Nostalgia street DVDs of early 'Sesame' carry parental warning.(FAMILY TIMES)

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Byline: Karen Goldberg Goff, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Ah, the good old days, when children played in vacant lots, ate trans fats and biked without helmets. Those days may be gone for good, at least in the world of today's cautious parents and well-scheduled preschoolers. If you care to revisit them, though, check out Sesame Workshop's DVDs "Sesame Street Old School," Volumes 1 and 2. The compilations, the second of which was released in November, include more than a dozen hours of the best clips from the show's early years, 1969-1979.

Those were the days when Snuffleupagus was a trippy figment of Big Bird's imagination. Cookie Monster clearly was a binge eater. Cheery optimist Elmo did not yet exist. Oscar was in need of some mood elevators.

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