History of Sesame Street including changing its traditional magazine format to a narrative format. Because of the popularity of the Muppet Elmo, the show incorporated a popular segment known as "Elmo's World". "Sesame Street" has won eight Grammys and over a hundred Emmys in its history—more than any other children's show. In the late 1960s, 97% of all American households owned a television set, and preschool children watched an average of 27 hours of television per week; programs created for them were widely criticized for being too violent and for reflecting commercial values. Producer Joan Ganz Cooney called children's programming a "wasteland", and she
The Best of Elmo the show? Everyone laughs as Elmo asks the viewer what they liked best. As the credits roll, the Monster-Art-Show begins, showing one drawing with Elmo and Ernie, one drawing with Elmo in his imagination, one of Elmo sitting on a ledge while wearing tap shoes, one of Elmo scaring Julia Roberts, one with two backup singers, one of the number 3, one with Whoopi Goldberg and Elmo, one with Telly and Elmo, one with trees, and one drawing of Elmo playing the piano. Additional Muppets performed by Joey Mazzarino, David Rudman, Carmen Osbahr, Pam Arciero, Jim Martin, Noel MacNeal, Peter