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Happy 40th Birthday, Sesame Street!
Google has replaced their logo with a series of Sesame Street-inspired images in honour of the big birthday. 1969 was certainly a banner year. Neil Armstrong touched down on the moon. Woodstock took place in upstate New York. The Beatles released Abbey Road. The Boeing 747 is first placed into service. The television shows The Brady Bunch a...
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The Study Of Sesame Street
Sesame Street is one of the best kid’s shows, the one show most of us don’t feel guilty putting on for a while so we can do something crazy like eat a meal or go to the loo. While it’s not the totally wacky and hilarious show I remember from my own childhood, there’s still that wonderful sense of gentleness, for want of a be...
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Cookie Monster Makes Lunch Out Of Lifetime Achievment Award
Nearly two years after her love affair with Elmo first ended, my four-year-old has rediscovered Sesame Street. So every morning, we curl up so that she can watch her favourite characters (currently Big Bird and Abby Cadabby), while I get enjoy my daily dose of nostalgia. Sesame Street’s long legacy of entertaining and educating kids in a...
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German Sesame Street Parody—Bernie Und Ert
I’m not sure what I was looking for when I came across this one. Must have been something Sesame Street-related. But wow. This just blew my mind. Read more...
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Interactive Sesame Street Poster
In honor of Sesame Street’s 40th Anniversary, NationalPost.com has a nifty interactive graphic. “101 Muppets of Sesame Street” allows you to click on Muppets well-known and obscure and get info about each and every one of them, including the season they were introduced. Sure, you could look them up at the marvelous Muppet Wiki, which is wh...
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Michelle Obama Hanging On Sesame Street
The First Lady paid a visit to Sesame Street yesterday and we've got the picture to prove it! Michelle Obama was there to film a public service announcement with Elmo for Sesame Workshop's Healthy Habits for Life initiative. She and the First Muppet spoke about eating right, getting regular exercise, and being a positive role model for kids....
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Mexican Sesame Street Addresses Swine Flu
Those of us in Australia are concerned about swine flu. But imagine what it must be like in Mexico, where this epidemic seems to have begun. Plaza Sesamo, the Mexican version of Sesame Street, is not shying away from the issue. They have created four PSAs that began airing on Televisa this morning. The message of the PSAs, according to a press r...
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Ricky Gervais Meets Elmo
I'm here to put to rest, once and for all, any doubts that Sesame Street is the best children's show of all time. This clip of The Office's Ricky Gervais being his irreverently hilarious self as he talks to Elmo is further proof that children's entertainment need not exclude parents. In fact, this particular segment of Gervais' Sesame Street app...
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The Real Stories Behind The Sesame Street Muppets
Were Bert and Ernie named after characters in It's a Wonderful Life? Was the Swedish Chef based on a real Swedish chef? And what exactly is Gonzo, anyway? Stacy Conradt at Mental Floss has found the answers. She compiled a list of the secret histories of 20 popular Sesame Street characters (sorry, Big Bird was too boring to make the list). Here...
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