The 5 Best Sesame Street Parodies (And 5 More We’d Love to See)

Death and taxes are certain in this world, but shortly following on the list of guarantees is the greatness of Sesame Street. Decades into the future it’ll still be airing, funny, and relevant as ever. Where they’ve especially shined these past few years is tying in adult parodies, teaching children letters and numbers in its age old fashion while nodding to adults at the same time – the same adults who probably grew up watching the show. Some parody popular TV shows like House of Cards, others imitate movies, and all of them are awesome. Yet it’s the nerdy ones we’re most interested in. This week Sesame Street added to its collection by spoofing Game of Thrones. In honor of their ongoing commitment to nerdy satire, let’s relive 5 of the best geek-centered Sesame Street parodies, and why not add a few more we’d just love to see?

1. Game of Chairs Two words: Grover. Bluejoy. In a series with fifteen million characters, Sesame Street combined Grover Monster with the Iron Islands to create none other than Grover Bluejoy. He’s the game master of Game of Chairs. Except Grover might not know how to play very well – similar to the actual Greyjoys – so he just starts freestyling it. They start playing the game – which is actually “musical chairs” – all the while dropping random and silly Thrones references. After Grover fumbles the rules of the game, Melisandre pops up to say, “The Monster is blue and full of errors!” But even better are the horribly funny jokes that’ll fly far over…