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Secretary Sebelius, Elmo Talk Swine Flu Safety (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics


Health And Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is teaming up with Elmo to help kids and their families stay healthy during the swine flu outbre...

Michelle Obama's Sesame Street PSA: "You're Your Child's Best Role Model" (VIDEO)

Sesame Street | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living


This past Tuesday, Michelle Obama stopped by Sesame Street to tape a Public Service Announcement with everyone's favorite muppet, Elmo. The PSA, part ...

Michelle Obama's 'Sesame Street' Appearance: "I'm On A High" (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.05.2009 | Style


UPDATE: 'Sesame Street' sent us the following photo and information on May 5th. First Lady Michelle Obama visited Sesame Street today to tape a Publi...

Paul Rudd Dances With Elmo; Officially Becomes World's Cutest Man (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 04.13.2009 | Comedy


At this point, we all know how much Paul Rudd loves to dance, but until you've seen him dressed as a giant earth boogying down with some muppets, you ...

Sesame Street Explains The Madoff Scandal (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.13.2009 | Comedy


No doubt the Madoff scandal is complicated, especially for children. To make it easier to understand Jimmy Kimmel commissioned Ernie and Cookie Monste...

Ricky Gervais's Hilarious "Sesame Street" Appearance (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy


Thank god for "Sesame Street," without out it I would never have learned to read, count, or talk to over-sized plush animals. The only way to improve ...

Uh-Oh Elmo! Sesame Workshop Cutting 20%

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — The crisis on Wall Street is plaguing Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of "Sesame Street" and other kids' prog...

Not Just Kid Stuff: From Kidz Bop to The Fuzzy Stones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.29.2008 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

When did children's music get so awful? It wasn't always as painful to listen to. Some historic recordings, though not exactly classified as "children's," have been cherished forever.

Sesame Street Embraces The Web, On iTunes, Hulu, YouTube

Reuters | Robert MacMillan | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Yes: on iTunes, Hulu and YouTube. After almost four decades on Public B...

My Idea for a Really Cool Slasher Movie

Ken Levine | Posted 10.31.2008 | Entertainment


Ken Levine

My idea is to hire Gordon from SESAME STREET as the psychopath. Can you imagine how disturbing THAT would be to anyone who grew up with that show?

Stock Market Lessons from Sesame Street: "I Love Cash"-The Song

Lenore Skenazy | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment


Lenore Skenazy

Only Oscar the Grouch seems to have escaped the current crisis unscathed, for reasons that are, in retrospect, obvious: He avoided the real estate bubble by residing in a garbage can.

Homeland Security, Sesame Street Join Forces To Teach Kids About Terror

DC Examiner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home


When it comes to securing the homeland, who better to help you sleep at night than various characters from the popular children's show, "Sesame Street...

Green Cure for Fiscal Red Ink

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green


John Tepper Marlin

What's raining down at present is government red ink, directly related to weak oversight over our financial system and a weak response to America's extravagant use of energy.

David Beckham On Sesame Street

Daily Mirror | Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment


This may be David Beckham's most difficult opponent of the year Becks has filmed a cameo role in kiddies' TV favourite Sesame Street where he almost ...

Ralph Nader Sings About Consumer Advocacy on Sesame Street in 1988 (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business


"Your Aunt Myrtle knitted you a lemon!" says Ralph Nader, clearly reading off of a teleprompter, (or whatever similar device Sesame Street is employin...

Wikipedia Founder Proposes Support for Open Textbooks

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business


Esther Wojcicki

The Open Educational Resources (OER) movement does not need another group doing the same thing. One area where it needs support is search.

The Push to Create Open Educational Resources, Benefiting Children Worldwide

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 03.29.2008 | Media


Esther Wojcicki

Wikipedia co-founder James Sanger put out an appeal last week in the Journal of Higher Education to donate money to create textbooks online that would...

Q & A With Elmo's Creator

Huffington Post Living | Dequan Foster & Diamante Suarez | Posted 01.26.2008 | Living


DEQUAN FOSTER: When you were growing up was there ever a mentor in your life that really had such a big difference? KEVIN CLASH: Oh yeah. I had som...

Sesame Street For Grownups Only?

CBS | Posted 01.18.2008 | Home


There's something wrong with a picture from the original Sesame Street - little children riding bicycles without helmets. Other scenes, too, from the...

New Sesame Street DVD Of Early Episodes Contains Parental Warning

The New York Times | Virginia Heffernan | Posted 11.18.2007 | Media


Sunny days! The earliest episodes of "Sesame Street" are available on digital video! Break out some Keebler products, fire up the DVD player and prepa...

DVDs: My So-Called Twin Peaks Boxed Set

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.30.2007 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

If ever a show deserved to be collected in a boxed set with loads of obsessive extras, it's My So-Called Life.