It’s the first day of Spring, which also means that it's the tallest resident on Sesame Street's birthday! Big Bird first appeared when the show premiered in 1969, but he doesn't look a day over 6 (the age he is frozen in). To celebrate, the Sesame Workshop interviewed Caroll Spinney (Big Bird's human), where he talks about the saddest day in Big Bird's life: more ›

Just as a ton of movies disappeared from Netflix today, the company Tweeted that they've recently added Being Elmo, winning us back. The 2011 documentary gives the puppeteer behind Elmo, Kevin Clash, 76 minutes of screen time. The Whoopi Goldberg-narrated doc follow Clash's life, from when he made puppets (and got made fun of for it) in high school, to his big break at Sesame Street. more ›

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to win the Iowa caucus. He's been trying to relate to voters with awkward small talk but apparently a multi-millionaire management (ahem, "restructuring") consultant former governor of Massachusetts who thinks corporations are people is really desperate to strike a chord. Because yesterday he promised to put commercials on public broadcasting stations—and specifically called out Sesame Street. more ›

When Jason Schwartzman isn't busy sneaking around Brooklyn for Bored To Death, he's nuts on Sesame Street, donning a silk kimono suit, satin gloves, and some seriously gravity-defying hair to play the Chairman "Superchef" of the Cast Iron Cook competition. He even gratuitously bites into a bell pepper! It's a thousand times better than the American remake of the Japanese original. more ›

Now that the NBA season is pretty much dunzo, maybe we can lobby for Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire to play basketball on Sesame Street! The pair's segment with Grover—to discuss the word "compare"—aired on this morning's episode and it was pretty cute: more ›

Prepare your hankies for a Very Special upcoming episode of ever-relevant Sesame Street covering a not-so-cute issue: hunger. Meet Lily, a new Muppet created to represent one of the 17 million American children who are going hungry today. So much for sunny days. more ›

Poor Bert and Ernie. The internet will just not leave the two best friend/ roommates/ ambiguous sleepover pals alone—once again, the duo's sexuality is being questioned, as a new petition circulates calling for the two to tie the knot. Were the Avenue Q puppets not enough? more ›

Did you watch the seemingly unending ballad from Spider-Man: Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead Turn Off The Dark on last night's Tony Awards and think to yourself "Wait, that show is still happening?" No, of course you didn't. You were watching Dallas dominate the Heat like everybody else. But if you did happen to wonder, the answer is yes. That show is still happening. In fact it officially (no joke) "opens" tomorrow night. We've seen it—twice, actually—and we'll have a review up tomorrow as soon as the Green Goblin croaks. But in the meantime, the clever folks at Sesame Street have gone and created a pitch-perfect spoof, as they are wont to do. more ›

After being sucked into a plane that took off from JFK, another bird has gone up to the big…sky in the sky. The Post reports that passengers on the aircraft started salivating shortly after takeoff: "Suddenly the plane smelled like chicken," one woman said, "I thought, 'Wow! They have hot food on the plane!'" Don't give the airlines any ideas! more ›

Back in June, Sesame Street resident Bert Twittered the following: "Ever notice how similar my hair is to Mr. T's The only difference is mine is a little more 'mo,' a little less 'hawk.'" In this case, "mo" was read by some as slang for homosexual, and it seemed as though Bert finally came out; he has, after all, been sleeping next to (and sharing a tub with) Ernie for decades now. more ›

Queens-born Harvard psychologist and chief adviser to Sesame Street, Gerald S. Lesser, has died at the age of 84. The NY Times has published Lesser's obituary, which reveals some interesting facts about the show's curriculum development, and his role in it. more ›

Katy Perry may have made the headlines for her cleavage getting cut from a recent Sesame Street skit, but it's her co-star Elmo that's becoming a bit of a publicity whore. The character turned up on Good Morning America this morning to discuss the controversy (video below), and insisted that he "loves Miss Katy and we had a good time. We’ll have another playdate.” We're guessing it'll be chaperoned. Executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente also spoke on the show this morning, saying, "(Perry) is a wonderful musical talent and we had a good time. We would never produce anything that was inappropriate. We were surprised not only at the amount of feedback but how fast it came in. It was a lot." more ›

