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NEWS ABOUT: Sesame Street

Sesame Street stories: 11 news summaries

 Meet the Man 
 Behind Elmo 

No, he didn't always have that voice, and more from behind-the-scenes

Nov 10, 09 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - When Kevin Clash does a live Sesame Street event, the kids “don’t know me from a hole in the wall and they don’t care to,” he tells Time . “I’m the guy holding their friend.” That friend would be Elmo, the furry red monster... More »

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entertainment • puppet • Sesame Street • Elmo

WATCH THE VIDEO

 Big Bird 
 to Michelle: 
 Are You Part Bird? 

First Lady Obama makes her Sesame Street gardening appearance

Nov 10, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Michelle Obama’s much-hyped guest stint on Sesame Street airs today, and as promised, she helps Elmo plant a garden—and assures Big Bird that they’re not related, even though they’re both tall. Watch the clip above. More »

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entertainment • Michelle Obama • gardening • Sesame Street

CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET...?

 At 40, Sesame Street 
 Hasn't Aged a Bit 

Classic kids' show pioneered educational entertainment

Nov 9, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The first kids who learned the letters of the alphabet from Sesame Street could have grandchildren by now—but Big Bird hasn't aged a day. Using TV to educate preschoolers was a radical concept in 1969, when Sesame Street founder Joan Ganz Cooney and Muppet creator Jim Henson launched their... More »

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Michelle Obama • HIV • South Africa • Johnny Cash • Jake Gyllenhaal • Sesame Street • Muppets • Jim Henson • Joan Ganz Cooney

 First Lady 
 to Garden 
 on Sesame 
 Street 

Michelle Obama will educate the residents on the value of healthy eating

Sep 30, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - What do Michelle Obama, Cameron Diaz, Eva Longoria Parker, Ricky Gervais, and Kobe Bryant have in common? All of them will appear on this season of Sesame Street, its 40th anniversary. The first lady will flex her green thumb and talk about gardening and eating healthy on the show’... More »

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entertainment • nutrition • Michelle Obama • vegetables • gardening • first lady • Sesame Street • locavore

 Elmo Takes On Swine Flu 

Feds, Sesame Street produce spots on hygiene

Sep 1, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fuzzy residents of Sesame Street are teaming up with the federal government to school kids on the dangers of swine flu and how to prevent it, the Washington Post reports. Elmo and human pal Gordon have taped PSAs that instruct children to be sure to wash their hands... More »

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television • Health and Human Services • hygiene • advertisements • Kathleen Sebelius • PSA • Sesame Street • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Elmo • Gordon

Sesame Street, View Among Daytime Emmy Winners

Susan Haskell, Christian Leblanc, Darin Brooks take home honors

Aug 31, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ladies of The View unseated Ellen Degeneres as Best Talk Show Host at yesterday's Daytime Emmy Awards, though they weren't at the ceremony, E! reports. Other big winners included Rachael Ray for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show and Tyra Banks for Outstanding Informative Talk Show, while The Bold ... More »

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entertainment • The View • Tyra Banks • celebrity • soap operas • Emmy Awards • talk show • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • The Bold and the Beautiful • Rachael Ray • Sesame Street • game shows

OPINION

Obama the First 'Sesame Street President'

Big Bird and company left a big mark on
young Barack

Jun 8, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Sesame Street founder Joan Ganz Cooney meets politicians, they usually tell her that their kids watch the show. But not Barack Obama. An enthusiastic Obama gushed about watching the show when he was a child. “I realized that this is the first President young enough to say that,... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • Sesame Street • Obama administration

(Newser) - Today's video viral sensation seems to be outtakes of a Sesame Street interview between funnyman Ricky Gervais and Elmo. As seen on BuzzFeed, Gervais keeps going off script (“Gimme four!” “Do you know what necrophilia is?”), but Elmo keeps up just fine. He even asks an... More »

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Ricky Gervais • viral video • interview • Sesame Street • Tickle Me Elmo

Wall Street's Woes Hit Sesame Street

Drop in donations forcing round of layoffs at Sesame Workshop

Mar 12, 09 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession is pushing Sesame Street closer to Skid Row, reports the Financial Times. The educational foundation behind the TV show and a variety of community programs is laying off a fifth of its 355 staff. The Sesame Workshop has been hit hard by market turmoil eroding its investments and... More »

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television • layoffs • recession • educational programs • Sesame Street • recession depression

New Book Tells How to Get to Sesame Street

Groundbreaking show gets celebrity bio, complete with gossip

Feb 11, 09 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Davis knows how to get to Sesame Street. No, he can’t actually give you directions to the fictional block, whose inhabitants have all but raised two generations of kids, but he can tell you how it went from an idea—could Madison Avenue techniques sell counting and reading?—... More »

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Michael Davis • Sesame Street • Street Gang

Bands Blast Blaring 'Music Torture' at Gitmo

Campaign against use of rock to break war prisoners

Dec 10, 08 2:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Rock musicians are banding together to protest use of their music—played loudly and incessantly—to torture war prisoners. US interrogators have bragged about breaking detainees by endlessly playing the same pulsating music for months. "Plenty lost their minds"—not just to Eminem, but Sesame Street songs and... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • musician • interrogation techniques • rock music • detainees • Sesame Street

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