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Sesame Street - Not Just for TV Anymore
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For six months straight, we watched only the last 10 minutes of Sesame Street every day. (Parents of Elmo fans will know why.) Now, after 39 years of airing on PBC channels, Elmo and friends are jumping off the TV screen and into the world wide web, where kids can watch them whenever they want.
Big Bird and the gang will now have their own channel on YouTube, and Hulu will show popular segments, including those with celebrity guest stars. And if you simply must have the whole episode, they'll be available on iTunes for $1.99.
Interestingly, this isn't just happening because kids are becoming more technologically savvy. After all, how many two-year-olds do you know with their own iPod? There's also the nostalgia factor; adults want to revisit Sesame Street too. In fact, the episode where Big Bird finds out Mr. Hooper has died is one of the most popular still today. Watch it below.
Will being on the Internet change the way your little one watches Sesame Street?
Big Bird and the gang will now have their own channel on YouTube, and Hulu will show popular segments, including those with celebrity guest stars. And if you simply must have the whole episode, they'll be available on iTunes for $1.99.
Interestingly, this isn't just happening because kids are becoming more technologically savvy. After all, how many two-year-olds do you know with their own iPod? There's also the nostalgia factor; adults want to revisit Sesame Street too. In fact, the episode where Big Bird finds out Mr. Hooper has died is one of the most popular still today. Watch it below.
Will being on the Internet change the way your little one watches Sesame Street?
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11-14-2008 @ 1:41PM
ame s said...When I was a little kid, K-Garten, first grade, we would visit my grandparents some days after school. I encouraged my mom to break the speed limit because if I got to the grandparents' before my aunt, I could watch Sesame Street. If Auntie, who is only 10 years older than I, arrived first she would turn it to Star Trek. Grandmama's rule was first to arrive got to pick the 3:30 program.
I found Barney annoying when my girls were little, but I never minded watching Sesame Street. I loved the episodes where REM and Melissa Etherage (sp?) were the musical guests. I thought Michael Jordan did a great guest appearance also.
My girls are in 3rd and 5th grades now, so no more Sesame Street. Sometimes I am tempted to watch it after I drop them off at school but I don't because it would probably just make me a lil sad ;)
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11-16-2008 @ 12:21AM
homework923 said...It is amazing to me, how Sesame Street has remained timeless. Many of the characters are still the same. My daughter is 2 now and I just found Sesame Street again on PBS, and was fascinated to see her responding the same way I remember doing. Growing up I got to watch Sesame Street every morning and when it was over so was my TV time. I admire them for staying true to the values and educational goals that were then and are still important today. I am not sure I will watch on the computer as for me it takes a way a little of the memories that I hope to give my daughter. It is a special time that we sit and play and participate in counting, letters, and learning.
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