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She's hanging with Elmo and Emeril Lagasse, Big Bird and Bobby Flay. Michelle Obama appears on "Sesame Street" Tuesday and recently taped an episode of "Iron Chef America," just two of the varied platforms she's been using lately to get her healthy-eating message out to the masses.

When the creators of "Sesame Street" first pitched the idea of a fuzzy elephant and digit-loving vampire teaching children, youth-oriented programming was sparse.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:40 p.m. There's never been a road like it before.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:07 p.m. Big Bird was the first Muppet seen in the opening episode, followed by Oscar the Grouch; Oscar's first lines were: 'Don't bang on my can! Go away!' He hasn't gotten any mellower.

The famous television series "Sesame Street" turns forty. The landmark children's series helped establish PBS when it premiered on Nov.

Muppet fingers per hand, except on Cookie Monster, who has five. 122 Number of Emmy Awards, the most for any television show.

A man landed on the moon; a little weekend music festival mushroomed into Woodstock.

It's the day before Halloween, and on the set of Sesame Street, the usual trickery is underway.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:55 p.m. 1969: 'Sesame Street' debuts Nov.

Where to be and what to watch... By Stephanie Robbins -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/6/2009 6:34:37 PM Monday, Nov.

Television producer Joan Ganz Cooney first had the idea for "Sesame Street." She and other concerned people formed the Children's Television Workshop to develop this idea.

In a special edition, Matthew Stadlen travels to Sesame Street to spend Five Minutes with Cookie Monster, Elmo, Big Bird, Grover and Oscar the Grouch.

This week marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street , first broadcast on PBS on November 10, 1969.

Google honored the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street on with this Cookie Monster image on Thursday.

With the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street upon us, it's a good time to look back at "Street Gang," which chronicles the humble beginnings of the show.

Next Tuesday, Nov. 10, will mark the 40th anniversary of a oeSesame Street,a the PBS standby that taught multiple generations to read and count and gave many children perhaps their earliest glimpses of multicultural community.

"Sunny days, chasing the clouds away. On my way to where the air is clear. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?" For 40 years that song has been echoing throughout livingrooms around the country and around the world.

Google symbol for November 4, 2009 celebrating Sesame Street's 40th birthday. Google The google logo has changed today showing Big Bird and this is to celebrate Sesame Street's 40th birthday.

Dressed as a sexy Dorothy from a oeThe Wizard of Oz,a Paris Hilton visited a Jimmy Kimmel Livea for its special Halloween episode last Friday night Oct.

It's been shot here ever since, and its 40th season begins November 10. Muppet Manhattan 1. The title 123 Avenue B was considered, which would place the show across from Tompkins Square Park at 8th Street on the site of St.