Street Gang (68 page)
Authors: Michael Davis
Herry Monster (Muppet)
Hersey, John
Hey, Cinderella
Hibbs, Albert R.
Hinnant, Skip
Hispanic community
Horne, Lutrelle
Horwich, Frances “Miss Frances,”
Houle, Sylvia
Houseman, John
Howdy Doody Show
Howe, Harold“Doc,”
Hudson, Peggy
Hume, David
Hunt, Richard
Hyslop, Alfred
Icky Gunk (Muppet)
“I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon,”
Igus, Sid
“I Love the Skin I’m In,”
“I Love Trash,”
Ingrid and Humphrey (Muppets)
Irwin, Bill
Jackson, Michael
“Jellyman Kelly,”
Jeter, Michael
Jim Henson Company
Jimmy Dean Show
Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Johnson, Howard
Johnson, Lyndon
Jones, James Earl
Jorjorian, Carol (later Gibbon)
Josephson, Marvin
Juhl, Jerry
Junior Jamboree
Junior Morning Show
Kahlins, Marjorie
Kanfer, Stefan
Kaplin, Emily Perl (later Kingsley)
Katz, Oscar
Kean, Eddie
Keeshan, Bob.
See also Captain Kangaroo
See also Captain Kangaroo
advertising policy
Captain Kangaroo
formula
formula
early career
Howdy Doody Show
role
role
improvisation
influence on
Sesame Street
Sesame Street
managerial style
as performer
personality
resentment toward
Sesame Street
Sesame Street
support for Cooney
team member selection
Time for Fun
role
role
Keller, James
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, Tom
Kenworthy, Duncan
Kenyatta, Charles 37X
Kermit (Muppet)
Kermit the Frog Presents: Muppet Vision 3D
Kerr, Stu
Kiermaier, John W. “Jack,”
Kimball, Chloe
Kingsley, Charles
Kingsley, Emily Perl (formerly Kaplin)
Kingsley, Jason
Kirby, Durwood
Kitman, Marvin
Knell, Gary E.
Kovach, James
Kruger, Bernie
Kukla, Fran and Ollie,
Kuklapolitan Players
Kuklapolitan Players
Labyrinth
Langstaff, Morton
Lazer, David
Leach, Sheryl
Lee, Will
Leonard, John
Lerner, Sharon
Lesser, Gerald S.
curriculum seminar leadership
as
Exploring
academic adviser
Exploring
academic adviser
focus group participation
as researcher
reservations concerning Cooney
Sesame Street
guidelines and goals
guidelines and goals
licensing and marketing
Barney & Friends
products
products
books
considerations
creation of Zoe Muppet for
Ding Dong School
products
products
Henson’s income from
Howdy Doody Show
products
products
music rights and royalties
revenue split between Henson and CTW
Talking Big Bird
Tickle Me Elmo
Linda (character)
Little Theater of the Deaf
Loman, Michael
Long, Loretta (formerly Moore)
Long, Pete
Love, Kermit
Lovelace, Valeria
Lucas, Kate
Luis (character)
Lyon, Rick
MacArthur, Harry
Macy, John W.
Manzano, Sonia
Maria (character)
marketing.
See
licensing and marketing
See
licensing and marketing
Marland, Sid
Marriage of Snuffalo
Martus, Marjorie
Marx, Jeff
Matthews, Jack
May, Ted
McGarry, Mac
McGrath, Robert Emmett “Bob,”
McNeill, Don
Meachum, Roy
Meade, Edward
Menken, Alan
merchandising.
See
licensing and marketing
See
licensing and marketing
Merman, Ethel
Michaels, Lorne
Mickey Mouse Club, The
Miller, Jack
Miller, Mitch
Minow, Newton N.
Mississippi ban on
Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Miss Piggy (Muppet)
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Mitchell, Jimmy
Moore, Garry
Moore, Loretta Mae (later Long)
Moreno, Rita
Morning Show, The
Morrisett, Lloyd N.
See also
Carnegie Corporation
See also
Carnegie Corporation
Carnegie Corporation position
confidence in Cooney
fund-raising
later-life activities
preschool television project idea
reading program idea
on research for preschool television project
Sesame Street
as commercial venture
as commercial venture
Sesame Street
focus group
focus group
Morrisett, Sarah
Moss, Annie (formerly Boylan)
Moss, Jeff
Mr. Hooper (character)
Mr. Noodle (Muppet)
Muehl, Brian
Muppets.
See also specific Muppets
See also specific Muppets
apprentice manipulators
Around the Corner additions
black characters
character development
in commercials
Disney’s pursuit of
early characters
female characters
first taped segments
manipulators, selection of
monsters
Muppet Show
characters
characters
name origin
ownership of
training workshops
Muppet Show, The
Murrow, Edward R.
Mushmellon (Muppet)
music.
See also specific songs
See also specific songs
Myhrum, Bob
“My Name Is Roosevelt Franklin,”
Nash, Clarence
National Educational Television (NET)
National Theater of the Deaf
NBC Radio
NBC Television
Afternoon
Cooney’s publicity job with
Ding Dong School
Exploring
Howdy Doody Show
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
rejection of
Sesame Street
project
Sesame Street
project
Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In
Sing Along with Mitch
This Way to Sesame Street
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color
Nealon, Liz
Nebel, Jane.
