The Original 1969 Children’s Television Workshop (CTW) Pitch Film For Sesame Street

by Scott Beale on November 2, 2009 · 1 comment

Here’s the original Children’s Television Workshop (CTW) 1969 pitch film (in 3 parts) produced by Joan Ganz Cooney to help sell what would eventually become the hit children’s public television show Sesame Street. It features early versions of Jim Henson muppets Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog.

via The Retro Blog

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1 Jason November 2, 2009 at 2:22 pm

Here’s what my response would have been:
Get the hell out of my office, hippies!

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