Why did the creators of Sesame St. pick that name for the show? Is it a real street somewhere?
Like many new shows, they had a long list of possible names for it, including "The Video Classroom" and "The Nitty Gritty Itty Bitty Kiddy Show". They then sat a bunch of children in front of a test show and asked them which name they thought was best. The kids chose "Sesame Street" (a name based on the magic phrase 'open sesame' from Arabian Nights), even though most of the adults weren't that keen on that particular name. For a while there was a sort of desperate open call for anyone with a better name for it to PLEASE submit it, but nobody came up with one. So the name stuck.
Who unvented the television show sesame street?
If you mean invented it was Joan Ganz Cooney and Jim Henson.
Who is the most under appreciated music star of all time?
Of course, there are many. But always one comes to my mind, every time I am met with this question. And this is no other than the legendary Telecaster guitar master: Roy Buchanan ! [reference: Roy Buchanan - Wikipedia]Named “as the man who turned the Stones down” (from an alleged invitation to join the Rolling Stones, which he turned down - no verification) or “the best unknown guitarist in the world”, this man was the personification of the blues-crying guitar playing, unparalleled and unmatched, hands down!As of today, I am completely unaware of how many know even a sample of his music. He never gained stardom, and he never will, as he passed away in the late 80s. I rushed to pick his first and second LP and, if you ever care to hear a guitar master literally out of this world, I strongly advise you to do the same!His first solo “Roy Buchanan” album (Polydor, 1972, US) contains the absolutely essential, virtually emblematic of his prowess “The Messiah Will Come Again” track:“This is raw guitar playing and music making not for the faint of heart” Daniel Gioffre writes in his review of his first LP at the AllMusic site (Roy Buchanan - Roy Buchanan | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic ) and I cannot agree more!“Roy Buchanan” Polydor PD 5033, 1972, US)While the second one “Second Album” is virtually a prayer on top-notch guitar-blues:“Second Album” (Polydor PD-5046, 2391 062, 1973, US) .“Oooh, Jesus, this is my final pray…don’t let the Devil take the best of me”.Need I say more?PS: I don not own any right of the images or of any other content used.
What do people in other countries think about Donald Trump?
CanadaWe’re concerned for our poor neighbours to the south, while simultaneously amazed at this unbelievable spectacle:UpdateI was astounded and dismayed, but not really surprised, when I read the Calgary Sun (a right-wing and very conservative news daily). They had published a poll taken of their readers to find out which presidential candidate people supported. The poll showed 48% support for Trump, 27% support for Hillary and 25% undecided.These sad numbers should not be surprising because this is an oil-producing province and Trump, a climate change denier, said that he would give his blessing to a huge pipeline project to send Alberta oil (most of it from our Athabasca “tar-sands”, a very polluting and expensive source) to the US Gulf Coast.A presidential endorsement of this “Keystone XL Pipeline” (Barack Obama already said, “No”) is something that Alberta oil barons would dearly love to see and so Trump is their man; environment and world peace be damned I suppose, as long as the oil companies keep making money. :^(Trump’s approval rating will be much lower and Hillary’s much higher in more liberal-minded parts of Canada, such as British Columbia and Ontario (maybe in Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia too). Saskatchewan and Manitoba, prairie-land in the middle of Canada, are a mystery to me.
What are some potentially amusing examples of Muppet adaptations?
Any bad softcore porn done with muppets would be amazing! Well, at least I for one would find it hilarious until it got creepy… Let’s make that one a short not a full movie…I really love the internet sometimes. I was thinking of something both semi serious and yet with room to riff on and came up with Inglorious Bastards. Turns out others agree. Someone did a poster for it, Inglorious Muppets. Someone else did a trailer.It is just too good. The casting choices are perfect.And this guy…And this one is a little NSFW (Violence)50 Shades of MuppetsMuppets of the CaribbeanPulp MuppetsI think that’s enough.
Is the story of the USS Liberty Hamas propaganda?
Gail Ellis did a commendable job providing an Israeli apologia for what many have described as an event that included War Crimes committed by and against the United States.All for naught, I’m afraid.If you want to learn what USS Liberty survivors are saying about the attack I won’t bore you with claims made out of whole cloth but direct you to http://bit.ly/2yMNCKRParticular attention should be made to the War Crimes Report at http://bit.ly/2qM7QiW and the article contained in the Winter, 1986 issue of Naval Law Review at http://bit.ly/jdjgSDIt is common for Israel apologists to claim that the US government has conducted a dozen or so investigations of the attack on the USS Liberty.This is provably false.All you have to do is to ask the Historians of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate as well as have your Congressional representatives contact the Congressional Research Service and ask the question “Has the US Government conducted an investigation of the attack on the USS Liberty” and you will learn that neither the historians nor the Congressional Research Service can find any reference to a US government investigation of the attack on our ship.Once that investigation is finally conducted by the US government it will be clear that USS Liberty crewmen:· saw the unmarked aircraft as they attacked our ship;· heard the jamming of our radios on both US Navy tactical and international maritime distress frequencies;· witnessed the deliberate machine gunning of life rafts we had dropped over the side in anticipation of abandoning ship;· witnessed the slow circling of our ship by Israeli torpedo boats as they fired from close range at crewmen who were either trapped topside or who ventured topside to help their wounded shipmates;· saw the Israeli helicopters filled with armed assault troops hover very close to our ship in an apparent attempt to find a place to allow those troops to rappel down to the ship; and,· witnessed the torpedo boats immediate departure from the scene of the attack after cessation of hostilities instead of offering assistance as is their obligation under international law.