1/13/2024 0 Comments Emilio delgado and sonia manzano![]() ![]() ![]() The news, this week, that McGrath, eighty-four, Delgado, seventy-six, and Orman, seventy-two, had been laid off from the show hit people hard, and contributed to a “Sesame Street” malaise that’s been gathering for a while among old-school fans. I briefly, crazily reverted to my kid-brain, imagining that he had seen me through the television. Anyone who grew up with “Sesame Street” might understand. ![]() (Roscoe Orman, who plays Gordon, wasn’t there Emilio Delgado, who plays Luis, was filming an episode of “House of Cards.”) When I saw Bob McGrath-Bob-across the room, he turned and waved as if he recognized me. Beneath Super Grover and a cloud-dotted ceiling, Loretta Long, who plays Susan, gave me a big hug Sonia Manzano, who plays Maria, talked about Maria’s time as a construction worker Oscar told me he was having a rotten time. On a magical night not too long ago, at a party for the opening of “Somebody Come and Play: 45 Years of Sesame Street,” at the Library for the Performing Arts, I met some of my generation’s heroes: Bob, Susan, Maria, and Oscar the Grouch. ![]()
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