This Way to Sesame Street

Scenes from This Way to Sesame Street.

This Way to Sesame Street was a promotional special that aired in NBC in November 1969. The thirty-minute report, sponcered by Xerox, aired on NBC stations on Saturday, November 8, 1969 at 5pm. The show gave a special preview of the new National Educational Television series, Sesame Street, which was set to debut on PBS two days later (November 10).^[1]

James E. Allen, then-current US Commissioner of Education, appeared as part of the preview show. ^[2]

Sources

↑ Time Magazine, November 7, 1969
↑ James E. Allen Personal Papers

[1] Time Magazine, November 7, 1969

[2] James E. Allen Personal Papers

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