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Watch: Even 'Sesame Street' is Poking Fun at 'Downton Abbey'
"Sesame Street" offers up the latest spoof of their very successful and very serious fellow PBS series "Downton Abbey" in the video below, in which the should-be simple act of having tea and crumpets becomes extremely challenging for two muppets because of the directionally challenged nature of thei...
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'Being Elmo' Subject Kevin Clash Under Fire for Third Underage Sex Scandal in Two Weeks
Despite taking a leave of absence that eventually led to his official resignation after being accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage boy, the subject of last year's Sundance award-winning documentary "Being Elmo," Kevin Clash -- known by most of the world a...
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Kevin Clash Says Goodbye to Elmo in Wake of Sex Abuse Allegation
It's come to this. Little over a week following news that the subject of last year's Sundance award-winning documentary "Being Elmo," Kevin Clash -- known the world over as the man behind Elmo on "Sesame Street" -- took a surprise leave of absence from the show in th...
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Update: Kevin Clash's Accuser Officially Recants Sex Abuse Allegation
Well that was quick. A day following the news that the subject of last year's Sundance award-winning documentary "Being Elmo," Kevin Clash -- known the world over as the man behind Elmo on "Sesame Street" -- took a surprise leave of absence from the show in the wake of allega...
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'Being Elmo' Subject Kevin Clash Takes Leave of Absence From 'Sesame Street' Following Underage Sex Allegations
The subject of last year's Sundance award-winning documentary "Being Elmo," Kevin Clash -- known the world over as the man behind Elmo on "Sesame Street" -- has taken a leave of absence from the show in the wake of allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy.
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Jon Stewart on The Big Bird Wars
Who would have thought that the possible firing of Big Bird would become a topic of national debate? (Yes, it sometimes takes threatening a puppet to create a political uproar.) After Mitt Romney’s threat to cut funding for PBS, Jon Stewart took a closer look at how Sesame Street is...
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'Sesame Street' Movie In The Works Courtesy Of Producer Shawn Levy & Fox
"Sesame Street" celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2009, so, in many ways, the fact that a movie version of the popular kids program is in the works probably shouldn't be much of a surprise. Of course, there've been individual character movies like 1985’s "Follow That Bi...
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U.S. Cuts Funding to Pakistan's Version of 'Sesame Street'
A $20 million initiative to develop a Pakistani version of "Sesame Street" has been cut short due to allegations of corruption, according to a report from the AP.
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