Cast members of Sesame Street posing on the set with some of the puppet characters, 1969. Left to right: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long with (left to right) Big Bird, Cookie ...

You know Kermit, Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, and the rest of the Sesame Street gang. But you might be surprised to learn their backstories, their missions, and the inspiration for each of them.

Sesame Street 's very own Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Rosita, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and Gabrielle as well as Honkers, Martians and others will appear in the musical, which ...

Elmo taught me love, and Cookie Monster taught me patience, and I'm saying "Thank you, yes!" to these adorable Sesame Street stamps in honor of the show's 50th anniversary. Just look at Rosita's ...

“New episodes from Sesame Street, at this time, are not as core to our strategy.” This means another fork in the road for Cookie Monster, Elmo and Bert and Ernie.