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Sesame Street

June 2024

  • close-up of Black man wearing fedora and grey suit

    Bill Cobbs, Night at the Museum, The Bodyguard and Air Bud actor, dies aged 90

    Veteran character actor, who had almost 200 credits and often played a familiar and memorable everyman, likely died of natural causes, says publicist

March 2024

  • a blue fluffy puppet eating a cookie

    Cookie Monster and Ohio senator make odd allies in shrinkflation complaint

    Democratic senator Sherrod Brown endorsed the Sesame Street star’s complaint on products getting smaller as prices remain same

January 2024

  • Elmo the Muppet hosting The Not Too Late Show With Elmo on HBO Max

    Pass notes
    Elmo’s big question: how an adorable puppet asked how everyone was doing – and opened the gates of hell

    The Sesame Street monster was just being friendly on X. Now, he’s drowning in election anxiety, relationship troubles and existential dread

September 2023

  • Dr Laurie Santos from The Happiness Lab podcast with the gang from Sesame Street.

    ‘Big Bird’s hands were on my shoulders!’: the psychology professor who teamed up with Sesame Street

    Dr Laurie Santos’s classes on happiness are the most popular in Yale’s history. Now, her podcast has recruited some big, fluffy experts in joy to help families with their mental health

January 2023

  • Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett receives a kiss from Abby Cadabby as the Cookie Monster watches upon his arrival for the 42nd Annual Kennedy Awards Honors in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies aged 93

    The experimental educator teamed up with television producer Joan Ganz Cooney to create Sesame Street after seeing his daughter interact with a TV

October 2022

  • Ulitsa Sezam actors singing on set: (from left) Alexander Lyrchikov (father Sasha), Ekaterina Strizhenova (mother Nina), Muppets Businka and Kubik with Katya Mikhailovskaya (young Katya), and Maria Aronova (Aunt Dasha)

    Muppets in Moscow: the wild story behind Sesame Street in Russia

    In an unexpected new book, Nastasha Lance Rogoff recalls some difficult and at times dangerous tales of making Ulitsa Sezam

July 2022

  • Big Bird is shown on a sign near an entrance to Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

    Family sues Sesame Street theme park after racial discrimination allegations

    Maryland family says multiple costumed characters ignored their Black daughter and other Black guests
  • Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Many people expressed outrage online and some called for a boycott of the amusement park.

    Sesame Street theme park apologizes after Black girls shunned by costumed character

    Instagram video shows character Rosita high-fiving white child and woman then saying ‘no’ to Black girls with arms outstretched
  • Original Film Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. English Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. Film Director: JAMES FRAWLEY. Year: 1979. Credit: JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS / Album<br>Original Film Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. English Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. Film Director: JAMES FRAWLEY. Year: 1979. Credit: JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS

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    The Muppet Movie: my lifelong love affair with Kermit’s big-screen debut

    With plenty of Muppet madness, puppetry feats and celebrity cameos, the first Muppets movie is a big-hearted lesson in self-belief

June 2022

  • Sesame Street’s educational videos have drawn fire from rightwing commentators.

    Ted Cruz bashes new Sesame Street video discussing Covid vaccine for children

    The Texas senator objects that the spot – in which Elmo’s dad decides to vaccinate his son – cites no scientific evidence

March 2022

  • In this photo provided by Sesame Workshop, Emilio Delgado poses for a picture at Kaufman Astoria Studios while filming the 50th season of "Sesame Street," in October 2018. Delgado, the actor and singer who for 45 years was a warm and familiar presence in children's lives and a rare Latino face on American television as fix-it shop owner Luis on “Sesame Street,” died Thursday, March 10, 2022. He was 81. (Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop via AP)

    Emilio Delgado, Sesame Street actor for 45 years, dies aged 81

    Delgado, who played fix-it shop owner Luis on beloved children’s show, was a rare Latino face on US TV

December 2021

  • Jim Henson and Frank Oz introduce some lucky visitors to Bert and Ernie.

    The secret history of Sesame Street: ‘It was utopian – it’s part of who we all are’

    In 1970, David Attie was sent to photograph the birth of the kids’ landmark TV show as part of a cold war propaganda drive by the US government. But these newly found images are just one part of the programme’s radical history

November 2021

  • Sesame Street muppet Ernie with new Asian-American muppet character Ji-Young

    Sesame Street debuts first Asian American muppet as show ‘meets the moment’

    The landmark children’s television program introduces Ji-Young, its first Korean American puppet, inspired by a desire to counteract race hate
  • Big Bird, the 8 ft 2 inch beloved yellow bird from Sesame Street, is seen at a block dedication ceremony in New York.

    ‘They’re puppets!’: why the US right loves to hate Sesame Street

    A pro-vaccine tweet from Big Bird ruffled Ted Cruz’s feathers, but it’s not the first time a Republican has been anti-muppet
  • Big Bird of Sesame Street attends the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at The Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, California - 30.08.09<br>C1XBWD Big Bird of Sesame Street attends the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at The Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, California - 30.08.09

    Ted Cruz condemns Big Bird for advocating Covid vaccines for kids

    Big Bird seems unlikely to stop his public health advocacy

August 2021

  • Frank Oz at home in Manhattan, New York.

    The G2 interview
    Frank Oz on life as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and Yoda: ‘I’d love to do the Muppets again but Disney doesn’t want me’

    He played some of the most memorable characters of all time on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street - then became a brilliant comedy director. What is he most proud of?

June 2021

  • In the video released by the show, Alan, the Japanese American owner of Hooper’s Store on Sesame Street, and Wes talk to their friend Analyn about how a boy bullied her.

    New Sesame Street song supports Asian American children struggling with bullying

    Alan and Wes, a recently introduced African American character, sing ‘Your eyes tell the story of your family’ in Proud of Your Eyes

May 2021

  • Angellica Bell

    Watched with mother
    Angellica Bell: ‘My puppet sidekick became real to me’

  • ‘To me, it was clear that kids just adored the medium, so why not use it to teach them.’

    ‘It was truly an experiment’: how did we get to Sesame Street?

April 2021

  • A still from Waffles + Mochi. Puppets exude an inviting quality to viewers of all ages.

    Strings attached: why we’re still in love with puppet TV shows

    Four new series revolving around puppets highlight the enduring appeal of the format as Sesame Street enjoys its 51st season on air
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