Maria

The human characters on Sesame Street have always been strong and stable.  They serve as a nice surrogate family for any young (or old!) viewer watching at home.  Gordon and Susan are the wise and dependable parents.  Bob is everybody's favorite uncle.  Mr. Hooper is your grandpa.  Luis is the neighbor you can count on to fix your bike.

and who doesn't like the idea of having a cool big sister?  That's why we were given Maria.

Maria is smart, caring, and a good listener.  She would help you figure out your math homework as quickly as she would defend you from the bullying of Oscar the Grouch.  The toughest, AND prettiest, girl on the Street.  Who could possibly not love her?  Needless to say, Sesame's cool big sister did not remain single for very long.

The first boyfriend was David.  Not sure how serious their relationship ever got.  They were very young, and also living on Sesame Street.  You don't get too much intimacy on Sesame Street.  Gordon and Susan were probably the only residents that had a door with a functional lock.  Everybody else just barged into whatever place they felt like at any time and started wandering around.  How did Big Bird sleep at night with no protection other than that huge, loose-swinging door?  No privacy at all.  How could the Twiddlebugs take showers with a super-gigantic Ernie able to loom above their home at will?

Click to view... Monster in the middle.

David eventually had to go, and then as most people know Maria ended up dating and eventually MARRYING Luis.  She had been an apprentice at his Fix-It Shop for years, even while dating David, who spent most of HIS work-time sweeping up at Hooper's Store.  I'm guessing that David was never too cool with that whole picture.  Sweeping up the store all mad at night, muttering to himself, "Yeah you sure fixed it, Luis.  You REALLY fixed it..."

Click to view... Third wheel.

Tough to understand why a woman loves a man.  Even tougher to understand why Maria would dress up as Charlie Chaplin sometimes.  Do most little kids even know who Charlie Chaplin IS?  If not, that isn't a tribute, it's stealing.  Isn't it?

Well ISN'T it?

Click to view... "CALM DOWN"