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Let’s take ‘Sesame Street’ out of the equation for PBS funding
As Congress threatens to defund public broadcasting, the defenders of PBS and NPR keep defending themselves by pointing to ...
Inspired by 'Sesame Street,' Brett Goldstein combines puppets and stand-up in HBO special 'Second Best Night of Your Life'
The comedian, who starred in "Ted Lasso" and co-created "Shrinking," explains how "The Second Best Night of Your Life" came ...
Mississippi officials refused to air 'Sesame Street' in 1970 because of multiracial cast
"Sesame Street," which premiered in November 1969, faced a rough road to air in the state of Mississippi. This is that story.
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Sesame Street, Last Gasp of the Monoculture, Faces Existential Threat
left-wing echo chambers for a narrow audience of mostly wealthy, white urban liberals," accusing them of "grooming and sexualizing" children. Cast members of the television show, 'Sesame Street ...
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Essex brothers to race across Europe in Big Bird car
Two brothers from south Essex are set to race across Europe in a car decorated as Big Bird from Sesame Street in a bid to raise money for charity. John and Mark Everett, from Leigh and Wickford, will ...
Elmo and Helena Bonham Carter join as narrators in Bluey Book Reads’ new series
The digital series has celebrities reading out storybooks based on episodes of the children’s television programme, Bluey.
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SZA Shows Support For Sesame Street Amid Attacks On PBS Funding
Grammy-nominated artist SZA is showing love for Sesame Street and expressing a desire ... to share her thoughts. “To fulfill my last two album requirements, I think I just wanna make peaceful ...
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How ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Black Angels’ sparked a new Kronos Quartet
As Kronos Fest's annual explosion of musical ideas approaches, new members Gabby Díaz and Ayane Kozasa speak about joining in ...