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This week a petition started going around online asking that the Sesame Workshop (ie. The Children’s Television Workshop) afford the Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie a same-sex marriage. Anyone with any passing knowledge of Sesame Street should know that Bert and Ernie have been same-sex living partners/roommates for decades so petitioners were hoping that the powers that be might legitimize their relationship by having them get married. The Sesame Workshop responded to the petition with an official message on their official Facebook profile. Click below to read what they have to say.

Ryan Reynolds is the latest hottie celeb to pay a visit and make an appearance on Sesame Street. In recent weeks, we saw cute videos of Colin Farrell and Jude Law on Sesame Street and today we get to see an even cuter video of Ryan on everyone’s favorite children’s TV show:

Yes, that’s Ryan wearing a big A costume. In the short clip, Ryan and friends sing a theme song for the Sesame Street version of the “A” Team. Check out the video in full, after the jump …

Earlier this month we got to see a cute (if a bit odd) video of Colin Farrell on Sesame Street and today we get to check out a new vid of hottie Jude Law on Sesame Street. Jude and some Muppet friends teach kiddies about the word “cling” in this cute new video:

Jude Law acquired a new set of friends when he made a guest appearance on Sesame Street. The 38-year-old actor met a monkey, a mouse and an octopus as he taught viewers of the kids TV show the word ‘cling’. ‘The word “cling” means to stick to. I’d love to show you “cling” but I have nothing here that I can cling to,’ Law said as he appeared on screen. Right on cue a yellow monkey arrived and clung to the Alfie star’s right leg, a blue mouse grabbed his right leg and a purple octopus appeared over his shoulder. ‘Why are you all clinging to me?’ he asked. ‘Because we love you Jude Law,’ the trio said in unison.

OMG … so cute. Yeah, I wouldn’t mind clinging to Jude either ;) After the jump, check out video of Jude Law‘s appearance on Sesame Street in full …

The new season of Sesame Street is already in full swing and even tho Katy Perry (and her heaving bosom) are persona non grata folks like Oprah Winfrey have already been featured on the iconic children’s TV series. In addition to Her Holy Oprahness, salty actor Colin Farrell has also been welcomed to Sesame Street … for some strange reason:

He’s known for his colourful language, womanising ways and love of the drink. But despite his hellraiser reputation, Colin Farrell was bizarrely picked by TV bosses to make a guest appearance on children’s show Sesame Street. It comes just weeks after producers of the hit American programme pulled scenes of Katy Perry after a YouTube video of her in the sketch, wearing a very low cut dress, attracted complaints from parents who deemed her attire too racy. In the skit, Irish-born Farrell, 34, and some of the puppet characters investigated the word ‘investigate’. Murray the Monster seemed most impressed with the actor, telling Farrell he was ‘tall and handsome’ and ‘pretty smart’. Farrell has said filming the guest spot was one of the high-points of his career. ‘I did a scene with Elmo and a couple of the other characters,’ he says. ‘The word of the day was “investigation.” We did a scene with a couple of talking carrots,’ he explained, before adding, ‘and shit. It was genius!’

I mean … what? It doesn’t really make much sense to me to put Colin Farrell on a kids show like this particularly because there isn’t much to gain on Sesame Street‘s part. I can see how Colin might love to be on the show, especially since he is a father of young sons. My guess is that the told him the word of the day was Investigate which he misheard as Inebriate and thought, Yeah … I can handle that. In all honesty, the clip is kinda cute. Check it out in full, after the jump …

After decades of speculation as to what is really going on between Sesame Street characters and co-habitat BFFs Bert and Ernie it would seem that the Sesame Street official Twitter account has FINALLY confirmed what many of us have long suspected … Bert is a ‘mo’. In fact, Bert tweeted this confirmed fact on the Sesame Street Twitter account yesterday:

See … I always KNEW that something more … substantial was going on betwixt Bert and Ernie in the privacy of their own home. I mean, they have enjoyed the quintessential bromance for the past 40 years! I’m just glad that my (and I would guess YOUR) assumption about his ‘mo’-ness is correct:

Now, if we could just get Ernie to go on the record (heh, as if he really needs to) all the pieces will fall nicely into place. Aww … I’m so happy to learn of this long-awaited confirmation. See, I always knew I loved Bert and Ernie for a reason :D

