Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Getting Schooled: a different take on different and same (Sesame Street, 1970's)

 The Swiss masked troupe Mummenschanz made one of their first American appearances on Sesame Street before appearing on The Muppet Show during that series' 1st season. The group had been founded in 1972, but we don't have an exact date of this tape, in which two of the performers demonstrate "different" & "same", with some children commenting off-camera:


Mummenschanz was quite the sensation, even making it to Broadway.


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