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“Sesame Street” Nigeria

Sweeping the clouds away in Africa: Sesame Street is heading to the nation of Nigeria, Variety reports.
Sesame Workshop, who produce the PBS television classic, is developing a Nigerian version of the 40-year-old children’s program in hopes of bringing life-changing messages about education, women’s rights, and HIV/AIDS to some of Africa’a youngest citizens.

Bid Bird and [...]

Lindsay Lohan Dated Heath Ledger; Donald Trump’s Jet Is For Sale; Toni Braxton Divorce And More Afternoon Crunch Bites

Whaddup, PopCrunchers! Let’s take a little trip around the blogosphere, shall we?
-According to a recently leaked voicemail, Lindsay Lohan was dating Heath Ledger at the time of his death, back in January 2008…..
-Joss Stone is in trouble after making some candid remarks about drugs….
-Toni Braxton’s heart may be “unbreakable,” but her marriage to Mint Condition’s [...]

6 International Sesame Street Tribute Logos from Google

Christine already talked about how Google is making its tribute to Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary. However, Google didn’t stop at Big Bird.  Instead, they created logos for the characters found in international versions of the show.
Here’s a collection of the entire world-wide Sesame Street tribute:

An illustration of the cast of Sesame Street (USA) This is [...]

Conservative Bloggers Fuming Over “Sesame Street’s” Oscar The Grouch FOX News Dig

“Sunny Days?” Not so much. Most of us have managed to ignore Oscar the Grouch’s infamously foul moods over the past four decades, but Ole Ossie has really managed to get the conservatives a bit grouchy.
PopEater.com reports that conservative bloggers are livid over a 2-year-old Sesame Street sketch re-aired last week, which calls a channel [...]

“TODAY” Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of “Sesame Street”

On Friday, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby dropped The TODAY Show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street.

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Stars Sing “Sesame Street” Theme “Sunny Days” [VIDEO]

If you know that “C” is for cookie and a purple vampire taught you how to count, you probably know the way to Sesame Street.
Now that the PBS children’s classic is turning 40, some of this season’s guest stars, including Jake Gyllenhaal, Christina Applegate, Kobe Bryant, Nancy O’Dell, and Cedric the Entertainer celebrate Sesame Street’s [...]

Big Bird “Jimmy Kimmel Live” VIDEO [Nov. 5]

How adorable was Big Bird’s appearance on last night’s Kimmel? Some of our favorite residents from Sesame Street will be making the media rounds over the next week as the children’s television classic celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Keep your eyes peeled for an special appearance by Zoe and Elmo on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon next [...]

Google Wishes Sesame Street a Happy Birthday

Have you Googled anything today? If you have, and you used the regular Google homepage, you might have noticed some familiar looking big feet. Google is celebrating with Sesame Street, which is turning 40. The first Sesame Street episode was on November 10th, 1969, and it is the longest running kids program on national television.
Google, [...]

“Sesame Street” 40th Season Kicks Off Nov. 10

Can you believe Sesame Street is 40? The iconic children’s television classic kicks off its 40 season on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with a special guest appearance from First Lady Michelle Obama. Keep your eyes peeled for some of the biggest names on the block to bring their counting games to your favorite late night programs [...]

Sesame Street “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” Special Kicks Off Nov. 9

Are you smarter than a Sesame Street character? Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?Sesame Street celebrate 40 years with a weeklong series of guest appearances.Some of our favorite Muppets, including Grover, Prairie Dawn, Zoe, and Cookie Monster, will join Jeff Foxworthy as specials co-hosts of beginning Nov. 9.

Michelle Obama to promote gardening, healthy eating on Sesame Street

US First Lady Michelle Obama is to appear in the first episode of the 40th anniversary series of Sesame Street with a segment encouraging kids to plant gardens.
The First Lady will appear in the November 10 season debut of the educational show for kids.
The show’s producers said that Mrs Obama will teach the furry “residents” [...]

Sesame Street spoofs Mad Men

This is entertaining.
Beloved children’s show Sesame Street is in its 40th season on the air, and they’ve decided to spoof another hit TV show. Below is the Sesame Street version of AMC’s hit show Mad Men.
Enjoy!

Sesame Street Mad Men Parody (VIDEO)

How awesome is Sesame Street’s newly-released parody of the retro hit Mad Men? PBS’ oldest neighborhood celebrates its 40th anniversary on Nov. 10, and the Muppets marked the affair with a spoof of AMC’s Emmy-winning Sunday night drama — complete with tight suits and fitted fedoras!
How come they never did anything cool like this [...]

Lady Gaga Kermit The Frog Outfit German TV Interview

Gaga’s got a frog on her throat….
New York’s own Stefani Germanotta has once again proven that she marches to the beat of different drummer — a drummer who hails from Sesame Street!

The eccentric singer best known as Lady Gaga has wore some odd ensembles in her day — Does The Cone Bar at this year’s [...]

Lloyd Garver: Was Bush Right About Iraq?

Some of the criticism George W. Bush and his administration received when they began the war against Iraq was that they were trying to force…

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [85] — Roll Up! See The Show!

“Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends…” All week long, this line has been running through my head. It’s from an Emerson,…