![]() ![]() For journalist Sonia Torre, it was nothing short of a TV revolution: “it had the ability to educate us without future generations realizing it.”įive years later, the show had been exported and adapted to several countries, including Spain, Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Kuwait, to be followed later by all of Western Europe, Latin America and much of Africa, Asia and Oceania. A whole universe of stuffed creatures that would later serve as the basis for the world-famous Muppets franchise.įrom that first season (1969-70), when it received more than 20 awards, including three Emmys, Sesame Street garnered tremendous critical and public success. ![]() ![]() Ganz Cooney, an early childhood educator, provided the pedagogical instinct and the hippie idealism Morrisett, an experimental psychologist, the drive to explore the possibilities of television with creativity and a scientific spirit and Henson contributed the most essential part – the puppets. Who doesn’t know and love Sesame Street and all its furry residents? The show, which debuted in November of 1969, was the brainchild of Joan Ganz Cooney, Lloyd Morrisett and master puppeteer Jim Henson. ![]()
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