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Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry.It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett.
The sale ended any direct affiliation between The Muppets and Sesame Street, although the series retains use of the term "Muppet" under license from Disney. Many of the puppeteers continue to perform with both The Muppets and Sesame Street franchises. While no longer owning the Sesame Street characters, Henson continues to design them. [50 ...
Many Sesame Street songs were recorded by well-known artists such as Barbra Streisand, Lena Horne, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Simon, and Jose Feliciano. [120] By 2019, there were 180 albums of Sesame Street music produced. [104] The show's first album, Sesame Street Book & Record, recorded in 1970, was a major success and won a Grammy Award. [121]
The American children's television series Sesame Street is known for its extensive merchandising. Licensees include a variety of companies which manufacture books, magazines, video/audio media, and toys using the characters and themes of Sesame Street.
Joan Ganz Cooney (born Joan Ganz; November 30, 1929) is an American television writer and producer.She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was co-created by her.
©CTW/Sesame Workshop / Courtesy Everett Collection. Cookie Monster, Prairie Dawn, Ernie, Elmo, Bert and Grover in 'Sesame Street'.
On the Sesame Street TikTok and Instagram accounts, it’s not uncommon to see a video of Elmo sitting on a stoop, encouraging the viewer to stay for a minute to “escape to a place where the air ...
Sesame Street was an expensive program to produce because the creators decided they needed to compete with other programs that invested in professional, high quality production. [41] Jim Henson, (1989), creator of the Muppets. Henson was initially reluctant to become involved with a children's show, but agreed to do so. [42]