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'Sesame Street' Ombudsman Says Fox News Parody 'Should Have Been Resisted'

06 Nov 2009 13:08:10 PST

And while the script sent from Sesame Workshop's public relations' team to FoxNews.com read “Pox,” even the PBS ombudsman Michael Getler said he thought he ... Oscar the Grouch Makes Google Sesame Street Logo FilthyAssociated Content

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13 Sesame Street Characters We Love

06 Nov 2009 06:01:54 PST

Written by chernikoffj
To help celebrate the Sesame Street’s 40th birthday, we thought we’d share 13 characters we adore. Enjoy our selections and add some of your own below! (We didn’t want to separate the best friends who are seldom seen apart, so Burt and Ernie are together.)

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13 Sesame Street Characters We Love

06 Nov 2009 06:01:54 PST

Written by chernikoffj
Oscar the Grouch – This bad boy of Sesame Street who seems to have a permanent case of the Mondays is mean, lives in a pig sty and doesn’t give a hoot – he loves trash! Grover – He’s neurotic, over the top and he sometimes transforms into a bumbling superhero (Super Grover!) but that doesn’t sto...

Original story at THIRTEEN .

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Michelle Obama appears on Sesame Street's anniversary show

05 Nov 2009 19:28:29 PST

hellomagazine.com Since Barbara Bush, Sesame Street has kept the tradition of having the first lady as a guest on the show. Helping celebrate Sesame Street's anniversary, ... Michelle Obama to host celeb cookery showIndia Business Blog (blog) all 10 news articles »

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Small Talk: 'Sesame Street' turns 40; Bush, Clinton debate scrapped; National ...

05 Nov 2009 00:01:16 PST

The listTop 10 "Sesame Street" character searches on Yahoo over the past 60 days. The PBS educational institution turns 40 on Tuesday, an event best ...

Original story at Chicago Tribune .

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Storyplay: Nokia and Sesame Street create video conferencing in a book

03 Nov 2009 16:28:42 PST

The left screen is for Sesame Street character Elmo and the right screen features a "custom GUI video conferencing application built with PyQT and the ...

Original story at Gizmag .

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Sesame Street news and blogs - November 10, 2009

10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Sesame Street news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Happy Birthday Sesame Street! -- by Shane Bertou from cookie-monster « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Talking of bouffants... -- by emmaskinner23 from cookie-monster « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Seacrest too popular for his own good -- from MiamiHerald.com
• Oscar and Sesame Street Take Heat for Slamming Fox News -- from myGLOSS
• 'Fashion Delivers' $1.2 Million to Victims of Natural Disasters -- from Treehugger
• Google home page commemorates 40th anniversary of Sesame Street; features ... -- from TopNews United States
• You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz -- from San Francisco Chronicle
• PBS ombudsman criticizes Sesame Street for 'POX News' joke -- by Danny Gallagher from TV Squad
• Happy Birthday, Sesame Street! -- by Jen Carlson from Gothamist
• happy 40th birthday, Sesame Street! -- by brokeymcpoverty from cookie-monster « WordPress.com Tag Feed

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My Week with Sesame Anniversaries: Day 2, Year 20

03 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Roe)
This week, I’m preparing for the beginning of Sesame Street’s 40th season next week by watching old Sesame Street anniversary specials. Yesterday I watched the 10th anniversary special A Walking Tour of Sesame Street, and today I’m watching 1989’s Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting.

Original story at ToughPigs .

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Sesame Street Presents "Old School" Music Collection

25 Sep 2009 17:13:12 PDT

Written by Greg(noreply@blogger.com)
Just in time for Sesame Street's big 40th anniversary, KOCH Records and Sesame Workshop are proud to present the Sesame Street: Old School - Volume 1 music collection, a collectible reissuing of three early Sesame Street albums. This new CD collection features three classic albums - "Th...

Original story at The Muppet Newsflash .

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Guest Review: Bert & Ernie, Goodnight!

20 Sep 2009 21:15:00 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Joe Hennes)
Now, to preface, this is not a show where Sesame Workshop has shipped puppets off to a regional theatre and entrusted locals to bring the classic characters to life with little to no puppetry experience. Instead, for the first time ever, actors are being allowed to professionally portray...

Original story at ToughPigs .

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Muppets Offer Advice for Tough Times

04 Sep 2009 02:57:36 PDT

Written by Greg(noreply@blogger.com)
The Muppets have been making the rounds to promote the upcoming television special Sesame Street: Families Stand Together. The new hour-long special is will air on Wednesday September 9, 2009 at 8:00PM on PBS. The program is designed to help families communicate during tough economic ti...

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Elmo and friends ponder adult jobs as 'Sesame Street Live' hits Macon

28 May 2009 21:08:04 PDT

GA “Bert and Ernie want to be forest rangers, Cookie Monster wants to be a firefighter, Grover wants to be a police officer and Elmo wants to be anything and everything,” Ebel said. The Muppets perform in the costume of the job they want and learn from ...

Original story at Macon Telegraph .

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Elmo's Green Period: My "Being Green" Review

26 May 2009 18:00:00 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Roe)
With so few episodes of Sesame Street produced these days, these direct-to-video specials are like extra bonus episodes, and this one isn’t about to waste any of its running time... There are no opening credits, just the title, and then boom!, we’re on Sesame Street, where Elmo and Abby Cada...