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Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the beloved children’s TV series Sesame Street and I have one more bit of anniversary fun to share with all y’all … residents of Sesame Street (and the humans who provide their voices) were on hand at a special street renaming ceremony in Dante Park in NYC, NY this week to honor the beloved series. 123 Sesame Street will temporarily be a real live street in New York City:

Now when someone asks you, Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? you can tell them to head down to Dante Park. It’s funny, when I was a kid I never really thought of Sesame Street being in NYC, I figured it was a place in my hometown. It never occurred to me to go find it in person, I just knew it was “there” and I could see what was going on thru my TV set. While I think it’s a great honor to have a real street renamed for Sesame Street (even if only temporarily), I don’t know that it really matters to kids if the street really exists or not. It’s a neat idea for adults, tho. I hope the real life Sesame Street sign is still there the next time I visit NYC … I think that is something I’d like to see in person now that I’m all grown up.

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Last week we learned that the beloved children’s television series Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month and yesterday we learned that First Lady Michelle Obama would be paying a visit to Sesame Street to help the gang celebrate. Well, today is the day … let’s all send out all our Birthday Lurve to the folks at Sesame Street for giving us 40 years of amazing children’s television programming:

Sesame Street was always considered an experiment. When the very first episode aired on Nov. 10, 1969, the show seemed to pose one big unanswered question: Could children learn from television? Forty years later, that question has been answered. Millions of kids can thank the program for the 1-2-3s and A-B-Cs, but what have the show’s actors and producers learned from their grand experiment? Let’s count eight lessons of Sesame Street.

1. Children Are Adaptable

When Sesame Street started, researchers had a big concern about the format of the program. They thought that monsters shouldn’t talk to humans. “At the time, educators were concerned that there would be a mix-up between fantasy and reality,” says Louise Gikow, a writer who has worked with Jim Henson Productions, the company that provided the show’s Muppets. Gikow has just published a book called Sesame Street: A Celebration — 40 Years of Life on the Street. She continues, “They thought that children would have a difficult time adjusting to that.” In fact, when the producers test-marketed the show, the exact opposite turned out to be true. Kids paid more attention when the Muppets talked.

2. Good Muppets Take Time To Evolve

Carroll Spinney, the man who gives voice to Big Bird and Oscar, calls the first episode of Sesame Street “amateur hour.” That’s because the Muppet characters were so raw. Big Bird was originally payed as a dim-witted adult with a dopey voice. But after a while, Spinney had a revelation: Big Bird wasn’t stupid, he was just a child.

3. Change is unavoidable

In the beginning, Oscar was orange. Cookie Monster originally had teeth. Big Bird had a pin-head. Appearance isn’t everything; if the characters feel real, Sesame Street insiders say, kids will follow them through whatever changes they make.

4. C Is For Competition

With only a few exceptions, Sesame Street had the children’s education market to themselves for years. But with the success of the program, other characters began moving into the television neighborhood. Over the years, as Barney, Dora, SpongeBob and others tugged away at the Sesame Street audience, producers started to plan some major renovations.

5. Freshen Up

If you only watched Sesame Street in the early years, you’ll be surprised by the look and feel of the program today. It’s brighter, for one. There’s a nice dappling of fake sunshine on the set, the graffiti is gone, and the sound of cars in the distance has disappeared. Carrol Spinney — or maybe the Grouch inside of him — says, “It looked a little more grungy, and frankly I loved it grungy.” In the beginning Sesame Street was aimed mainly at urban kids who didn’t have the preparation to start school. When everyone started watching, it needed to be brighter.

6. Learn From Your Mistakes

In 1994, Sesame Street started to sprawl. The show built a whole new set for a segment called “Around the Corner.” It was supposed to be a glimpse of what happened on the next street over. Then they added a hotel, the “Furry Arms,” and a whole list of new characters and a great comedic actor, Ruth Buzzi. But it never caught on. “We ended up with too many characters and too much going on,” says author Louise Gikow. “So they pulled back the characters and went back to the street.”

