Why Is the Rook so Short?

“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit”

Richard Bach

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did when he was twenty, has wasted thirty years of his life"

Muhammed Ali

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us"

Joseph Campbell

"Operator, give me the number for 911!"

Homer Simpson

"I never apologize, Lisa. I'm sorry, but that's just the way I am"

Homer Simpson

“A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth”

On this day Nov 10,1969

On this day in 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. “Sesame Street,” with its memorable theme song (“Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”), went on to become the most widely viewed children’s program in the world. It has aired in more than 120 countries.

The show was the brainchild of Joan Ganz Cooney, a former documentary producer for public television. Cooney’s goal was to create programming for preschoolers that was both entertaining and educational. She also wanted to use TV as a way to help underprivileged 3- to 5- year-olds prepare for kindergarten. “Sesame Street” was set in a fictional New York neighborhood and included ethnically diverse characters and positive social messages.

Taking a cue from “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” a popular 1960s variety show, “Sesame Street” was built around short, often funny segments featuring puppets, animation and live actors. This format was hugely successful, although over the years some critics have blamed the show and its use of brief segments for shrinking children’s attention spans.

From the show’s inception, one of its most-loved aspects has been a family of puppets known as Muppets. Joan Ganz Cooney hired puppeteer Jim Henson (1936-1990) to create a cast of characters that became Sesame Street institutions, including Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Grover and Big Bird.

The subjects tackled by “Sesame Street” have evolved with the times. In 2002, the South African version of the program, “Takalani Sesame,” introduced a 5-year-old Muppet character named Kami who is HIV-positive, in order to help children living with the stigma of a disease that has reached epidemic proportions. In 2006, a new Muppet, Abby Cadabby, made her debut and was positioned as the show’s first female star character, in an effort to encourage diversity and provide a strong role model for girls.

Since its inception, over 74 million Americans have watched “Sesame Street.” Today, an estimated 8 million people tune in to the show each week in the U.S. alone.

On this day Nov 10,1975

The iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald breaks in half and sinks at the eastern end of Lake Superior--all 29 crew members perish.

Gordon Lightfoots song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is on YouTube

Great song.

sameez1 I make a point of listening to it every year.

A personal connection to that tragedy?

No ,it fits the mood of the bone- chilling winds this time each year

“... But I'm annoying you to no purpose with my arguments. A person whose house is only open on the west can't see the sun rise at dawn; it's only seen when the sun sets at dusk. If one tries to compare the color and appearance of the two, one will go on arguing forever...

...The fault lies not with the vision but with the closed windows. If you look out of only one opening till the day you die, you'll ever see anything new.”
― Saratchandra Chattopadhyay

Saul don.t try to put quotas on quotes here!

good quote

“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen”

John Steinbeck

“This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often”

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