Sesame Street In The 60's

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Did you know that sesame street has been on air for over 48 years? “What do you wanna watch, sesame street?” Hearing this as a kid you make you extremely happy. Not only has sesame street been entertaining for a long time they also were the most inspirational show of the 60’s. To start, sesame street was the first show on tv to celebrate racial discrimination and poverty. Also, encouraged kids to share what they feel in a good way so that they wouldn’t be scared to share their feelings. Furthermore, they have won so many awards for education of children and creativity in the show. In sesame street producers represented poverty and racial difference throughout skits and situations, this is important because it taught kids acceptance. …show more content…

He was a woolly mammoth like creature that lived on sesame street but, little did people know there is a story behind why he became visible to all. To start, he was an imaginary character that only big bird and the children of Sesame Street could see. The adults on the show would refuse to believe that he existed because every time the kids tried to show their parents he would disappear or hide. But the show's creators began to realize that this might discourage kids from sharing things with their parents such as if they were being bullied or abused. Therefore, by 1985 in season 3 episode 1 they had made it so that all could see snuffy and that the parents knew he wasn’t fake. M.J. Stephey quotes Dulcy Singer; the show’s executive producer at the time: “[W]e felt it important for children to feel they could talk to adults and be believed. We didn’t want to do anything to discourage children from going to their parents.” Finally, this concluded with kids beginning to be more honest with their parents. Bully rates began to go down in schools all to kids telling their parents more stuff that was going on because they could finally take power of situations like bullying. Therefore, snuffy was an important character because he was a hidden message for kids to speak up for themselves and that nothing is fake to

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