Sesame Street, Still Teaching After All These Years

The following small article was written by Jacqueline Cutler.

The theme songs asks, "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" For children across the country, the easiest way is to turn on PBS. Or, if you live in New York, take the N, R, E, or F subway or drive over the Queensboro Bridge.
There in a squat brick building is Kaufman Astoria Studios, where some of the country's first movies were made. A feeling which must be similar to the one Dorothy had when she entered Oz, overtakes visitors. One moment life is mundane, then you turn a corner and Sesame Street appears in all its glory.
Here, on a set fashioned to look like older New York neighborhoods, is the fix-it shop and Mr. Hooper's store. What can't be seen on TV is the store's stock, which includes Puff Dandy Cereal, Dooty Free Diapers, Fluffy Fur Shampoo and The Parrot's Review and Working Dog magazines.
This season of Sesame Street, teh 32rd, revolves around music and art. In the episode airing Thursday, July 12 for instance, Maria finds a painting Gabbie did when she was 5, and everone interprets it differently. "Elmo's World" is about drawing. Children talk about their art. Ernie's show and tell is about spin art. And there's a remote hookup from the Museum of Modern Art, which Big Bird and Baby Bear visit.
Also, this season, Sesame Street was hit by a hurricane. Big Bird's nest was destroyed, but his cozy home was rebuilt, complete with bookshelf containing, in case you're curious, Principles of Chemistry, The March of Democracy (two volumes) and Preface to Philosophy.

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