7. Keep It Simple

The early Sesame Street was based on variety shows like Laugh-In. Segments varied wildly in length and subject, and you could never quite tell what would happen next, or how long it would last. At the time, researchers thought the unpredictability helped to hold kids’ attention. But with the advent of the VCR and DVD, it became clear that kids could watch one story for long periods of time. “We were breaking up the narrative,” says Rosemary Truglio, the head of research at the Sesame Workshop, a non-profit organization that used to be known as the Children’s Television Workshop. “Instead of having the children experience the narrative as a 15-minute story.” Now, the interruptions are gone. The new season of Sesame Street has a bunch of little shows within the show. One long story might be followed by 10 minutes of Ernie and Bert, after which Elmo gets his 15-minute block. It’s calm and predictable for kids, especially the 2-to-4-year-old audience that Sesame Street is now drawing, says Carol-Lynn Parente, the show’s executive producer.

8. Push The Envelope

Sesame Street’s producers have come a long way from worrying about whether their Muppets should talk with their human characters. Now, Ernie and Bert are clay-mation and the fairy Abby Cadabby is computer generated. Executive producer Parente calls the new developments “content as assets.” In other words, it’s easier to move a computer generated figure into video games and cell-phone video. The expansion into merchandising might make purists squirm, but those lovable furry puppets aren’t going anywhere. And research says that for kids who watch, the characters are so real that they don’t care if Elmo is clay or fur, as long as the story is good.

I’ve been saying it all week long, it’s pretty incredible to think that Sesame Street is 40 years old! When you look at the picture above of the original 1969 cast of Sesame Street, you really get a better sense of how much time has passed … but the love and the learning has always been there … been here, for us. After the jump, check out a cute birthday video featuring Bert & Ernie — I think it’s a vid you might remember seeing on the show and is deffo one you need to see today …

Last week we learned that Sesame Street, the educational children’s program that has been broadcast on PBS for the last few decades, is celebrating its 40th anniversary and today we learn that First Lady Michelle Obama will be included in the celebration. Sesame Street officially turns 40 years old tomorrow and will feature a slew of celeb guests on this year’s anniversary show, including our First Lady:

Oscar the Grouch had better behave – and keep his political opinions to himself. On Tuesday, to mark the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking children’s program Sesame Street, some very special guests pay a visit, including First Lady Michelle Obama. According to previews circulating the Net, she meets Big Bird – who observes that the two of them are tall. Mrs. Obama also delivers a message that may not entirely sit well with Cookie Monster. Appearing with three kids and the show’s fuzzy, red resident Elmo, she encourages them to plant seeds in the ground, water them and then expect them to sprout tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and carrots. Also dropping by the ‘hood on Tuesday’s anniversary episode: Cameron Diaz, who introduces the word of the day, “habitat.” Elmo helps the actress with the term – and visits a frog habitat – abetted by his goldfish, Daisy. Now if only the first lady and Diaz could give Gonzo advice on his love life …

Some of you may recall that I mentioned that First Lady Obama paid a visit to Sesame Street to film a little PSA with the Sesame gang to teach kids the importance of good eating habits … this time, she will appear on an actual episode. I know many of y’all mentioned how watching clips of old Sesame Street vignettes brought back a bunch of memories when I posted them last week … I think it might be worth DVRing tomorrow’s 40th anniversary ep. It’s carzy to think that the show is turning 40 years old … and is still as young as ever.

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How’s this for a trip down memory lane … or, actually, Sesame Street … the beloved children’s TV series, which has taught countless kids around the world how to count, read and speak different languages, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month! In celebration, Google will be featuring a different Sesame Street themed logo on its homepage for the next 10 days … the first Sesame logo went online today and features Big Bird:

Well … part of Big Bird, at least. CNN published a really fantastic piece on Sesame Street‘s 40th reminding some of us who remember and informing others of us who never knew how the whole thing got started back in 1969:

