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'Sesame Street' turns 35 - What are your favorite memories?
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| November 10, 2004
Posted on 11/10/2004 4:32:31 PM PST by Mr. Mulliner
Thursday 11th November, 2004
'Sesame Street' turns 35
Big News Network.com Thursday 11th November, 2004
Sesame Street, the PBS children's series that debuted Nov. 10, 1969, celebrates its 35th birthday with a cast of familiar characters and some new friends.
The series -- with original cast members Bert, Ernie and Oscar the Grouch, and the relatively new regular, Elmo -- reached the milestone Wednesday, MSNBC reported.
When the show first aired, Sesame Street was one of very few quality children's programs on TV. But Sesame Street now competes with scores of children's shows from 500 cable networks, as well as programming for DVDs and VCRs, MSNBC said.
Through the years, the series has stayed current with timely themes, including C3PO and R2D2 from Star Wars visiting in 1978, and the 2001 episode in which Big Bird's home was destroyed, paralleling the 9/11 attacks.
TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: indoctrination; leftwing; liberalism; socialists; taxpayerfunded
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I heard on the news this morning that Sesame Street was celebrating its 35th anniversary today and that sparked some fun discussion on the radio from callers. Although I was already 10 when Sesame Street started, I still have watched my share over the years and now that I have kids I still keep up with it a little.
My favorite characters were Bert and Ernie, (Did you know that Bert and Ernie were named for the policeman and taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life?), the two-headed monster, and the space alien guys.
Who are your favorite characters and what are your favorite moments from the show?
To: Mr. Mulliner
favorite moment>
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:34:28 PM PST
by
petercooper
(Kerry voters -- How can 56,307,604 people be so DUMB?)
To: petercooper
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:34:55 PM PST
by
Shermy
(Stop Kerry - Stop the Goose Slaughter)
To: petercooper
peter, you are so bad..........LOL.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:35:17 PM PST
by
Howlin
(I love the smell of mandate in the morning.)
To: Mr. Mulliner
Don't have many memories from my childhood, although I do remember that the "Monster at the End of the Book" book with Grover was my absolute favorite as a kid.
However, since the show is now a staple for my four year old, I love it.
To: Mr. Mulliner
Ruber duckie you're the one, you make bath time lots of fun.
Didn't realize it was 35 years old, I must have caught the front end of it.
To: Mr. Mulliner
Guest appearance by OBL.
Soory don't have the pix.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:35:58 PM PST
by
dts32041
(bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay)
To: Mr. Mulliner
This show has become a means of pushing social Marxism on our children. Don't allow fond memories to blind you as to what the show has become.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:36:16 PM PST
by
CitadelArmyJag
("Tolerance is the virtue of the man with no convictions" G. K. Chesterton)
To: Mr. Mulliner
I loathed "Sesame Street" as a kid and loathe it now for their attempt to indoctrinate pre-schoolers in liberalism.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:36:38 PM PST
by
MisterRepublican
("I must go. I must be elusive.")
To: Mr. Mulliner
I think Sesame Street was on before November 1969.
Anyhow, I remember the dots. One time one of them did a rasberry at the other.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:36:40 PM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Mr. Mulliner
When oscar went nuts with an AK-47 and killed big bird. That was a great show.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:37:08 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
To: Mr. Mulliner
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:37:52 PM PST
by
Westlander
(BzzZZZ Pffft Gone)
To: CitadelArmyJag
I too was ten during SS's debut. I can remember my Mom seeing it in the tv paper and watching it on b&w tv.
I love Oscar the Grouch! But haven't watched it in a while. I try and stay clear of pbs.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:38:43 PM PST
by
bicyclerepair
(Help I'm surrounded by RATS (S. FL))
To: Mr. Mulliner
When Bert gave Ernie a backrub that only "special friends can enjoy."
When Oscar the Crackhead held up Mr. Hooper's Grocery store.
When Ted Nugent shot Big Bird.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:38:47 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Karl Rove IS Keyser Soze)
To: Mr. Mulliner
What's up with Bert and Ernie? Are they brothers or....what?
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:38:58 PM PST
by
Huck
(Any man, gay or straight, can marry a woman. That's equal treatment under the law.)
To: CitadelArmyJag; MisterRepublican
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:39:01 PM PST
by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: Mr. Mulliner
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:39:06 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
To: nutmeg
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:39:37 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Karl Rove IS Keyser Soze)
To: flashbunny
Similar to my favorite memory of having Big Bird for Thanksgiving. Ah the seasonality of it.
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posted on
11/10/2004 4:39:40 PM PST
by
p. henry
To: Mr. Mulliner
'Sesame Street' turns 35 - What are your favorite memories?Mister Rogers and Howdy Doody
;-)
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