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Sesame Street, Last Gasp of the Monoculture, Faces Existential Threat
For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.
Opinion: Let’s take ‘Sesame Street’ out of the equation for PBS funding
As Congress threatens to defund public broadcasting, the defenders of PBS and NPR keep defending themselves by pointing to ...
Inside ‘Sesame Street’ as it fights to survive
the Count and Oscar the Grouch. On this day in November 2023, though, Bert and Ernie were in the spotlight as “Sesame Street” ...
The Great Muppet Caper: Bert and Ernie go missing from Londonderry shop
Crystal Rollins and her co-workers fanned out and searched every inch of their easy-to-get-lost-in 24,000-square-foot Londonderry shop, but Bert and Ernie were nowhere to be found. Sometime on the ...
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Democrats Mock GOP Attacks on PBS, NPR Execs at Hearing: ‘Are Bert and Ernie Part of an Extreme Homosexual Agenda?’
Garcia asked Kerger about “Sesame Street” puppet duo Bert and Ernie. “These two guys actually live together. They’re friends. They’re supportive of each other,” he said. “Now that ...