted heralds of truth. Thank you and don't ever stop.