In continuing with my 40 days of Sesame Street, wherein I post awesome Sesame Street videos that showcase the issues we care about at TakePart, I take a cue from our great illustrator Drawn to Distraction and explore how they explored the little creatures we know as flies.

Was President Obama right to swat that fly the other day? I don’t know, but I do know that flies are a great way to learn to count and make me laugh when they are in soup.  If you watch the videos below I think you’ll be inclined to agree with me.

IN the soup!

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5 (flies)

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What if a fly and a frog switched places?

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The one fly everyone loves

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*photo by Wendy Piersall (@eMom) (CC)