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Revision as of 20:48, 4 November 2010
Grover at the Shorty Awards with Wikia founder Jimmy Wales.
Sesame Street is featured on Twitter's front page.
Twitter is a microblogging and social networking webservice that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Since its creation in 2006, Twitter has gained notability and popularity worldwide.
Official Twitter feeds
- @sesamestreet tied with @WholeFoods for Best Brand, at the 2010 Shorty Awards. Acceptance speeches were to be 140 characters or less; Grover attended on behalf of Sesame Workshop. His speech listed Hamlet, Tarzan and Superman, before CNN personality Rick Sanchez corrected Grover on the concept.[1]
- The account has been responded to by other high profile accounts, including NASA.
- From November 2009 to at least March 2010, Christine M. Ferraro was the sole person writing the tweets.[1]
- Among the characters from Sesame Street who have Tweeted are Grover, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Bert, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Rosita and Oscar the Grouch.
- @sesamejapan - Sesame Street Partners Japan (SSPJ) (mostly retweets of @sesamestreet)
- @sesame_workshop - Sesame Workshop
- @stuffedunstrung - Stuffed and Unstrung
- @hensoncompany - The Jim Henson Company
- @hensonparents - Henson Family Entertainment
- @hensonpodcast - The Henson.com Podcast
- @puppetup - Puppet Up! - Uncensored
Notable fan Twitter feeds
- @muppetcast - The MuppetCast (Steve Swanson)
- @muppetcentral - Muppet Central (Phillip Chapman)
- @muppetmindset - The Muppet Mindset (Ryan Dosier)
- @muppetnewsflash - The Muppet Newsflash (Greg James)
- @muppetwiki - Muppet Wiki (Danny Horn)
- @toughpigs - Tough Pigs (Joe Hennes & Ryan Roe)
References
- In a 2010 episode of Sesame Street, Telly bounces out of control on his iPogo through Hooper's Store. Big Bird yells for him to watch out, as he's trying to "tweet on [his] BirdBerry."
Sources
- ↑ "Cookie Monster storms Twitter as @sesamestreet gains a following", Los Angeles Times blogs, April 9, 2010.