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Sesame Street
A community portal about Sesame Street with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational... [more]
A community portal about Sesame Street with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. Sesame Street is well known for its Muppet characters, created by the puppeteer Jim Henson. More than 4,134 episodes of the show have been produced in 36 seasons, which makes it one of the longest-running television shows in history.
From 1971, a critique of Sesame Street from The Atlantic.
Nonetheless, and in spite of all its successes, I feel very strongly that Sesame Street has aimed too low, has misunderstood the problem it is trying to cure, and will be a disappointment in the long run. I also feel that it has misunderstood the nature and underestimated the opportunities of its chief subject, the three R's, and its medium, television; and therefore, that even what it...
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