A lost episode of Sesame Street deemed so scary it was swiftly axed following its premiere has found its way online, years later. The legendary children’s show, which has been running since 1969, ...

One of the most sought-after lost episodes of “Sesame Street” has been unearthed by Internet archivists, as a rare encounter between Big Bird and the Wicked Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz” ...

On Nov. 10, 1969, American television changed forever when Sesame Street premiered on PBS. The show combined colorful puppets, clever animation, and catchy songs to teach preschoolers about letters, ...

In 1970, television viewers had the option of three major networks, a handful of local channels and a new outlet called the Public Broadcasting Service, which would soon dominate the underserved ...

In 1970, an obscure magazine printed by the U.S. government for distribution in the Soviet Union, called Amerika, commissioned New York City-based photographer David Attie to shoot behind-the-scenes ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

Imagine, for a moment, a world without "Sesame Street." Young children would become less proficient spellers, counters and performers of musical odes to rubber duckies. There would be no Elmo to be ...

If you love Baby Yoda or Cookie Monster today, you probably would have loved the 1970s. The decade birthed lots of characters and cinematic universes that are still popular. Some are iconic to almost ...

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