Why did Jim help make Sesame Street?

[Lourenzo]

Dont get get me wrong I love SS. The thing that confuses me is that Jim greatly disliked being thought of as a children's entertainer, and one of his goals was to prove that puppets are more than just kids stuff.

 

[sesamemuppetfan]

At first, SS was basically an experiment to see if TV could be used to teach preschoolers. I think all that "being thought of as a children's entertainer" mostly started when Jim was trying get TMS on the air.