PBS

PBS, the Public Broad cast in g Service , is an Ame ri can public TV net work.

1 of PBS ' most successful program s i s  SESAME STREET , which has aired on the net work for over 40 y ear s.  SESAME STREET  ’ s 1 s t season was broad cast on National Educational Television ( N E T ), the predecessor to PBS. From Season 46 onward s, PBS will air new  SESAME STREET  episode s ] on an 8 - month delay from their H B O  premiere s. PBS is also home to the  JIM HENSON  Company ' s TV series Sid the Science Kid & Dinosaur Train.

A popular series on the channel, Great Performance s , aired the documentary The World of  JIM   HENSON . Similar l y, Independent Lens feature d The World According to  SESAME   STREET  & Being  Elmo  : A  Puppeteer  ' s Journey.

T h e TV special s  SESAME   STREET , Special &  BIG   BIRD  ' s Birth day or Let  ME  Eat Cake were both produce d as pledge - drive special s & include d sequence s that discussed public T V , mentioned various P B S show s , & led to real pledge break s.

Muppet character s appeared in a number of PBS insertial s in 1 9 7 4, In 1 9 7 9 , KERMIT THE FROG , Miss Piggy , Ernie , Bert , Cookie Monster , & Grover all appeared in a P B S fund raiser marathon , while  Statler  &  Waldorf  appeared in a fund raiser in 1 9 8 3.

Muppet character s ( especially one s from  SESAME STREET  ) have appear ed in PBS Interstitials, & have made guest appearance s on PBS show s including The  Electric  Company , Mister Roger s ' Neighborhood , Reading  R A I N B O W  , & Between the Lion s. PBS also broad cast ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Here_Come_the_Puppets! Here Come the Puppet s ! ]'', which was hosted by  JIM HENSON  & KERMIT THE FROG , with appearance s by other Muppet s. Week l y on line video series National Film Society release d a 2 0 1 3 episode called " Cookie Monster Spoof s Holly wood Movie s ".

In 2 0 11, K C E T , t h e former PBS affiliate of California , aired Construction Site & ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wubbulous_World_of_Dr._Seuss The Wubbulous World o f D r. Seuss ]'' as a part of the " Captain Infinity Theatre " programming block ( now rename d K C E T K i d s ).

Pledge drive sketch
KERMIT THE FROG & Cookie Monster recorded a sketch for P B S pledge drive s in the 1 9 7 0 s.

In the sketch, KERMIT appear s in a P B S studio & explain s to the viewer s why the station s need contribution s : " Do you know how much it cost s to produce good television these day s ? Well , I got the figure s right here . F or instance , t his station spend s over 1 4 , 000 dollar s a month just on microphone s . & that ' s , t hat ' s just the microphone bill a lone . " B e h i n d him , " Cookie Monster en ter s , eye s an expensive microphone , & eat s it . KERMIT h ear s the crunch in g - - but when he turn s a round , Cookie is hiding . KERMIT resume s : " You take  spot light s . . . Now, the figure on  spot light s  is 5 7 , 000 dollar s a month we spend for  spot light s  ! " A gain, " Cookie Monster grab s a hunk o ff a  spot light  & chomp s on it.

KERMIT continue s : " But the most expensive of all is t h e television camera s . Now, we spend for camera s eight hundred & seven t y - five thousand dollar s - - " Behind h im , " Cookie Monster approach es a camera & start s to e a t it . KERMIT see s him , & ask s what he ' s doing . " Oh, me just stopped by for lunch , " the Monster say s , & continue s to munch on the camera . Disgusted , KERMIT walk s off.

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