Sesame Street welcomes lots of celebrities, including Sandra Oh (pictured) for its 39th Season.
Sesame Street kicks off its 39th season today and this year's highlights include the usual mix of Muppet parodies (30 Rocks, The Golden Triangle of Destiny, Pre-School Musical, etc.) and celebrities guest appearances (including David Beckham, L.L. Cool J., Sandra Oh and the previously-blogged spoof of 1-2-3-4 by Feist). This is also the first season of the series that has been shot in high-definition video.
Along with the new season, the Sesame Street web site has a new fresh new look. The new site wasn't done on the cheap (it reportedly cost about $14 million to develop) and looks great with over 3,000 videos available to watch. This new version of the site (which seems to expand upon the Sesame Video project launched last December) seems to indicate that Sesame Workshop is slowly preparing for the day when the web becomes the primary platform through which they distribute their content. According to the article at the top of this paragraph, Sesame wants to double the size of its online audience in the next year or two.
You can visit the new Sesame Street web site at www.sesamestreet.org. Sesame Street airs in the United States on PBS (check your local listings for air times).
