Today in Entertainment History Vol. 2
NOVEMBER 10th
Sesame Street made its broadcast debut on this day in 1969. We all know what Sesame Street is so I won’t bore you with the details. The above video is the opening from the original episode. The video below is the closing. The show has certainly come a long way since then.
Fun facts about Sesame Street:
Big Bird is 8’2” tall.
Big Bird almost never got Mr. Hooper’s last name correct during his entire stay on the show. He often called him Mr. Looper, among other words that rhymed. Often, he would use the words “pooper” and “scooper,” but never together.
The left-side door in the front of 123 Sesame Street has never been opened. Once when Big Bird tried to get Snuffy into the building, he explained that he couldn’t open that door because “it was locked” when it turned out Snuffy couldn’t fit through just one door.
After the untimely death of Jim Henson in 1990, Kermit the Frog was retired from the show. Kermit appeared only in reruns of old sketches until 1998, when he popped up to do one more Sesame Street News Flash when Oscar the Grouch’s pet worm Slimy went into space. Kermit was voiced by Steve Whitmire, who has also assumed the role of Ernie since Henson’s passing. However, as of 2000, another actor now plays Ernie, since the Jim Henson Company is no longer involved in the production of the show.
More Sesame Street trivia at IMDb.com
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