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Why did Jim help make Sesame Street?

Lourenzo

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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

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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.
 
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