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REVIEW: Sesame Street's Elmo finds career in spotlight

13 May 2009 22:07:48 PDT

IA By Rob Cline CEDAR RAPIDS—The marketing folks for the “Sesame Street Live” shows have clearly concluded that Elmo is their marquee Muppet. As we were driving home from “Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up,” I suggested to my wife that this is ...

Original story at Gazette Online .

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C is for Conspiracy: the Sesame Street MK Ultra connection

30 Oct 2008 21:01:25 PDT

Written by texas buddha
Meanwhile on a cultural level the characters of the show were used for predictive programming of the culture to accept the cultural problems that we as a society are only now beginning to realize exist. For example, Cookie Monster’s character telescoped our nation’s diabetes and obesit...

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LAist Interview: Elmo and Abby Cadabby of Sesame Street

16 Oct 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Written by Julie Wolfson
Elmo: Elmo loves wasabi. That's why Elmo has no eyelids. Elmo: Elmo is scared when he gets a cold. Elmo: No Elmo: Elmo didn't take it personally. Elmo: No. Elmo: Well, Abby, you know more than Elmo! Elmo: Gonpachi! Elmo: And scones? Elmo: Where is it?! Elmo: We love LA.

Original story at LAist .

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Lenore Skenazy: Stock Market Lessons from Sesame Street: "I Love Cash"-The Song

14 Oct 2008 08:58:52 PDT

Written by Lenore Skenazy
Only Oscar the Grouch seems to have escaped the current crisis unscathed, for reasons that are, in retrospect, obvious: He avoided the real estate bubble by residing in a garbage can. As in the rest of the world, these are not such sunny days on Sesame Street. Bert is furious that Ernie insist...

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Opinion: Le Nouvel Album de Sesame Street!

29 Sep 2008 11:34:00 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Joe Hennes)
The CD contains music from Sesamstraat (The Netherlands), Takalani Sesame (South Africa), Zhima Jie (China), 5 rue Sesame (France), Ulitsa Sezam (Russia), Plaza Sesamo (Mexico), Galli Galli Sim Sim (India), Shara’a Simsim (Palestine), Rechov Sumsum (Israel), Kilimani Sesame (Ta...

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Opinion: Hidden Gems of Sesame Street Music: Part 5

04 Sep 2008 21:00:00 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Roe)
Ryan: So, fellow Tough Pig Anthony, there certainly are a lot of great Sesame Street songs, aren't there? Anthony: I agree. And as you say, it's an essential ingredient in the Muppet recipe, not just the Sesame Street one. The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Bear in the Big Blue House - all of them w...

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Opinion: Hidden Gems of Sesame Street Music: Part 1

31 Aug 2008 21:00:00 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Roe)
Telly is by far the most underrated Sesame Street Muppet. I mean, the dude can't catch a break. He's been a major Sesame regular for decades now, but he always gets ignored when it comes to merchandise, and no kid ever names him as his or her favorite character. Telly is the middle child of the Ses...

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How To: The Muppets are Back

15 May 2008 10:10:00 PDT

Jim Henson (the creator of the Muppets and voices for Kermit the Frog, Ernie from Sesame Street, and more) shows viewers the wide variety of puppets used around the world and he even shows you how to make your own puppet. ...

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Podcast: Move over Count Dracula, Advertising is here!

14 Apr 2008 08:04:25 PDT

Written by saraknee
A new artist will be hanging out with the furry and feathered friends. However, she's a wonderful artist, and she'll be singing one of her largest singles. In fact, if you don't like under a rock, you've probably heard it. Don't know whom I am talking about? Think iPod.

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Movie Review: Jim Henson's Commercials and Experiments

25 Mar 2008 22:55:46 PDT

Written by Simone Snaith
Last week I went to see Jim Henson's Commercials and Experiments at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax. It was with high hopes because Henson has always been a hero of mine, having created several of my favorite movies and TV shows (Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, The Muppet Show &a...

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Opinion: The Voice of Reason

29 Nov 2007 15:33:00 PST

Written by Ryan Roe
BINKY: Hey, you know that show Sesame Street? BINKY: YES! They said it's because Cookie Monster used to hold a pipe sometimes! BUNKY: Those scoundrels! Sesame Street is way too politically correct now! YOU: I'm a rational grown-up Sesame Street fan.

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Opinion: Rant: No new muppets, LONG LIVE THE OLD MUPPETS!

18 Nov 2007 16:00:00 PST

Written by Izzy Neis
It's just a shame that I can't bring myself to watch the new Sesame Street. The new muppets they have PALE in comparison to old school muppets like Telly, Ernie, Grover, Guy Smiley, The Count, etc. Sure they may be featured here and there-- but that Elmo? BAH!

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Opinion: Because ONTD needs more Tina Fey

13 Aug 2007 13:49:48 PDT

Tina Fey Rocks Sesame Street's World (and Vice Versa) by Megan Walsh-Boyle TV Guide: Who was your favorite character back then? Fey: It's weird because I grew up pre-Elmo. I like Ernie and Bert — they're truly a comedy team — and also Grover was a big deal. Source: TV Guide

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