Brooklyn Street
15 Jun 2010
The past year was a very special year, especially for those who grew up on Sesame Street . It was the show’s 40th anniversary, and with 122 Emmys (so far), it’s by far the most successful children’s show in the history of television.
Any show with accolades like that deserves a proper celebration, and it did get that at the Brooklyn Public Library , with an installation and display that commemorated the show’s anniversary. There were displays of the show’s history and development, so that the long-time fans could revisit their favorite educational icons, and learn more about the show. Old scripts,, book art, and photographs throughout the years accompanied the display.
In the proper fashion, to make the event traditionally and famously Sesame Street, there was indeed an educational aspect to all of it, for adults as well as children. The adults could learn lots of interesting information and fun facts about the show and the characters. For the kids, the library issues special edition library cards, with images of all the favorite characters.
The show is one of the most exciting developments in educational television, and its impact is as powerful now as it was when it first started. Actually, as time goes on, the show’s developers and creators have been growing with the rest of the country, and learning new ways of reaching the young ones. New educational theories are always coming down the road, and they haven’t missed a beat. In fact, the show has probably spawned more theories, and is the subject of more graduate theses, than anything else of its kind.
For visitors staying here in the Brooklyn cheap hotels , there are more opportunities to learn about the show, even when exhibitions like this one have closed. The show’s creators were living in Brooklyn Heights when they began work on the show, and there are areas of town that will look oddly familiar…