Cookie Monster In Character with Elizabeth Blair (YouTube)
National Public Radio (NPR) is a semi-independent, privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to public radio stations in the United States. Its President and CEO from 2011 to 2013 was Gary Knell, formerly of Sesame Workshop.
NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and also led to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service.
Its two flagship programs on weekdays are Morning Edition and its afternoon equivalent, All Things Considered, both of which have had Muppets as guests, as has Tell Me More.
Appearances
- Guests have included Abby Cadabby, Joey Mazzarino, Cookie Monster, and Carol-Lynn Parente.
- Guests have included Sonia Manzano, Emilio Delgado, Stacey Gordon, and Mo Willems.
- The Diane Rehm Show
- January 6, 2009 — Michael Davis appeared to promote Street Gang. [1]
- Fresh Air
- 1994 — Jeff Moss plays some of his Sesame Street songs for Terry Gross. transcript audio
- November 23, 2011 — Terry Gross interviewed Jason Segel and Nick Stoller for The Muppets. [2]
- In Character
- February 10, 2008 — Cookie Monster appeared in studio and on camera with Elizabeth Blair. [3]
- Guests include Kevin Clash, Elmo, Kermit the Frog, Rosita, Caroll Spinney, Rosemarie Truglio. Pre-recorded segments featured Jerry Juhl, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, and Dave Goelz.
- Talk of the Nation
- April 3, 2006 — Rosemarie Truglio discusses Sesame Beginnings. [4]
- Guests have included Dr. Jeanette Betancourt, Kevin Clash, Elmo, Gary Knell, H. Melvin Ming, Roscoe Orman, and Rosita.
- Kevin Clash and Frank Oz have appeared, and the show has made a number of Muppet references.
References
- In a scene for the Kinect Sesame Street TV episode "Baby Bear's Baby Doll," Bert is heard listening to National Pigeon Radio's All Wings Considered.
