It goes without saying that if you want to teach a lesson well, it must involve a piranha. It’s an educational truth so self-evident that it’s a wonder every learning institution in the world isn’t equipped with a school of the cannibalistically-feisty Amazonian creatures. Sesame Street, now in its Continue Reading
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Grover Bluejoy is coming (eventually) in Sesame Street’s Game of Chairs (Game of Thrones parody)
If you’ve watched any episodes of HBO’s megahit Game of Thrones, which returns to our screens on April 12, you will have noticed that becoming the king or queen of Westeros and sitting upon its imposing Iron Throne involves quite a bit of Machiavellian manoeuvring, a dragon or three, Continue Reading
Timely Christmas message: Sir Ian McKellen and Cookie Monster learn how to resist
If ever there was a word with which we all need to be familiar at this time of the year, it’s “Resist”. But like Cookie Monster, who doesn’t quite get the concept, the idea of it evades many of us as we saunter off for another bathtub of eggnog, Continue Reading
So many sunny days: Happy 45th birthday Sesame Street
It’s mid 1971, and in a lounge-room in Grafton, NSW, Australia, a wide-eyed five year old is sitting cross legged in front of his family’s TV set early one morning, unable to take his eyes off the program on the screen before him. He had only just been introduced a Continue Reading
Dance! Mindy Kaling and Elmo get enthusiastic about grooving to a beat
I LOVE MINDY KALING! AND I LOVE ELMO! OH AND DANCING … I LOVE DANCING! What’s with all the capitalised effusive declarations you ask? Why I am just being ENTHUSIASTIC!, a state of being where, as Mindy explains to a happily-hyped Elmo, “you’re really excited about something”. You know, like Continue Reading
A long time ago in a cookies and milky way galaxy far, far away: Cookie Monster stars in Star Wars parody “Star S’mores”
SNAPSHOT A long time ago in a cookies and milky way galaxy far, far away…Princess Parfaita was taken prisoner by the evil Galactic Empire and had to be saved by a group of unlikely heroes including the young Luke Piewalker, Flan Solo, and Chewie the Cookie. One of the Continue Reading
Extra! Extra! John Oliver and Cookie Monster spread the news about Words are Here, There and Everywhere
WORDS. They’re everywhere! Why there’s even quite a few in this blog post. Yes really! Words, in fact, are so wonderful, so useful and so important that Sesame Workshop, the non profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, and Mashable have joined forces to produce a delightful news broadcast parody featuring Continue Reading
Come and play … Sesame Street’s 45th season trailer is A-OK!
Happy 45th season Sesame Street! Why it seems just like yesterday that I was a 4 1/2 year old kid, freshly returned from Bangladesh in 1970, discovering the delights of television and specifically the enduring delights of a program barely a year old itself – Sesame Street. Premiering on Continue Reading
A fruity mystery indeed! Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) counts apples and oranges on Sesame Street
Sesame Street is a very clever show. You don’t need me to tell you that, of course. Ask any small child and they will tell you all about the counting, and the spelling and all manner of fun, educational moments; and if you’re sensible you’ll check with the parents Continue Reading
You shall not pass! But you can eat a cookie says Sesame Street … eventually
SNAPSHOT The Cookie Monster plays Gobble, the last known holder of the most powerful dessert recipe in Monster Earth. He must remember the recipe in order to bring cookies back to the land, but his own memory and lack of self control stand in the way. (source: mashable.com) Is Continue Reading