Big Bird-day at Sesame Street

November 9, 2009  Filed Under News, 13 Comments » 

You’ve seen it on Google themes -Sesame Street turns the big 4-0 this week.

Today, it’s seen in 140 countries. Not bad for a bit of foam and some basic arithmetic. But the show is of course, so much more.

Kermit has become an international star. Big Bird has made the cover of Time magazine. Bert and Ernie and the Cookie Monster are household names. Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, and Count Von Count are institutions.

In 1966, the Carnegie Institute hired Joan Ganz Cooney to study how the media could be used to help …