That's the sesame street I remember. I was watching it back in 1985 when it was still crazy, and in my opinion way cooler. Cookie Monster was still cookie crazy. He smoked his pipe at Monster Piece theatre, I remember that very well and it didn't send any negative images to me. Oscar was moody and grouchy, and that was awesome! I remember the grouchy Bert too, and it made the skits between the two much more interesting. Especially the one where he was sitting in the park feeding the pidgeons because he was feeling down and grouchy. They had Super Grover back then too, which was basically Grover with a cape on his back and a kitchen strainer on his head. He was my absolute favorite. Kermit also used to do these awesome skits where he would, "Hi-Ho, Kermit the frog here reporting from the scene of..." and it would be a parody of famous stories. Like one where he was reporting from Rapunzels tower. It had the prince saying Rapunzel Rapunzel throw down your hair. She would scream what. Then he would repeat it louder and she would scream what again. Final the prince would SCREAM Rapunzel Rapunzel throw down your hair, and she would reply with Oh, why didn't you say so, and then throw down her wig which she was bald underneath. It was hilarious. Once Elmo got popular the show got completely teeth grating worthy. It's horrible being that chipper. The show also used to have an electronics repair shop where a lot of skits played out, and they always had the same broken toaster on the counter top.