Lewis Bernstein on how Sesame Street dealt with 9/11

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
North Hollywood, CA, United States

Sesame Street producer Lewis Bernstein shares the goals of the show as it aimed to help children in the wake of September 11:

“We immediately had a meeting and said, what can we do that will somehow resonate with children? … children are not oblivious to what's just happened. We need to find a legitimate way to deal with it. So we said, let's do two shows that deal with children's fears and deal with the trauma.”

Watch Lewis Bernstein’s full interview, where he discusses his over thirty-years working on Sesame Street.

TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews

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The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

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