Big Bird and the gang are having a big birthday. They are turning 45. Here is a look back at a familiar song and setting:

Tiday marks a milestone for the longest running children's show in U.S. television history.  "Sesame Street" turns 45.  Origninally created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett through the Children's Television Workshop, the beloved educational series premiered on public broadcasting television stations on November 10th, 1969.  The series made stars out of Jim Henson's Muppets with Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch, quickly becoming household names.  

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