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For the War's Wounded Troops and Families, Elmo Can Help

How 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?

Bert and Ernie Aren't Gay: Muppet Scandals

(Nov. 9) -- Many stars have had to fight persistent rumors about their sexuality. And in that way, Ernie and Bert are no different than John Travolta and Tom Cruise. I've recounted the stories about the infamous "Ernie and Bert are gay" rumor probably more times than Count Von Count can count. But with "Sesame Street"...

Background on Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), is a Worldwide American non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world (including PBS in the United States).

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