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3 unusual facts about Sesame Workshop


Mr. Snuffleupagus

According to sources such as the Sesame Workshop website and Sesame Street Unpaved, the character's name is spelled "Snuffleupagus".

Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce

The Children's Television Workshop (CTW, later Sesame Workshop), the organization responsible for the production of Sesame Street, considered and discussed addressing the topic of divorce for many years before developing an episode.

Triggerfish Animation Studios

From 1998-2008 Triggerfish produced animation for Sesame Workshop for the South African version of Sesame Street, Takalani Sesame, as well as the US domestic and international versions of the pre-school kids' program.


Big Bird in Japan

Big Bird in Japan was a 1989 special by the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), that aired on PBS January 16, 1989.

Dreamkind

The app is produced by Sesame Workshop (the producers of Sesame Street) and the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Centers of Excellence.

Ellen Wartella

Currently chair of the Front-of-Package Marketing study committee of the Institute of Medicine for the National Science Foundation, she serves on Board of Trustees of Sesame Workshop and the National Educational Advisory Board of the Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Children Youth and Families.

June Angela

Angela was one of several Electric Company alumni (along with Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno and Children's Television Workshop founder Joan Ganz Cooney) who shared their memories of working on the show.

Melanie Killen

She has consulted for the U.S. Government in the area of peer conflict resolution as well as for Sesame Workshop and Teaching Tolerance.

Sesame Street: Old School

Sesame Street: Old School is the title of a series of DVD releases produced by Sesame Workshop, featuring episodes from the early years of the PBS series, Sesame Street, plus highlights from that era.

Timothy D. Bellavia

Other Sesame Workshop speakers included the award winning animator Jim Jinkins, creator of "Global Thingy" and "Pinky Dinky Doo".

Todd Kessler

According to author Malcolm Gladwell, who wrote about Blue's Clues in his book The Tipping Point, Kessler worked for Sesame Workshop's "Sesame Street", but found traditional children's television too static and not visual enough.

Tom Whedon

In the 1970s, Tom Whedon (along with Stone) worked for the Children's Television Workshop, becoming head writer for the award winning show The Electric Company.


see also

Galli Galli Sim Sim

Funding for the initial development phase of Sesame Workshop India was provided through the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), ICICI Bank and Turner Broadcasting.

Lloyd Morrisett

Sesame Workshop’s other hugely successful shows have included The Electric Company and Pinky Dinky Doo.

Michael Levine

Michael H. Levine, founding executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop