Sesame Street

Entertainment

OK Go’s Refresher Lesson On Primary Colours

12:00AM February 2, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

When OK Go were asked to appear on Sesame Street, the result was always going to be great. Their contribution, a song and stop-motion animation explaining the primary colours, is wonderful. Show it to your kids, or just watch it yourself. More »


Software

Bert And Ernie Now Available For Your TomTom

4:21AM November 11, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Move over moustaches, it looks like November belongs to the Muppets this year. They’ve got a new movie coming out, there’s an online movement to have them host the Oscars, and now TomTom has announced a series of Sesame Street voices, starting with Bert and Ernie. More »


Gaming

Kinect Realises Fantasies By Putting Kids Inside Sesame Street

6:46AM October 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Sesame Street was instrumental in teaching generations of screen-bound children how to count and learn the alphabet. So it’s only natural that kids would want to get inside that world, right? Microsoft’s done it, and it’s gonna make kids scream. More »


Online

Sesame Street’s YouTube Account Hacked With Porn Videos

1:00PM October 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

Sesame Street’s YouTube account was hacked earlier today by people who replaced Muppet clips with graphic porn. It apparently took Google more than 20 minutes to react to the hack, which means porn was floating around on the iconic children’s TV show channel. More »


Geek Out

Sesame Street Wants To Make Maths And Science Fun Again

1:00AM September 29, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Admit it, most of us learned the letter C from the Cookie Monster’s iconic “C is for Cookie” song. But today’s kids — they have it better. They’re getting some Mythbusters along with their early morning fill of Big Bird. More »


Entertainment

Being Elmo Is A Movie That Shows You The Man Behind The Puppet

12:40AM September 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

Kevin Clash. You might not know who he is but every kid in America will recognise his work. He’s Elmo. Like the Elmo. Being Elmo is a documentary that takes a heartfelt look at Clash, Elmo, a lifelong dream and more. Watch the trailer, it looks ah-mazing. More »


Geek Out

Craig Ferguson And Elmo Conduct The Cutest Experiment Ever

11:40PM September 20, 2011 | Kwame Opam

This is the REAL Elmo, mind you. Here, comedian Craig Ferguson and Elmo explain the word “Experiment” and act it out to terribly cute effect. Because this JUST the way you start your day. Good morning, scientific method! More »


Geek Out

Watch This Sesame Street Beasty Boys Mashup

10:30AM July 23, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

You know your Saturday is going to be awesome when you hit play on a video and the first thing you see is Groover playing the initial notes of the Beastie Boys’ Sure Shot on a flute. Rock on! More »


Computing

Kids Will Never Be Able To Afford Their Own Sesame Street iPad Cases

11:40PM February 1, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Parents, don’t heed the call of Elecom, Griffin and countless other purveyors of simple black cases. Now that Sesame Street has iPad and iPhone cases starting at $US15, your kiddywinks won’t accept anything less. [DreamGear via ChipChick via Technabob]


Entertainment

Sesame Street Parodies Apple With ‘There’s An App For That’ Song

8:40PM November 2, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

You know why Sesame Street has felt it necessary to do a song-and-dance about “iPogo Stick” apps? Like their other themes of bullying, violence and, err, obesity, parents ignoring their children for Angry Birds playtime has become a real problem. More »