SESAME STREET TUESDAYThe very first episode of Sesame Street aired on November 10, 1969, exactly 40 years ago today. The show was a lot different back then: it featured a really strange opening, most of the sketches are properly introduced by the characters (à la Laugh-In), and the show featured weird segments featuring blank-faced Muppets called "Anything People" that would have facial features/personalities added or removed during the scene.
To commemorate the anniversary, today's clips from the very first episode. The episode spends most of its time introducing us to the human and Muppet cast and, as you can see, some of the characters were not quite finalized yet:
Happy 40th Anniversary, Sesame Street!
P.S. - Isn't today a cool date - 11-10-09? The Count would love it.
1 comment:
So did you plan this out at the inception of SST to have THE 40th anniversary fall on a Tuesday?? Amazing. Thanks for the history on Sesame Street. Very interesting. Long live Cookie Monster.
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