历史今天:1969年芝麻街开播(11.10)

【英文原文】

Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. Sesame Street is well known for its Muppets characters created by Jim Henson. It premiered on November 10, 1969, and is the longest running children's program on US television. The show is produced in the United States by the non-profit organization Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), founded by Joan Ganz Cooney and Ralph Rogers.

【中文译文】

芝麻街是美国一套著名的幼儿教育电视节目，内容结合了教育和娱乐。节目是由 Children's Television Workshop（CTW）制作，后来在1999年分支出来的 Sesame Workshop 继续制作。芝麻街最为人熟悉的部份，正是节目中采用大量布偶（Muppet）作为大部份主角，有关布偶是由著名木偶师Jim Henson创造。
现时节目总共播出了38季，合共4160集，成为美国电视历史上最长久的儿童电视节目。此外，节目成功在120个不同的国家播放，并曾经推出20多个国际版本。而且芝麻街曾经获得109个艾美奖，远超过其他的电视节目。此外，芝麻街除了在电视播放，亦曾推出电影、玩具、书本、录像带等副产品。由于它的全世界伸手可及的距离，因此芝麻街被公认是世界上最家喻户晓的幼儿教育节目。