I loved Snuffy. My mom says I used to get SO UPSET when no one believed Big Bird.
Ernie was my favorite, though.
Elmo sucks. I liked him well enough back in the day, but he had no business taking over half the show, while the rest of the characters are left with only the skits that they showed when *I* was watching. They still show that Near-Far skit with Grover regularly. Elmo, on the other hand, NEVER gets repeats, because they're constantly writing new stuff just for him while ignoring all the good characters.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never
knowing how