Sunny Days

Most 40-year-olds would likely tell you to scram, just like Oscar the Grouch might, at the mention of their advancing age. But landmark series Sesame Street proudly cops to that number. Debuting on November 10, 1969 on US public television, the show that endeavored to teach preschoolers their ABCs and 123s through an inventive mix of live action, puppetry and animation wasn't expected to last. But just a year after bowing, one of its core Muppet characters, Big Bird, made the cover of Time magazine and the show scored the first three of its 122 Emmy Awards. Clearly Children's Television Workshop (renamed Sesame Workshop in 2000) founder Joan Ganz Cooney was onto something when she argued it was possible to teach kids through TV.
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November 25, 2009

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