“Sesame Street”

1. An educational television program for preschool children, particularly aimed at disadvantaged children, that began in the late 1960s. “Sesame Street” teaches awareness of letters and numbers and combines live actors, animation, and puppets (Muppets) in a great number of small segments, many of them musical.

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Bert and Ernie, as Sesame Street exasperatedly clarified, are not gay.

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For instance, Sesame Street parodied grown-up shows 30 Rock, Mad Men, and Downton Abbey.

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Of course, Sesame Street's songs weren't only educational; from a pure tuneage perspective, the music was pretty kickass.

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It goes without saying the theme-song “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?”

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In 1975, Sesame Street became the first children's program to feature someone with Down Syndrome.

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