Elmo recently answered some questions about Sesame Street in a long Q&A with fans of the show (seen below), and we finally find out how to get to the famous street! Well, sort of. When asked, Elmo says taking "a plane, a bus, a subway" should get you there (when we visited, we took the N)—and if you like it so much you want to stay, Elmo takes his best guess at what his parents paid to own a home there. He declared: "They must have bought the place... for probably a gazillion dollars. Do you know if it's a buyer's market or a seller's market on Sesame Street? Elmo heard mommy and daddy talking about that." more ›

Recently a clip from Katy Perry's appearance on Sesame Street got parents riled up when it was released online (the episode the singer appears on isn't set to air until November 3rd). In the clip, Perry is singing a kid-friendly version of her song "Hot n' Cold" to Elmo, but some parents think she's showing too much skin during the skit. more ›

Sesame Street is hitting the air again with fresh episodes starting September 27th, and since last month they've been updating a Tumblr blog! Just the other day Cookie Monster finally tried cookie dough ice cream, which nearly brought him to tears, and there are even some vintage Sesame Street videos for the older, nostalgic set (to get stoned to, obvs). more ›

With all the celebrities that have made cameos on Sesame Street throughout the years, odds are pretty good that some of them have been stoned (though when we visited in 2008 it was impossible to score there). more ›

On Tuesday Google launched this new social interaction feature called Buzz. No one fully understands it yet, but basically it lets Gmail users create sort of a one-stop Twitter/Facebook/Misc. interface (and bypass your employer's social media blocks). Or something. Some say it's the DEATH of Facebook, while others are vowing to "buzz your Gmail inboxes so hard they're going to explode!" But the exciting new what-have-you has also spread fear, because when you activate it, the default setting automatically lets all your Gmail contacts (like your wife) see the people you IM and e-mail most (your ex-wife!). Take it away, irate Buzz user: more ›

What, no sexy Snuffleupagus? A costume shop has announced their new line of Sesame Street costumes featuring Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Elmo—all available in teen and women sizes. They call them "super cute," but... we're conflicted! While sexualizing Sesame Street characters just seems wrong, that flapper Big Bird costume is sort of amazing. And it's not like the hemlines are that short. Anyway, if there's a Sesame Street-specific Furry fetish group out there... they are so psyched right now. more ›

Costumed characters from Sesame Street and other children's shows have become a regular fixture in Midtown, where they can make about $80 per day posing for photos with tourists, according to the Post. The tabloid spoke with the men behind the masks, and learned that there's a science to figuring out the rates. "I charge one dollar for some people, and more for others," said José Montier, 40, who dresses as Cookie Monster. "It depends on if they're a big group, if they look like they're rich." more ›

Sad news from Sesame Street: actress Alaina Reed-Amini, known for her long-running role on the series as Olivia Robinson, has died after losing her battle with breast cancer. She was 63 years old and in Santa Monica at the time of her death. Reed-Amini joined the Sesame Street gang in 1976 (later you knew her as Rose Lee Holloway on 227) and stayed through 1988; on the show she played the kid sister of Gordon, and sung plenty of tunes... more ›

The Sesame Street gang is stopping by today's Tyra, and we've got a sneak peek of Elmo, Rosita and Cookie Monster — who were all there in celebration of their show's 40th anniversary. But what's happening in these above photos? We're told: "Rosita, who reveals she rocks her natural hair and does not use weaves, checks Tyra's hair for weave tracks." And OK! Magazine points out that "it looks like Cookie Monster has his hand on Tyra’s booty!" Innocence: lost. more ›

Yesterday, a day before its 40th birthday, Sesame Street was designated with a temporary street naming at... 64th and Broadway? While there are many neighborhoods that went into the set design for the show, many seem to think the Upper West Side isn't the best spot to dedicate a street in its name. However, while the show is filmed in Astoria, the corporate headquarters are actually on the, wait for it, UWS. more ›