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FORTY YEARS AGO THIS NOVEMBER, a new television show designed to educate and entertain kids hit the PBS airwaves. It was unlike anything else on TV at the time, and it captured the attention of children and parents alike. bday, that same show, Sesame Street, continues to break new ground in children's programming, a feat recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), which will grant a Lifetime Achievement Emmy to the long­ running series at this month's Daytime Emmy Awards. Frank Radice, president of NATAS, praises Sesame's vitality and what it has contributed to society. "There are people out there who don't know what a [vinyl] record is or have never seen a type­ writer;' he says. "But they know ."

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The show's well-known theme song asks, has stopped by the stoop at 123 Sesame nickname Big. Ever-obliging tries to "Can you tell me how to get/ How to get to Street over the years. A (very) incomplete help by bringing her a big rock. Sesame Street?" We not only know how to list includes Jack Black, Carol Burnett, Sid get to Sesame Street, we know how - and Caesar, Jim Carrey, , Billy Crys­ (fllfifi11AHMt11trnlrtmi!BWI4' U why - Sesame StTeet gets to you, even all tal, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Jay Leno, Kids may not be familiar with Kristin Che­ these years later. Let us count the ways. We Cheech Marin, Richard Pryor, Jon Stewart, noweth, who pops up during "Elmo's Wo rl d­ love to count. (Cue lightning flashes and Ben Stiller, and Lily Tomlin. Adam Sandler segments as Ms. Noodle, the voiceless. clue­ Transylvanian bats.) will join that alumni association this fall. less sister of baggy-pants clown Mr. ·oodle (played by Bill Irwin). Parents, ho11·eyer. ~11£\ifiilailiii!' ) (fJI(ifi!IWmmlkl;- il$1) likely recognize not only the incand cent Sesame StTeet has maintained a strict edu­ The researchers, writers, producers, and Broadway star but also what her clu>racter cational mandate through the years, but the petformers behind the series make cheeky is meant to be: a Charlie Chaplin que show's pedagogical gears, the mechanisms children's television that tickles adult sensi­ homage to silent-film stars that in used to teach preschoolers, have always bilities. Here's why: It was an early in-house children to the art of mime. been greased by comedy. When Sesame de­ supposition, one that was later supported "The Noodles don't really kno"! what buted in 1969, it was a video reincarnation by bona fide educational research, that chil­ they're doing wrong in any situation: Che­ 3 of vaudeville, with its classic buddy bits and dren learn much more if grown-ups watch noweth says. "The kids watching them call 1 sassy send-ups. and laugh along with them. (And who out, 'No, no, no!' They see an adult is doing The show's quick-cut comedic pace, a wouldn't laugh at a segment about healthy something wrong, and they know ho11· to hallmark of Sesame's early years, was pat­ eating that features a Howie Mandel look­ fix it. I was in a bank once when a little girl terned after late-1960s TV sensation Row­ alike Muppet who hosts a show called Meal pointed at me and said, 'Ms. Noodle! You do an C3 MaTtin's Laugh-In, which featured OT No Meal?) The 40th season will feature things wrong. And you don't talk: I aid, 'I blackouts, knock-knock jokes, and sight a bit with Sarah Jessica Parker waiting know, but you help me figure things out:" gags. And just as Laugh-In had its walk­ around the Sesame Street stoop for her Sex When legendary musician James Taylor on cameos, a contingent of comedy greats and the City love interest, who goes by the is on tour, he occasionally takes requests to

18 play "Jellyman Kelly;' a nonsense song he performed, with jazz virtuoso Howard John­ son on tuba, on Sesame Street in 1983. Tay­ lor credits his multiple appearances on the show with extending his popularity beyond the generation that first discovered him. Indeed, you could learn an awful lot about music, literature, art, science, sports, and politics simply by studying the letter A on Sesame Street's lengthy list of guest stars. It includes legendary dance-company founder Alvin Ailey, -walking astro­ naut Buzz Aldrin, beloved novelist and poet Maya Angelou, former secretary gen­ eral of the United Nations Kofi Annan, and barrier-breaking athlete Arthur Ashe. (tNififill®i!ffiffJ!fffiM£1@1) Sesame Str·eet's formula of mixing puppetry, animation, short films, original music, and an ensemble cast still provides an alchemy that entrances as it informs. "It's a total con­ nect with children;' says , who produces and directs some of Sesame's epi­ sodes but is best known as the Muppeteer behind ever-popular Elmo. The show's ratings may not be what they once were, thanks in part to the proliferation of quality preschool shows on Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Noggin. Still, Sesame remains its demographic's most beneficial tries to program. No other series better stimulates the growing child's intellectual, emotional, and social development. "We offer a whole­ child curriculum," says Rosemary Truglio, vice president for education and research for (formerly Children's Television Workshop).

The old adage "The more things change, the more they stay the same" does not apply to Sesame StTeet. The visionaries at Sesame Workshop have always viewed the series as an ongoing experiment. As things change in the world, Sesame's curriculum adapts and adjusts. "Renewal is a constant process;' Truglio says. Topical issues are often addressed in the show. In this upcoming anniversary sea­ son, for example, a "wonders of nature" theme will weave through episodes, offering age-appropriate segments on nature, con­ servation, and recycling. To herald this cam­ paign, a (temporarily) green Elmo turned requests to up on the Today show in April to promote Ul LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Q SESAME STREET ;a: iC :>t" I I w

Being Green, a direct-to-DVD home video visit. Oscar's continued presence is some­ that guest stars Paul Rudd as Mr. Earth. what surprising, given the watered-down nature of many children's shows on TV today. Executive producer Carol-Lynn Par­ Joey Mazzarino is a director, head writer, ente agrees. "If Sesame StTeet were created and performer for Sesame StTeet (he brings today, you wouldn't have a character like vocabulary-building Murray Monster to Oscar,'' she says. "Sugarcoating keeps that life). He was also in the first generation of kind of character from being born." kids who grew up with the show. His goal is But Oscar perseveres because the show's to keep the program relevant for a genera­ producers see a great benefit to having such tion of children who have never known life a cranky character in the cast. "His presence without computers and the accessibility of shows that people on Sesame Street do not modern technology. To that end, viewers can all always get along. Sometimes, they have now stream Sesame podcasts from iTunes differences of opinion. They have a nasty and view on-demand episodes around the person in their neighborhood, and although clock on the Sprout digital channel. they may not like the way he behaves, he's still a part of the community, and they still (M 1!4i fi II@ ttttttmj \TJM@ I 0 try to get him on their side." ri.l!i!l At age 75, Muppeteer Caroll Spinney still peiforms as vinegary , the MICHAEL DAVIS is the author of : The Complete His­ contrarian in a can who told First Lady Mi­ tory of Sesame Street, which Oscar trashed before Davis cou ld even convince him to read it. For more information, vis it www chelle Obama to scram during her April set .streetgangbook.com.

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