Kids today may know James Earl Jones as the voice of Mufasa in the "The Lion King" or Darth Vader in "Star Wars," but that wasn't the great actor's first appearance that made an impression with young ...

1969 Sesame Street premieres on Nov. 10 on NET (the predecessor to PBS). 1971 Maria and Luis bring bilingual education to their Fix-It Shop. 1972 'Plaza Sésamo,' Mexico's Sesame Street co-production, ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

“I’m proud to say that I was the first one they asked to help with the alphabet. And I did it without cue cards.” Kids today may know James Earl Jones as the voice of Mufasa in the "The Lion King" or ...