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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.
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| − | ==Spinoffs==
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| − | Sesame Street successfully launched the career of [[Jim Henson]]'s muppets and has produced countless imitations and variations. A number of Sesame Street movies have been made, including ''Follow That Bird'' and ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland''. Sesame Street characters have made appearances on a number of game and talk shows. Many stuffed animals of the Sesame Street characters are sold in amazing quantities and the [[Tickle Me Elmo]] is considered to be one of the best selling toys of all time. A number of musical albums have been released by Sesame Street characters, most notably ''Bert's Blockbusters'' which scored an unexpected success in 1974 with the single ''Doin' the Pigeon''.<ref>[http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sesame_street/berts_blockbusters/ Bert's Blockbusters - #4 Album of 1974]</ref>
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| − | ==Muppet Characters==
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| − | * [[Big Bird]] -- A huge yellow bird taller than most people who walks on 2 legs, a good natured but simple creature
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| − | * [[Cookie Monster]] -- a lover of all cookies
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| − | * [[Snuffleupagus]] -- a creature who looks a bit like an elephant; at first only big bird saw him, but that has changed
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| − | * [[Oscar the Grouch]] -- lives in a garbage can, has a generally cantankerous nature
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| − | * [[Elmo]]
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| − | * [[The Count]] -- a vampire who loves to count
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| − | * [[Bert & Ernie]] -- human muppets; Ernie's child-like goofs are balanced by Bert's more serious nature
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| − | * [[Telly Monster]]
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| − | * [[Kermit the Frog]] -- a green frog hand muppet who went on to star in the muppet movies
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| − | * [[Grover]] -- typical friendly monster, also the voice of Yoda
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| − | * [[Miss Piggy]] -- prone to explosive outburts, she also has a crush on Kermit
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | * [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/ Sesame Street homepage]
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| − | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063951/ IMDB website]
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| − | [[Category:Television Shows]]
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