Sesame Street lines up celebs for literacy

June 15th, 2007 | Category: Children

Season 38 of Sesame Street will premiere on August 13th with a focus on literacy. All sorts of celebrity guests will participate in a new opening segment called “What’s the Word on the Street?” Each episode, a celebrity such as Jon Stewart, Ellen DeGeneres or Brian Williams will reply the question by giving a word and its definition. The goal is to expand early literacy

skills such as vocabulary and rhyming. Other celebrity guests next season include Tina Fey, Anderson Cooper, and the New York Jets (sorry, Joel).

Of course, Sesame Street also plans spoofs on popular television shows with skits such as A’s Anatomy, The Amazing Alphabet Race and Meal or No Meal (I’m totally looking forward to that one).

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