See
Henson, Jane (formerly Nebel)
See
Henson, Jane (formerly Nebel)
Neimeyer, John H.
Nelson, Jerry
NET (National Educational Television)
NHK (Japan’s public broadcaster)
Nickelodeon
Nixon, Patricia
Nixon, Richard
Noggin digital cable channel
O’Brien, Chet
O’Brien, Mortimer “Snooks,”
O’Donnell, Rosie
O’Flaherty, Terrence
Ogg, Beverley.
See
Owen, Beverley (later Stone)
See
Owen, Beverley (later Stone)
Ogilvie, Daniel M.
O’Reilly, Alison Bartlett
Orman, Roscoe
Oscar the Grouch (Muppet)
Otley, Sarah (formerly Morrisett)
Owen, Beverley (later Stone)
Oz, Frank (Frank Oznowicz)
early interest in puppetry
first Muppets segments
friendship with Henson
Hey, Cinderella
at Hunt’s memorial service
joining of Muppets
as La Choy Dragon manipulator
Muppet character development
Pied Piper of Astroworld
Sesame Street
number commercials
number commercials
Paar, Jack
Pace, Frank
Paley, William
Palmer, Edward L.
Payne, Bob
PBL (Public Broadcasting Laboratory)
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service)
Barney & Friends
formation of
Nixon’s opposition to
PBS Kids Sprout digital channel
Sesame Street
Peabody Award
Petersen, Clarence
Peterson, Peter G.
Phillips, William
Pied Piper of Astroworld, The
Pierce, Chester
Piers, Maria
Pifer, Alan Jay.
See also
Carnegie Corporation
See also
Carnegie Corporation
Postman, Neil
“Potential Uses of Television in Preschool Education, The” (Cooney)
Pottle, Sam
Poverty, Antipoverty and the Poor
Powers, Ron
Prairie Dawn (Muppet)
Professor Madcliffe (Muppet)
Public Broadcasting Act
Public Broadcasting Laboratory (PBL)
Public Broadcasting Service.
See
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service)
See
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service)
Purdum, Todd S.
Raposo, Joseph G. “Joe”
death and memorial tribute
Hey, Cinderella
personality and name-dropping habit
Sesame Street
compositions
compositions
talent
RCA
Reagan, Gabriela Rose “Gabi,”
Reeves Studio
Revson, Charles
Rich, Frank
Rif kin, Larry
Rif kin, Leora
Right to Read program
Rivkin, Charles
Roads to Sesame Street, The
(Cooney)
(Cooney)
Robert Keeshan Enterprises.
See also Captain Kangaroo
; Keeshan, Bob
See also Captain Kangaroo
; Keeshan, Bob
Robinson, Dolores
Robinson, Holly
Robinson, Marty
Robinson, Matt
Roeper, Annemarie
Romper Room
Roosevelt Franklin (Muppet)
Rose, Rufus
Rosen, Charles
Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In
Rowlf (Muppet)
“Rubber Duckie,”
Rudman, David
Rundvold, Inga
Sahlin, Don
Sainte-Marie, Buffy
Sam and Friends
Sam (Muppet)
Sarnoff, David
Saturday Night Live
Schneider, John A. “Jack,”
Schone, Virginia
Scott, Kermit
See It Now
Sendak, Maurice
Sesame Place theme park
Sesame Street. See also
CTW (Children’s Television Workshop); Muppets;
specific individuals
CTW (Children’s Television Workshop); Muppets;
specific individuals
academic advisers
awards and honors
black audience
budget for first year
commercial station airing
community group opposition
concept and goal
critical reviews
debut
feasibility study
focus group
funding
international coproductions
letter and number commercials
models from network television
music
ratings
second decade
set
Spanish translations
success, independence and
test audiences
title for show
viewership
writer training workshop
Sesame Workshop.
See also
CTW (Children’s Television Workshop)
See also
CTW (Children’s Television Workshop)
Shanley, John P.
Shemin, Craig
Sherlock Hemlock (Muppet)
Sherman, Arlene
Sherry Netherland (Muppet)
Short, Cathy
Shukat, Scott
Shull, Richard K.
Silverman, Fred
Simon, Lisa
Sims, Monica
Sing: Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo
Sing Along with Mitch
Singer, Dulcy
background
on Calloway
on Henson’s death
on loss of independence
resignation from CTW
wedding episode idea
Smith, Bob
Smith, Cecil
Snuffleupagus “Snuffy” (Muppet)
social issues
academic achievement gap
anti-Semitism
disabilities
feminism
gender bias
Great Society initiatives
Hispanic concerns
Martin Luther King murder
Native American concerns
poverty
segregation and racism
Weathermen
“Somebody Come and Play,”
songs.
See also specific songs
See also specific songs
Sontag, Susan
Special Sesame Street Christmas, A
Sperry, Anne
Spinney, Caroll Edwin
as Big Bird manipulator
childhood, art education
early career
“I Love Trash,”
invitation to join Muppets
marriage
as Oscar manipulator
Puppeteers of America performance
Jon Stone and
Spock, Benjamin
Stagaman, Mary
Stasheff, Ed
Statler and Waldorf (Muppets)
Stewart, Mike
Stiles, Norman
Stone, Beverley (formerly Owen)
Stone, Jon
acting career
at
Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo
casting process
CBS Snow White series
CBS training program
childhood relationship with father
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
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