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Cooney
- In Joan Ganz Cooney
long-running Sesame Street and The Electric Company and eventually serving as president (1970–88), chair and CEO (1988–90), and chair of the executive committee (1990–2020). In 2007 the Sesame Group created the Joan Ganz Cooney Center to explore the use of digital media in children’s education. Ganz was inducted into…
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Moreno
- In Rita Moreno
…in the children’s educational series The Electric Company, where she became noted for the catchphrase “Hey, you guys!” In 1972 she received a Grammy for her work on the show’s album. An appearance on The Muppet Show earned her an Emmy in 1977, and with that award she became the…
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