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Elmo in Urdu? 'Sesame Street' Heads to Pakistan
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsU.S. airstrikes, aid and diplomatic offensives have achieved only marginal success in winning Pakistani hearts and minds, so American officials are now deploying their secret backup weapons: Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster. Funded by a $20 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the American children's TV program "Sesame Street" is heading to Pakistan. Filming begins this summer, and the show is set to debut in the fall. It'll feature furry muppets speaking mostly Urdu instead of English, in a Pakistani village setting. U.S. civilian aid to Pakistan has recently ...
Cops: Self-Described 'Cookie Monster' Arrested in Florida
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsHe's not blue or googly-eyed, but police in Indiantown, Fla., say this criminal suspect is a self-described "cookie monster." On March 3, workers at a Circle K convenience store alerted police that a shoplifter had just made off with a $1.19 package of "Pink White" cookies. A Martin County sheriff's deputy responded to the call and encountered three men who matched the suspect's description -- one of whom was spotted with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar. ...
Muppets to Challenge 'Top Chef' Contestants
By Susanna Baird - AOL News"Top Chef" contestants get sweet and silly tonight when they undertake a Quickfire Challenge for Cookie Monster, Elmo and Telly. The weekly challenge, which comes at the beginning of every show, demands that the chefs use their wizardry for quick-turnaround cooking projects. The three fuzzy Muppets (and presumably their handlers) show up in the "Top Chef" kitchen to watch the seven remaining "cheftestants" on the eighth season of the Bravo reality series attempt to bake (it's hoped) delicious cookies. In a preview clip, Telly the purple monster questions New York City chef Dale Talde's ...
For the War's Wounded Troops and Families, Elmo Can Help
By not in system - AOL NewsHow can you gently explain to a 4-year-old that Daddy has been killed in Afghanistan and will never come home? How does a combat-wounded Marine convince his scared young son that he's still the same loving Dad, even though his thighs now end in stumps? ...
For the War's Wounded Troops and Families, Elmo Can Help
By David Wood - Politics DailyHow can you gently explain to a 4-year-old that Daddy has been killed in Afghanistan and will never come home? How does a combat-wounded Marine convince his scared young son that he's still the same loving Dad, even though his thighs now end in stumps? How does a family cope with their returned soldier who looks the same, but whose traumatic brain injury from a near-miss IED slurs her speech and dims her memory and sometimes wracks her with unreasoning spasms of hot fury? How does a family celebrate Christmas while a loved one is hundreds of miles away in a military hospital ward? War ...
The Art of Big Bird: A Puppeteer's Alternative Career Path
By Joe Peacock - AOL News
(Nov. 5) -- They're two of the most recognized and beloved characters in American culture -- Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. But did you know that before they made Sesame Street the most well-known neighborhood in the land, they served in the military? In fact, after the two felt superstars were discharged, they almost worked for Walt Disney as animators and illustrators. Of course, Jim Henson would have had a major problem with this -- so he hired them first. The rest is history. Well, in a manner of speaking anyway. It wasn't the puppets that served our country and almost worked for ...
Mad Muppet Menacing Tourists in NYC's Times Square
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Oct. 25) -- An angry, jaded man posing as a lovable Sesame Street character is stalking New York's Times Square, hassling tourists for money and even cursing at passers-by when he doesn't get his Evil Elmo way. The New York Daily News reports that the Elmo impostor, who refuses to reveal his real identity, is a menace to the popular tourist destination. The mad Muppet won't allow his picture to be taken unless money is exchanged, and has been angrily slapping away tourists' cameras when they don't comply. "Five dollars! Five dollars!" the creature shouts, according to the Daily News. "No ...
Eyewitness: 'Sesame Street' Naughty Before Katy Perry
By David Fagin - AOL News
(Sept. 29) -- In the early part of the 2000s, I had the privilege of working behind the scenes on "Sesame Street" for a few seasons. And after seeing the fervor among viewers caused by the leaked video of Katy Perry's revealing outfit during her performance of "Hot N Cold" with a way-too-happy-looking Elmo, I'd tell those offended by the clip that they should be thankful it's taken this long for the sexual innuendos on the classic children's program to surface. Don't get me wrong. Like most grown-ups, I'm a huge fan of Sesame Street. No other children's show on television ever came close to ...
Top 5 Most Dubious Claims in Beloit College's Class of '14 'Mindset List'
By Jordan Carr - AOL News(Aug. 17) -- Every year since 1998, Wisconsin's Beloit College has released its "Mindset List" with the stated intention of informing college professors of the cultural touchstones of the incoming class. It is arguably more successful at making the youth seem like snotty, self-centered egomaniacs who know nothing of anything outside of their immediate experience, and professors like dusty geezers painfully struggling to keep in touch with what's cool today. The 2014 edition, out today, makes 75 separate claims about today's college freshmen, running the gamut from "Few in the class know how ...
Earth Day: How to Create an Urn From Dryer Lint
By David Moye - AOL News(April 22) -- Cremation may be one of the cheapest funeral options around, but the folks at the funeral home make a killing on the urns. Some can cost close to $1,000 or more. If you're not dying to pay that, Oregon-based mortician Elizabeth Fournier is dying to tell you her little secret: You can make a very personal urn for you or your loved one for pennies just by using leftover laundry lint. "The stuff that ends up in the dryer's lint trap is good fabric and sometimes there's hair, which is a good binder as well," she said. Full Earth Day CoverageWake-Up Call Looming in PakistanResults ...
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