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==The Sesame Street Experience for Military Families== |
==The Sesame Street Experience for Military Families== |
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A free touring show, produced by the [[VEE Corporation]] will launch in July 2008 in [[California]]. The tour, which will feature appearances by [[:Category: Stage Show Characters|walk around]] characters, will tour 43 military installations around the country.<ref>Julieanne Smolinski, "[http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/muppets_head_to_us_military_ba.php Muppets Head to U.S. Military Bases]", TV Week, 26 June 2008.</ref> Parents who attend a show with their children will receive giveaways and outreach materials. <ref> "[http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/story/680932.html Sesame Street Partners with the USO Bringing the Muppets to Military Families Across the Country]", Centre Daily Times, 26 June 2008.</ref> |
A free touring show, produced by the [[VEE Corporation]] will launch in July 2008 in [[California]]. The tour, which will feature appearances by [[:Category: Stage Show Characters|walk around]] characters, will tour 43 military installations around the country.<ref>Julieanne Smolinski, "[http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/muppets_head_to_us_military_ba.php Muppets Head to U.S. Military Bases]", TV Week, 26 June 2008.</ref> Parents who attend a show with their children will receive giveaways and outreach materials. <ref> "[http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/story/680932.html Sesame Street Partners with the USO Bringing the Muppets to Military Families Across the Country]", Centre Daily Times, 26 June 2008.</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:13, 17 January 2009
Talk, Listen, Connect is an educational outreach initiative designed to support military families dealing with deployments, homecomings, and changes.
The specials were produced by Sesame Workshop in partnership with Wal-Mart Stores, and have been made available to schools and parenting groups for no charge. The special videos are also available for download by Sesame Workshop and Akamai Technologies at sesameworkshop.org, and on a DVD made available in a free kit from Military OneSource.
From 2006 to October 2008, 800,000 kits were distributed; Sesame Workshop recently received money from the Department of Defense to create another 300,000 kits.[1]
Videos
Deployments
The first resource video in the series, released in 2006, featured Elmo, who faced a difficult transition when his father, Louie, is away. While Louie is away, Elmo's mom consoles her son, and lets him know that it's okay to feel nervous about seeing his father again after their time apart. They pass the time while they're waiting by keeping a daily routine.
Homecomings
The second resource video in the series, released in 2008, featured Elmo, who faced a difficult transition when his father, Louie, returns from being away.
Changes
The third resource video in the series, released in 2008, featured Rosita, who faced a difficult transition when his father, Ricardo, returns home in a wheelchair.
When Parents Are Deployed
Cuba Gooding, Jr. hosted a television special entitled When Parents Are Deployed in 2006. The special, part of the Talk Listen Connect initiative, featured interviews with military families along with inserting footage from the original Talk, Listen, Connect production dealing with parental deployment. The special was targeted at educating the general public and adults about the issues and effects of deployment on children, rather than supporting the affected families (as that was focused on in the original resource video and support materials). It is set to re-air on PBS in April 2009.[1]
The Sesame Street Experience for Military Families
A free touring show, produced by the VEE Corporation will launch in July 2008 in California. The tour, which will feature appearances by walk around characters, will tour 43 military installations around the country.[2] Parents who attend a show with their children will receive giveaways and outreach materials. [3]
Sesame Street productions occasionally appear at military based separate from the program, including the Universal Studios Japan characters for the United States Forces Japan in Tokyo.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sarah M. Rivette, "Muppets help kids of Drum soldiers", Watertown Daily Times, October 30, 2008.
- ↑ Julieanne Smolinski, "Muppets Head to U.S. Military Bases", TV Week, 26 June 2008.
- ↑ "Sesame Street Partners with the USO Bringing the Muppets to Military Families Across the Country", Centre Daily Times, 26 June 2008.
- ↑ "Sesame Street Characters for Easter", Flickr, 2007.
External links
- Sesame Workshop -- talk, listen, connect