Showing posts with label Sesame Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sesame Street. Show all posts

So Long, Bob McGrath

Neighbor Bob was always a friendly face on "Sesame Street." As a first-generation viewer and fan of the show, I was saddened to hear about his death this week at age 90. Here he is singing one of his signature tunes.

HBO plans documentary charting the history of "Sesame Street"

I started watching "Sesame Street" with episode one. At least that's what my mom tells me. I don't remember. But it seems like Bert, Ernie, Kermit Cookie Monster, Grover and the rest have always been there, and I'll definitely tune into this.

Details form the news release:

HBO Documentary Films’ STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET takes audiences inside the minds and hearts of the “Sesame Street” creators, artists, writers and educators who together established one of the most influential and enduring children’s programs in television history. 

The film will debut in 2021.The documentary will air on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

In the late 1960s, socially conscious media executive Joan Ganz Cooney and Sesame Workshop co-founder Lloyd Morrisett took on a revolutionary experiment: To harness the burgeoning power of television and create an educational, impactful, and entertaining show that could reach children nationwide. Cooney recruited visionary Muppets creator Jim Henson and acclaimed children’s television writer and director Jon Stone to craft the iconic and uplifting world of “Sesame Street.”

Inspired by the civil rights movement, STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET focuses on the first two experimental and groundbreaking decades of “Sesame Street,” highlighting this visionary “gang” that audaciously interpreted radical changes in society and engaged children in ways that entertained and educated them like never before.