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Sesame Street History
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Bits of history and jokes from The Street! Not affiliated with Sesame. Trying to make the world a better place. Run by @aletheashirilan.
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sorry for not posting as much history lately. i’ve been on vacation! regardless, good night :) 🧡
bert and ernie in their respective beds, with the text “bedtime. goodnight!” above their heads
December 23, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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what the hell did he put in the GrouchAde
Bert making a silly face while drinking a cup from Oscar’s “GrouchAde” stand.
December 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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OTD in Sesame Street history, 12/16/87, A Muppet Family Christmas premiered for the first time! This special featured the Muppets, the Sesame Street cast, the Fraggles, and Henson himself.
Henson Christmas Card featuring Big Bird, Red Fraggle, Kermit, Bert, Ernie, Mokey Fraggle, Miss Piggy, Doozers, Baby Gonzo, Baby Animal, and Baby Rowlf riding a sleigh.
December 16, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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they’re building each other …
Ernie builds a snowman that looks like Bert. Bert builds a snowman that looks like Ernie.
December 14, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Kermit and his human friends Fanny and Shola in 1972, and reunited in 1989. I wonder what it’s like to have the quasi-immortality of a Muppet.
Fanny and Shola hugging Kermit Kermit interviewing Fanny and Shola 17 years later. Older Shola hugs Kermit. Older Fanny kisses Kermit.
December 10, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Good night, friends! Tomorrow is a new week. 💙
Grover in bed with a kitten on his lap. A picture of his mother is on the night table next to him.
December 9, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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We lost Carroll Spinney, the original performer of Big Bird 5 years ago today. He developed him from a goofy giant to a sensitive six-year-old. We miss you, Carroll 💛
"The most important lesson I've learned is that first you have to dream, and then you have to believe in your dreams. That is the only way for them to come true." Carroll Spinney and Big Bird with their arms around each other.
December 8, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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not surprising haha! WHO IS THE BIRD WHO IS HAPPY AND PROUD?? 🤨🤨 meeee #SpotifyWrapped
Spotify Wrapped. Top Artists: 1 Big Bird 2 Big Bird 3 Big Bird 4 Sufjan Stevens 5 Big Bird. Top Songs: 1 Wonderful Me 2 Wonderful Me 3 Die Happy 4 Wonderful Me 5 Wonderful Me. Minutes Listened: 59,876
December 4, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Though it’s not much, this representation is really sweet to me, and probably meant a lot to some kids watching this for the first time. I 💙 Mr. Hooper, and the Sesame Street humans.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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OTD in Sesame Street history, 12/3/78, “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street” airs for the first time on PBS at 7 pm.
Cover art for Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. Cover art for “Merry Christmas from Sesame Street” record.
December 3, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Plugging this again as the weather gets colder - I made a comforting soft 70s-style playlist inspired by Sesame Street montages and calm moments. I like to listen to it while crafting or on a snowy day like today :)

open.spotify.com/playlist/6Yx...
My snowy backyard. Bert and Ernie sitting in their apartment. Ernie has a bowl of popcorn and Bert has a book.
December 2, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Child’s fan letter to Snuffleupagus from the Children’s Television Workshop archives.
From Melisa Heitzman. To Snuffy: 1. I love you Snuffy. 2. You are so special to me. 3. Have fun with Big Bird.
December 1, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Most people feel this way about Grover!
A little girl hugging Grover very tightly on Sesame Street.
December 1, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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A very VERY happy birthday to Joan Ganz Cooney, one of the creators of Sesame Street. She’s 95 today! Without her, we wouldn’t have the Street. 💚💛
Joan Ganz Cooney surrounded by Muppets.
November 30, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from Sesame History 💚📺🍁
Sesame Street gang circa 1974 sits down to have Thanksgiving dinner. Instead of a turkey, there is a huge bag of birdseed.
November 28, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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obsessed with the woman holding an umbrella over big bird having the time of her life
Big Bird at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, with a woman on the right of him holding a clear umbrella over his head.
November 28, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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it’s time to tryyyyyyy defyyyyyying graaaaaavity
Snuffy in a white tutu flying in the sky.
November 26, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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POV: It’s 2002. You’re home from school for Thanksgiving break and wake up early to watch TV anyway.
November 25, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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OTD in Sesame Street History, my mom was born! Just like me, she was a little kid who loved Sesame Street. Happy birthday Mom ❤️
A little girl (my mom!) in the 80s.
November 23, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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“i’m coming over, you better not be the ernie purse of despair when i get there”

me:
A purse that looks like Ernie’s head, with a haunted look in its eyes. Same purse, screaming.
November 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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telly is so nice.
Telly Monster (1979) Telly is so nice. He sweetens Oscar's day. Oscar is a sourpuss. Telly worries. He loves triangles, and plays the triangle.
November 21, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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OTD in Sesame Street history, 11/21/94, Season 26 debuts, beginning a new literacy campaign called “Let’s Read and Write!”
THERE'S ALWAYS TIME TO READ ON SESAME STREET. (Left) Big Bird takes a quiet moment to read one of his favorite fairy tales. (Right) Author Amy Tan shares her story "Siamese Chinese Cat" with (clockwise) Elmo, Carlo Alban, Zoe and a special guest Siamese kitten. Sesame Street embarks on its 26th season on PBS the week of Monday, November 21 (check local listings) with a new literacy campaign, "Let's Read and Write." ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A PRINCE AND A PIG... With a little help from his friend "Celina," (Annette Calud) Elmo writes a story about a Prince and Pig, two characters desperately in need of a tale. Sesame Street's 26th season begins on PBS the week of Monday, November 21 (check local listings) with a vigorous literacy campaign "Let's Read and Write."
November 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Cynthia Erivo with Oscar the Grouch for Sesame Street.
Cynthia Erivo hugging Oscar the Grouch.
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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he’s on the hunt for teeth and by god he won’t stop till he gets yours
A 1985 pin that says “Kermit’s Tooth Sleuth”
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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obsessed with the kermit i saw at museum of play
A very dopey looking Kermit puppet on display.
November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM