his name was jim henson. they threw them all in a room, and that can sesame street. it was rejected by cbs, abc, nbc, and even pbs at first. it was so out of the box and revolutionary that it was even barred in mississippi because it showed an integrated cast that was getting along. it was the first show that had hispanics and african-americans and asian-americans and tall yellow canaries all living on the street together in harmony. this was really revolutionary television. today, 40 years later, we have more enemies than any show in television history. we have expanded to 140 countries around the world. we just launched our fortieth season on pbs. a remarkable partnership that is now in its fifth decade. we have been able to teach generations of children growing up to be parents themselves through the muppets and sesame street. we have been able to connect parents and kids around to learning. that is why we put things on a show like the environmental segment, and desperate house plants. and this year, a spoof on mad men, juxtaposed against sad men, happy men, and a

his name was jim henson. they threw them all in a room, and that can sesame street. it was rejected by cbs, abc, nbc, and even pbs at first. it was so out of the box and revolutionary that it was even barred in mississippi because it showed an integrated cast that was getting along. it was the first show that had hispanics and african-americans and asian-americans and tall yellow canaries all living on the street together in harmony. this was really revolutionary television. today, 40 years later, we have more enemies than any show in television history. we have expanded to 140 countries around the world. we just launched our fortieth season on pbs. a remarkable partnership that is now in its fifth decade. we have been able to teach generations of children growing up to be parents themselves through the muppets and sesame street. we have been able to connect parents and kids around to learning. that is why we put things on a show like the environmental segment, and desperate house plants. and this year, a spoof on mad men, juxtaposed against sad men, happy men, and a

his name was jim henson. they threw them all in a room, and that can sesame street. it was rejected by cbs, abc, nbc, and even pbs at first. it was so out of the box and revolutionary that it was even barred in mississippi because it showed an integrated cast that was getting along. it was the first show that had hispanics and african-americans and asian-americans and tall yellow canaries all living on the street together in harmony. this was really revolutionary television. today, 40 years later, we have more enemies than any show in television history. we have expanded to 140 countries around the world. we just launched our fortieth season on pbs. a remarkable partnership that is now in its fifth decade. we have been able to teach generations of children growing up to be parents themselves through the muppets and sesame street. we have been able to connect parents and kids around to learning. that is why we put things on a show like the environmental segment, and desperate house plants. and this year, a spoof on mad men, juxtaposed against sad men, happy men, and a

his name was jim henson. that threw them all in a room, and out came sesame street.jected by cbs, nbc, abc, and even pbs at first. it was a show that was so out of the box and so revolutionary that it was barred in the state of mississippi its first year, because it showed an integrated cast that was getting along. it was the first show that had hispanics and african-americans and asian-americans and green grouches and tall yellow canaries all living on the street together. this was really revolutionary television. today, some 40 years later, we have one more emmys than any show in television history -- we have won more emmys. we have just launched our 40th season on pbs, which is a remarkable partnership that is now in its fifth decade, where we have been really able to teach generations of children who have grown up and our parents themselves through the muppets and sesame street. we have been able to connect to parents and kids around dual learning. that is why we put things on the show like the internal segment we had last year called a " desperate houseplants."