6 Certain images in Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street are sure to ping with anyone who was raised with Big Bird and friends.. For myself, seeing the animated typewriter that could type on itself practically left me unmoored from time and space. I grew up with Sesame Street and these characters, and now there's a part of my foundation made up of Kermit the Frog, in full correspondent mode, interviewing a surprisingly toothy Humpty Dumpty. That's the appeal of this film and its clear spiritual predecessor, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The critical and commercial success of Neighbor came from a compelling origin story compellingly told and a subject with deep nostalgic caché.