Robert Cunniff

Robert Cunniff (1927-2008) was the producer of seasons 4 and 5 of Sesame Street.

He worked for The Today Show in the mid-1960s, with Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, and with Dick Cavett on The Dick Cavett Show and later Cavett broadcasts in the 1980s and 1990s. After Cavett's first show, he moved to the Children's Television Workshop, where he was a producer of Sesame Street from 1972-1975. He wrote numerous sketches, and shared an Emmy Award with Jon Stone. The year after, he became the managing editor of Good Morning, America.

Among his other credits were the creation of the Disney Channel's Mousterpiece Theater, and writing for the TV Guide.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, he died January 20, 2008 in Brooklyn, New York City after a long illness.