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Muppets in Moscow : the unexpected crazy true story of making Sesame Street in Russia Cover Image Book Book

Muppets in Moscow : the unexpected crazy true story of making Sesame Street in Russia

Lance Rogoff, Natasha (author.).

Summary: "Muppets In Moscow reveals how-in between bombings and political chaos in 1990s Moscow-a team of Russian and American artists, producers, educators, writers, and puppeteers overcame their many differences to create an unprecedented hit in a post-communist era"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781538161289
  • ISBN: 1538161281
  • ISBN: 9781538161296
  • Physical Description: print
    xix, 267 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Dead bodies and deals. Back in [the USSR] Russia ; My introduction to Sesame Street ; Russian media isn't the safest place right now ; The oligarchs and the Muppets ; No gangsters for Sezam Street ; We don't want your moppets ; Irina, the golden goose -- Creating the show. Is "R" for Rachmaninoff or rock 'n' roll? ; Just when you think it can't get any worse ; Boot camp with Sergeant Elmo ; The grandmaster in Moscow ; Big Bird's bible ; An angel descends ; B is for blacklist ; Stealing Elmo ; Will Sesame Street save the day? ; The scriptwriters and Groucho Marxism ; A rusty car in every neighborhood ; Sad songs from the mouths of babes ; Elmo says "good night" in Russian ; A forest sprite takes flight ; Moppets in Amerika -- Birthing the babies. Ulitsa Sezam's Neighborhood ; Will work for bananas! ; Finish lines in quicksand ; Birth of an angel and a broadcaster ; Lighting up screens across the former USSR -- Epilogue -- Postscript.

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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies
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