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"Sesame Street" Is Now 40 Years Young

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(CBS) Here to help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of a children's television staple is our Martha Teichner: Even if you were watching "Sesame Street" when it first went on the air in 1969, I'm betting 40 years later every character, every... Full Article at CBS News

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  1. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 26: Sesame Street's Bert looks out at Manhattan buidings during the 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on the Streets of Manhattan on November 26, 2009 in New York City.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama poses for a photograph with students from Longfellow Hight School and Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA. at an event highlighting initiatives designed to boost science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education at the Eisenhower Execu...
  3. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Sesame Street characters pose under a '123 Sesame Street' sign at the 'Sesame Street' 40th Anniversary temporary street renaming in Dante Park on November 9, 2009 in New York City.
  4. Sesame Street creator Joan Ganz Cooney (2nd R) poses with some of the cast during a 40th anniversary street naming celebration in New York, November 9, 2009.
  5. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Sportsman of the Year Joe Girardi and Sean McManus, President, CBS News and Sports attend the March of Dimes' Sportman and Sportswoman of the Year luncheon at The Waldorf=Astoria on December 2, 2009 in New York City.
  6. CBS News anchor Katie Couric (R) arrives with Brooks Perlin for a state dinner in honor of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009.
  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 07: Kristine Johnson of CBS News attends the Tea Party Angels launch at Doubles on November 7, 2009 in New York City.

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