In the early days of “Sesame Street” — that is, B.E. (Before Elmo) — Sesame Street was a pretty grimy place. The brownstone at 123 Sesame Street looked like it needed a serious power washing, the storefront of Mr. Hooper’s shop was intentionally dingy and the Fix-It Shop’s window was cluttered with toasters. It was gritty, but gritty in a magical way. When the show started in 1969 (“Sesame Street” will celebrate its 40th anniversary on November 10), the concept of educational television programming was nothing short of revolutionary. “Sesame Street” was originally intended as a learning tool for inner-city children — not only as a supplement to their lessons in math and the ABCs but to teach them to be good people and show them that learning can be fun. Those early years are now available on DVD; and the discs contain a disclaimer that essentially states that they are intended for nostalgia purposes only. The warning reads as follows: “These early ‘Sesame Street’ episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.” Say what!? Never did I ever think I’d see “Sesame Street” and “intended for grown-ups” in the same sentence. On the DVDs, Cookie Monster can be seen as his character of Alistair Cookie in his “Monsterpiece Theatre” segment (a spoof of Alistair Cooke’s “Masterpiece Theatre”) smoking a pipe. Yep, Cookie Monster smoked. He later eats the pipe because, as he was often prone to doing, he thinks the pipe is a cookie. Cookie Monster used to become so overwhelmed by his desire for cookies that he’d start seeing (hallucinating about?) cookies that weren’t actually there. He’d eat (rotary) telephones, typewriters (what are those?), pencils, almost anything. It was funny. Today, Cookie Monster’s diet is much more balanced, as he has adopted the philosophy that cookies are a “sometimes food.” Cookie coincidentally changed his tune in 2006 amidst reports that childhood obesity had reached epidemic proportions. Early “Sesame Street” had some other elements that would not pass muster today. Oscar the Grouch is just plain nasty, children are seen riding their bikes without helmets, and there’s even a sketch where the human character of Gordon can be seen approaching a little girl on the street. He takes her by the hand and brings her into his house for milk and cookies (again with the cookies!). Clearly, that could be misinterpreted by today’s standards. Now, some 4,000 episodes later, 123 Sesame Street has gotten that power washing. Peeling paint is nowhere to be found, and the only visible garbage can has a tenant. It’s much more sanitized. I’m tempted to make fun of this, but then I notice the bottle of anti-bacterial hand gel on my desk and bite my proverbial tongue. For better or worse, today’s preschooler is very different from the 1969 version. And children’s television programming simply has to reflect that. But one thing hasn’t changed on “Sesame Street”: the unflinchingly genuine attitudes of its residents. For 40 years, they have taught us that sometimes we are going to get hurt, cry and be lonely. They’ve taught us that there’ll also be times when we’re downright jovial. All the while, those characters have remained sincere. We may never see Cookie Monster eat a pipe again, but luckily the memories are preserved on DVD, and in our hearts.

It’s pretty wonderful for those of us born after 1969 that we’ve never known a world without Sesame Street. I used to love watching that show. Living in Detroit, Sesame Street used to teach viewers how to speak Spanish as a second language … while my parents were fluent in Spanish, I didn’t want to learn the language from them. I learned how to count and say basic words from the gang on Sesame Street. Detroit’s very close proximity to Canada meant that we also got to watch Canadian Sesame Street on very fuzzy channels (in the days before cable TV) and I also got to learn basic French. There are so many little vinettes that I remember fondly from watching Sesame Street, like the pinball machine animation that teaches you how to count to 12. After the jump, check out that fun video and remember with me how cool Sesame was and still is …

Sesame Street is gettin’ ready to air its 40th season on PBS and have announced a new batch of celebs who will be paying a visit to the Sesame gang in upcoming new eps. Here is a pic of Elmo with Jake Gyllenhaal, who will be among the famous folks visiting Sesame Street this season:

For their upcoming 40th season, “Sesame Street” welcomes a whole host of famous faces — Cameron Diaz, Adam Sandler, Eva Longoria, Ricky Gervais, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, Hugh Jackman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Matthew Fox and Michelle Obama — and one totally non-famous one — me! I recently had the privilege of visiting the world’s most famous address, but more on that closer to the Nov. 10 season premiere. In the meanwhile, please enjoy this pic of my favorite furry friend, Jake Gyllehnaal Elmo, spending some QT with the equally adorable Jake Gyllenhaal.

Damn … kids these days are lucky has hell! I honestly don’t remember too many famous faces popping up on Sesame Street back in the day when I used to watch but I still have fond memories of the show. Now that kids get all the fun of Sesame PLUS Jakey poo … ugh, learning is so fun!!

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