Sesame Street: 40th Anniversary

Sesame Workshop celebrated Sesame Street's 40th anniversary with special programs, products and events.

Season 40
premiered Nov. 10, 2009

Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street
book

40 Years of Sunny Days
DVD set

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Books

Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street

Sesame Street Treasury

A Walk Down Sesame Street

C is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street

Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street

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DVDs

40 Years of Sunny Days
DVD set

Sesame Street: Learning Triple Feature
DVD set

Sesame Street: Singing Triple Feature
DVD set

Sesame Street: Sing Along Triple Feature
DVD set

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Online

A new "History" section on Sesamestreet.org

Google Doodles
Nov. 4-10, 2009

Sesame Street Day on Sesamestreet.org

Oscar the Grouch, guest editor at Life Magazine online

Sesame-Street.jp front page characters, October 1-November 10, 2009

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Events

Sesame Street at 40: A Night of Celebration with the Legendary Cast
event in Wayne, NJ
January 30, 2009

Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Gala
event in New York City
May 27, 2009

Sesame Street's 40th Birthday Party
event in Washington, D.C.
November 15, 2009

Brooklyn Public Library Exhibit
November 14, 2009-February 21, 2010

Sesame Street: The Longest Street in the World
Nov. 10-30, 2009

Sesame Street Day
November 10, 2009

Sesame Street: A Celebration!
event in Brooklyn, NY
December 12-13, 2009

Barnes & Noble
panel at Lincoln Triangle
November 12, 2009

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Appearances

Sesame Street cakes on Food Network Challenge, July 26

Elmo, Maria and Cookie Monster on Dinner: Impossible, October 21

Big Bird and Oscar on Jimmy Kimmel Live, November 4

Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby on Today, November 6

Cookie Monster, Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar and The Count on Five Minutes with, November 6

Oscar the Grouch on The Bonnie Hunt Show, November 9

Oscar, Zoe, Grover, Abby Cadabby and Roscoe Orman on Good Morning America, November 9

Elmo and Rosita on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, November 9

Special Sesame Street episode of inFANity, November 9

Sonia Manzano appeared on CNN.com Live, November 10

Gary Knell on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, November 10

Sesame Street Muppets host a week of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, November 9-13

Emilio Delgado and Rosita on CNN en Español, November 16

Sesame Street Birthday Cake, as well as appearances from cast and crew, on Cake Boss, January 18

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Merchandise

123 Sesame Street Playset

Sesame Street School Bus
toy

Neighborhood Friends
plush toy set

Fisher Price dolls
Anniversary plush dolls

Corduroy Elmo
Anniversary plush doll

American Apparel's
40th anniversary line

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Sesame Street is an educational television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in children's television shows. Sesame Street also provided the first daily, national television showcase for Jim Henson's Muppets. The series, which has produced over 4,200 episodes, celebrates its 40th anniversary this season, making it one of the longest-running shows in television history.

Special events in the new season include guest appearances by Jimmy Fallon, Matthew Fox, Hugh Jackman, Ricky Gervais, Cameron Diaz and Paul Rudd. Fairy-in-training Abby Cadabby appears in a new animated segment, Abby's Flying Fairy School, and Oscar the Grouch's pet worm Slimey will participate in the Squirmadega car race.