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The Count counts up to 1 billion in ‘Sesame Street’ YouTube fan salute
To celebrate Sesame Street‘s YouTube channel reaching the 1 billion view mark, the show’s resident numbers maven, “Count Von Count,” took center stage in a musical thank-you note to fans released Wednesday. “Forget bitten fingers, I’ll count all the views,” he gushes. “How many watched us? I’ll tell you the…
Sesame Street spoofs Downton Abbey with ‘Upside Downton Abbey’
Sesame Street spoofed the popular TV drama Downton Abbey with a skit, “Upside Downtown Abbey.” Of course, every time the countess’ son pours tea or serves crumpets, they fall down to the ceiling. “Perhaps if we were right-side up, the problem would be solved,” he tries to explain. “Don’t be…
The Infantilizing of Infants: The Great American Tragedy
Reading through Wonkette this holiday, I found this one post that was too good to bury the links on a holiday post. See, most conservatives feign love and heart for “Sesame Street” when demanding we cut PBS’s funding, but not Mark Steyn. He hates “Sesame Street”, because he feels it’s…
Accuser recants underage sex accusations against voice of Elmo
UPDATE: The unidentified man who accused the voice of Sesame Street character Elmo of having sex with him while he was underage has retracted his allegations. Kevin Clash, the actor who voices Elmo for the children’s program Sesame Street, has taken a leave of absence after he says he was…
Sotomayor tells Sesame Street: ‘Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career’
Supreme Court Justice Justice Sonia Sotomayor offered some real talk to to Sesame Street character Abby about princesses and careers. Sotomayor explained that a “career is something that you train for and prepare for and plan on doing for a long time,” but when Abby says she wants to be…
Chris Jansing teases ‘Sesame Street’ character Elmo about being a bigamist
A tongue-in-cheek MSNBC interview with popular Sesame Street character Elmo had an awkward moment when Jansing and Co. host Chris Jansing suggested the “decidedly apolitical” red monster might be a bigamist. When Jansing asked Elmo if he would have a first lady as part of “Elmo: The Musical,” his upcoming…
‘Sesame Street’ company asks Obama campaign to take down Big Bird ad
Sesame Workshop, the company that owns the rights to “Sesame Street” and its characters, has asked the Obama campaign to take down its recent campaign ad featuring the character Big Bird. The company has released a statement that said, “Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not…
Gibbs: Romney will ‘battle Sesame Street’ and ‘let Wall Street run hog wild’
Obama senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs says that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney’s debate performance was “theatrical” but only proved that the Republican nominee would take “the battle straight to Sesame Street and let Wall Street run hog wild.” “Gov. Romney had a masterful, theatrical performance just this last week, but…
Romney threat to Big Bird draws outrage
In a campaign dominated by talk of high unemployment and soaring deficits, Mitt Romney’s threat to sack one particular government employee — Sesame Street’s Big Bird — has ruffled feathers. In an otherwise strong performance in the first presidential debate on Wednesday, Romney vowed to cut support for public television,…
U.S. pulls plug on Pakistani ‘Sesame Street’
The United States has cut funding to a popular Pakistani version of the children’s program “Sesame Street” amid allegations of fraud and abuse, a US official said Tuesday. The program, run under the umbrella of the US-based Sesame Workshop by a local theater group, had been awarded some $20 million…
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