Sesame+Streeet


 * =Table of Contents=
 * **How Sesame Street Started **
 * **Sesame Street and its History **
 * **Analysis **
 * **Works Cited ** ||

=**Starting on the Str**﻿**eet** = //﻿Sesame Street// is a show everyone grows up watching and learning from. Children watch Elmo and Dorothy learn about the word of the day, and see Cookie Monster shove lettered icing cookies into his mouth. //Sesame Street// is a childhood television that brought unforgettable memories and experience in the world you lived in and the world we live in now. The show started with a conversation at a dinner party, parents complaining about their children being stuck in front of the television. This got Joan Ganz Cooney, a former public television documentary producer to search for a way to make television both entertaining and educational for children. = = = = =** Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? ** = Cooney based the structure of //Sesame Street// off of 1960s variety shows, using short comical segments with live humans and puppets. Cooney searched for characters that would attract children, and he soon fell in love with a family of puppets known as Muppets, created by James Maury “Jim” Henson. Cooney invited Henson to add more puppets to the family of Muppets, and the cast of //Sesame Street// was born. After much research and preparation, //Sesame Street// made its big debut on November 10, 1969, introducing Henson’s Muppets Big Bird, Kermit , Bert and Ernie , Oscar , Grover , and Cookie Monster to the world. //Sesame Street// popularity rose quickly after their debut. //Sesame Street// was originally aired on PBS in the United States, produced by The Children's Television Workshop in New York City. People were stun at the idea of a television show that could teach children could learn from. Jim Henson's fun and new muppet character began teaching children around the world the alphabet, numbers and social values. Attracting children also attracted researchers. Many people were interested in the way //Sesame Street// was influencing kids. The show was funded by an eight million dollar grant from The Carnegie Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the U.S. Office of Education, the Office of Economic Opportunity and other federal agencies. Almost fifteen percent of the show's budget was devoted to researching and improving the show. //Sesame Street// was one of the few shows that ran commercial-free. Fearing that commercials could have an affect on the children watching, it ran five decades without any commercials and still runs commercial free on //PBS kids//. By the 70s //Sesame Street// became a world-known show, after proving itself as an educational landmark. With the expanding show was an expanding cast. Hoping to add diversity to the show, humans were finally added into the show. Producers and writers decided to add more to the show and added the touch of music to the show. Music became a big part of the show. It brought out the talent in children and encouraged kids to dance and move. Music in the show was a big hit and it began a wave of //Sesame Street// musicals. At the end of the 1900s, everything was starting to change. Many of the people who began the show left, including Jim Henson, creator of the muppets and performance of the puppets behind the scene. The show also celebrated its 30th Anniversary, but found low show ratings for the first time since its debut. Hoping to raise the ratings, in 1999 writers added a fifteen minute segment to the end of the show, Elmo making his debut as a solo host. As planned, ratings jumped back up with much interest in Elmo's goofy character; Elmo became household phenomenon. = = =**The Show That Counts** = //Sesame Street// has impacted many of lives in its history. The show and its characters can be found in everyday life. //Sesame Street// plays a huge part on our social and pop culture. It also plays a enormous role in teaching children through television. //Sesame Street// is a show that impacts many aspects of our lives, but most of all it impacts the future of the world, teaching children social and basic skills. Probably one of the most important reasons why //Sesame Street// makes such a big influence on our society is the people who watch the show the most, the people who hold our future of their hands and mind. Statistics show that over ninety percent of household with children watch //Sesame Street// regularly. //Sesame Street// airs daily, reaching kids all over the world, teaching things that could help or hurt them. //Sesame Street// helps many parents by getting preschoolers ready for school and entertaining them at the same time. //Sesame Street// is a show that educates many preschoolers and elementary students on social and basic skills every day. //Sesame Street// floods into countries all over the world becoming a universal show. The show regularly teaches students all over the world. It's still one of the few show that parents chose for their children to watch. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Almost seventy-seven percent of American preschoolers from all areas, ethnic groups, and income levels watch the show once a week or more. //Sesame Streets// countries to be the show to beat. It's a //Sesame Street// is a show that many other children television try to mimic. Though many other shows today have higher rating than //Sesame Street//, //Sesame Street// is still the show to beat. Today there are tons of children television and cartoons such as //Dora the Explorer// or //SpongeBob//, that tend to lean towards attracting children is mimicking //Sesame Streets// teaching children social values and basic skills. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Commercial free children television began with //Sesame Street//. Big public children television stations often do not air commercials with their television. Copying the style of Sesame Street, many show air commercial free hoping that it won't take the children attention away and not affect their learning from commercials. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Sesame Street// changed the business of children television. Before Sesame Street many shows aired were not tested for children appropriation, but today every show has to be tested for a level of appropriation. After many researching for the debut and popularity, many others started testing other television shows. And today you have to test a show for it's appropriation before the show can be aired onto public television. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Another aspect that Sesame Street impacted is music. Many of the tunes on the show can be heard in everyday commercials and radio, including Sesame Street carols and “Mahna Mahna” song. //Sesame Street// is often known for its encouragement of dancing and singing, nourishing the talent of young children. It was on of the few show in the 1960s to do that. This helped many other television in the future connect to music. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Sesame Street// has been educating children for forty-one seasons with 4, 256 episodes and getting preschoolers ready for school for forty-three years. The show airs in over 140 countries on its fortieth birthday. The show’s characters continue to live up to their fame showing up everywhere in graphic clothing. And Sesame Streets toys follow the footsteps of //Tickle Me Elmo// sky rocketing the toy charts. Whether its television history, pop culture, or the impact of children education, //Sesame Street// continues to live on.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Works Cited **

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