Sesame Street's Elmo and Gordon, White House flu fighters

[BlueJessamine]

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Via Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/09/elmo_and_gordon_team_with_whit.html


from the White House...

Three Federal Agencies Join with Sesame Workshop to Launch National PSA Campaign Stressing Healthy Habits to Prevent H1N1 Flu Infection

New PSA Campaign Unveiled by HHS, DHS, Dept of Ed., and Sesame Workshop

The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Education and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, have teamed up to launch a new, national public service advertising campaign designed to encourage American children and families to practice healthy habits and to take steps to prevent the spread of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus. The PSAs featured in this campaign can be viewed on www.flu.gov.

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"We are thrilled to partner with Elmo, Gordon, and Sesame Workshop again to emphasize the steps kids and their parents can take to stay happy and healthy this school year," said Secretary Sebelius. "Younger children and their parents are some of the people most at risk from the new H1N1 flu virus and with schools starting back up again and the weather starting to get colder, we need to do everything we can to get these important messages about how to prevent the spread of the flu out there.

"The first day of National Preparedness Month is a great reminder that personal preparedness starts at home and these PSAs promote simple things we can all do to stay healthy and safe," said DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano."

[ThatsMyBarack]

1. That is sad...

Sesame Street just isn't Sesame Street with out ELMO, ELMO, and ELMO these days.

(I'm speaking as someone who was raised on the Elmo-free SS of the '70s!)

[YOY]

2. Not really.

It changes. Mr. Hooper died and new live actors came in afterwards. Elmo caught on and kids like him.

Bert and Ernie are still there so is BB and Snuffy (Except others can see him now.)

The Count and Grover and Oscar.

Gordon, Jim, and Maria are still there but they are getting older...and loving it. They've had the same wonderful work for years.

They're all still there.