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'''Sesame Street''' is a television show for children on the [[PBS]] network.  It has been around since 1969 and has spawned a series of movies, books, magazines, and toys.  Sesame Street features [[Muppet]]s interacting with adults and children in an educational setting that emphasizes learning numbers and letters.  The show has won a number of [[Emmy Award]]s and is shown in over 25 languages around the world.

'''Sesame Street''' is a television show for children on the [[PBS]] network.  It has been around since 1969 and has spawned a series of movies, books, magazines, and toys.  Sesame Street features [[Muppet]]s interacting with adults and children in an educational setting that emphasizes learning numbers and letters.  The show has won a number of [[Emmy Award]]s and is shown in over 25 languages around the world.

==Muppet Characters==

==Muppet Characters==

* Big Bird -- An 8-foot tall yellow bird who walks on 2 legs, a good natured but simple creature.  The character of Big Bird was involved in a real-life media scandal about draft-dodging in the Vietnam War following his appearance in the NBC sitcom "Bill'n'the Bird" in 1968. <ref>http://www.culturenest.co.uk/tvradio.html</ref>

* Big Bird—An 8-foot tall yellow bird who walks on 2 legs, a good natured but simple creature.  The character of Big Bird was involved in a real-life media scandal about draft-dodging in the Vietnam War following his appearance in the NBC sitcom "Bill'n'the Bird" in 1968.<ref>http://www.culturenest.co.uk/tvradio.html</ref>

* Cookie Monster -- a lover of all cookies

* Cookie Monster—a lover of all cookies

* Snuffleupagus -- a creature who looks a bit like an elephant; at first only big bird saw him, but that has changed

* Snuffleupagus—a creature who looks a bit like an elephant; at first only big bird saw him, but that has changed

* Oscar the Grouch -- lives in a garbage can, has a generally cantankerous nature

* Oscar the Grouch—lives in a garbage can, has a generally cantankerous nature

* Elmo

* Elmo

* The Count -- a vampire who loves to count

* The Count—a vampire who loves to count

* Bert & Ernie -- human muppets; Ernie's child-like goofs are balanced by Bert's more serious nature

* Bert & Ernie—human muppets; Ernie's child-like goofs are balanced by Bert's more serious nature

* Telly Monster

* Telly Monster

* Kermit the Frog -- a green frog hand muppet who went on to star in the muppet movies

* Kermit the Frog—a green frog hand muppet who went on to star in the muppet movies

* Grover -- typical friendly monster, also the voice of Yoda

* Grover—typical friendly monster, also the voice of Yoda

==References==

==References==

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/ Sesame Street homepage]

* [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/ Sesame Street homepage]

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063951/ IMDB website]

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063951/ IMDB website]