Sesame Street

B is for Birthday! Happy Birthday to Sesame Street, which turned 40 last week. And what better way to celebrate than by inviting some of today's hottest celebrities? More than 440 celebrities have visited Sesame Street's storied set, where...

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Imagine, for a moment, a world without "Sesame Street." Young children would become less proficient spellers, counters and performers of musical odes to rubber duckies. Pampers would be plain and void of images of Cookie Monster and Abby...

In this article: DVD, Elmo, Ernie, Big Bird, Bert, Abby Cadabby, and Bein' Green

...both the entertaining and educational components of the program. Truglio also develops and reviews the content of Sesame Street. "Sesame Street is an ongoing experiment," Truglio said. "We're always trying to harness the power of...

In this article: Rosemarie Truglio, Aloysius Snuffleupagus, Sesame Workshop, Big Bird, and Being Green

...and a brilliant cast of producers, writers and performers at Children's Television Workshop launched an experimental children's program called "Sesame Street." It was a response to what Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton...

In this article: Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, Newton Minnow, Bert and Ernie, Federal Communications Commission, U.S. House, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch

...appearance earlier this month, promoting the virtues of exercise and healthy eating. Sesame Street has always had its critics. Some consider its educational philosophy old-fashioned. Others find it too political. And as the program has...

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...of the Halloween costumes on the kids here suggests that kindergartners are done with "Power Rangers." What's more, I've never heard of "Sesame Street" backlash. My oldest, wisely but disingenuously, will deny up and down that she ever...

In this article: Elmo, Big Bird, Halloween, TV Land, DVD, YouTube, Snuffleupagus, and Stephen Colbert

This week's new releases for kids, teens and families: "Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days" (Not rated, Vivendi, $29.93): Forty years of quality educational programming is summed up in this two-disc set, which features segments from...

In this article: Cartoon Network, Rubber Duckie, DVD, Anxiety, and Vivendi

Imagine, for a moment, a world without "Sesame Street." Young children would become less proficient spellers, counters and performers of musical odes to rubber duckies. There would be no Elmo to be tickled. Thankfully, this...

In this article: DVD, Elmo, Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Bein' Green, and Two Princes

This nostalgic moment is brought to you by the letter "O" - which is our reaction to the news that "Sesame Street" has hit the big 4-0. Oh! Surely Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster can't be that old. Conversely, it seems as if the characters...

In this article: 123 Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, and PBS

...parents) are immersed in, and thus, to teach kids to navigate it. As much as anything else, Sesame Street is a TV show about how to watch TV. Sesame Street's media savviness developed in service of its traditional educational goals rather...

In this article: Mickey Mouse, Guy Smiley, Elmo, The Muppet Show, and Saturday Night Live