In 1966 a group of friends gathered for a dinner party in Manhattan. As the evening was winding down, one of the guests, Lloyd N. Morrisett, a vice president at the Carnegie Corporation, turned to his ...
The onetime psychology teacher and Joan Ganz Cooney also founded the Children's Television Workshop and 'The Electric Company.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Morrisett died Sunday of natural causes at ...
Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children's education TV series “Sesame Street,” which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie Monster to charm and teach ...
When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...
Lloyd Morrisett died earlier this week at the age of 93. Whether or not you recognize his name, you'll almost certainly recognize the television program he helped create. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SESAME ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie Monster to charm ...