Sesame Street: 40th Anniversary
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Sesame Workshop is celebrating Sesame Street's 40th anniversary with special programs, products and events.
 premieres Nov. 10, 2009 |
Books
 pop-up book |
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Online
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 Nov. 4-10, 2009 |
Events
 event in Washington, D.C. November 15, 2009 |
 November 14-February 21 |
 Nov. 10-30, 2009 |
 November 10, 2009 |
 event in New York City May 27, 2009 |
 event in Wayne, NJ January 30, 2009 |
Appearances
 Sesame Street cakes on Food Network Challenge, July 26 |
 Elmo, Maria and Cookie Monster on Dinner: Impossible, October 21 |
 Big Bird and Oscar on Jimmy Kimmel Live, November 4 |
 Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby on Today, November 6 |
 Cookie Monster, Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar and The Count on Five Minutes with, November 6 |
 Oscar the Grouch on The Bonnie Hunt Show, November 9 |
 Oscar, Zoe, Grover, Abby Cadabby and Roscoe Orman on Good Morning America, November 9 |
 Elmo and Rosita on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, November 9 |
 Special Sesame Street episode of inFANity, November 9 |
 Sonia Manzano appeared on CNN.com Live, November 10 |
 Gary Knell on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, November 10 |
 Sesame Street Muppets host a week of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, November 9-13 |
Toys
 plush toy set |
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 Anniversary plush dolls |
Sesame Street is an educational television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in children's television shows. Sesame Street also provided the first daily, national television showcase for Jim Henson's Muppets. The series, which has produced over 4,200 episodes, celebrates its 40th anniversary this season, making it one of the longest-running shows in television history.
Special events in the new season include guest appearances by Jimmy Fallon, Matthew Fox, Hugh Jackman, Ricky Gervais, Cameron Diaz and Paul Rudd. Fairy-in-training Abby Cadabby appears in a new animated segment, Abby's Flying Fairy School, and Oscar the Grouch's pet worm Slimey will participate in the Squirmadega car race.
