Video: 'Sesame Street Debut-Monday, November 10, 1969'

(Monday, November 10, 1969, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EST) — Sesame Street, an American educational children’s television series that combines live action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry, premiered this hour in New York City on National Educational Television (later PBS).

Created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, the program is known for its images communicated through the use of Jim Henson’s Muppets, and includes short films, with humor and cultural references.