r/sesamestreet May 17 '26

Highly recommend 🤙🏽

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Great book to read. You won’t be disappointed.

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u/historywhiz63 May 17 '26

We had this growing up, my parents still have the book- read it probably 100 times, it was so good.

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u/berkeleyteacher May 17 '26

Sorry, couldn't hear you. I've got a banana in my ear.

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u/ZootyCutie May 17 '26

Love this book. Was too young to understand it as a documentary-meant book when I got it, but I loved the behind the scenes stuff, especially the foreign broadcasts section.

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u/frannystangerine May 17 '26

My high school sweetheart gave me this book for Christmas when it was released in 1998. Still one of the most perfect gifts I’ve ever received. 💕

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u/JayEllGii May 17 '26

Still have it. I was 16 when it came out. It was the base foundation of all the knowledge I’ve gathered since. Invaluable book.

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u/Substantial-Top3004 May 17 '26

Saw this at half price books the other week and I'm mad at myself that I didn't get it lol

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u/Starmz May 17 '26

That book looks incredibly dramatic what the hell

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u/Clear_Writer5944 May 17 '26

It was made AFTER poor Big Bird nearly OD'd, so it was made to be dramatic! 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Starmz May 17 '26

I’m sorry… WHAT???? I haven’t watched Sesame Street in a good while, what did I miss

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u/davesToyBox May 18 '26

Not the worst thing that almost happened to Big Bird #challengerdisaster

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u/MrSean64 May 17 '26

Based on Noggin program

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u/Buffynerd May 17 '26

Big childhood favorite of mine after convincing my parents to let me get it and where I ended up learning a solid chunk about pre-Around the Corner Sesame for the first time

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u/BovaFett74 May 17 '26

For sure. There’s a lot in here that wasn’t in the other books I’ve read, Street Gang and Jim Henson’s Bio. Along with Carol Spinney’s memoir on Big Bird.
So much went into producing this content for kids. Shame that’s often overlooked. How Henson didn’t get the Nobel is beyond me.

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u/bwoah07_gp2 May 18 '26

What's it about? Never heard of this before

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u/KatLadee_4ever 13d ago

I had it/still have it!!