50 Jahre Sesamstrasse

On January 8, 1973, the first episode of Sesamstrasse aired. To celebrate the occasion, various appearances and events were planned for 2023 in Germany.
The celebration kicked off January 4th, 2023.
===January 4th===
* NDR kicked off the celebration by showing the first episode of Sesamstrasse at 01:00 am.
* The documentary Über den Umgang mit der Sesamstrasse followed episode 1 on NDR at 01:30 AM.
* The documentary Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt? followed on NDR at 02:00 AM.
* Elmo appears on Baumhaus on KiKA.
===January 5th===
* WDR 5 Scala - Hintergrund Kultur discussed the show and its diversity, tolerance, education and democracy.
* Grover appears on Baumhaus on KiKA.
* Julia Stinshoff, Ernie, and Bert visited DAS!
===January 6th===
* NDR aired the 1998 documentary, Samson und das Krümelmonster at 01:50 AM.
* Ernie, Bert, Martin Paas and Carsten Haffke appear as guests on the morning show NDR2 Morgen, hosted by Elke Wiswedel and Jens Mahrhold.
* Radio Eins aired an interview with Sesamstrasse producer Holger Hermesmeyer, discussing the show.
* SWR2 aired a 45 minute segment about Sesamstrasse on the series SWR2 Forum, where the host, Marion Theis, discusses the show with Dennis Conra (from the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe), Dr. Maya Götz (media scholar and pedagogue), and Julian Schlichting (from the Sesamstrasse fanclub).
* Ernie, Bert and Sesamstrasse producer Ole Kampovski, were interviewed by phone on the radio show hr-iNFO Aktuell. The show also talked about the Sesamstrasse website, and talked with Iren Schulz, media coach, about how kids use current media and Sesamstrasse.
* In a guest appearance on Tagesthemen, Grover visited the show cleaning the set behind the host Cara Miosga, when she introduced a segment about the 50'th celebration of Sesamstrasse. After the segment she interviewed Ernie and Bert in their pajamas. 
* Wolf appears on Baumhaus on KiKA.
===January 7th===
* A news segment, produced for the TV stations in the ARD-Network, was shown in various edited forms through the day. Some included local interviews as well as segments with Martin Reinl and producer Ole Kampovski.
* WDR 5 Morgenecho interviewed producer Holger Hermesmeyer about Sesamstrasse.
* WDR Aktuelle Stunde showed a prerecorded segment with Ernie and Bert, appearing on the screen in the news studio. 
* Grover appears on Baumhaus on KiKA.
===January 8th===
* SWR2 Zeitwort aired an interview with Thorsten Lorenz, media pedagogue, about Sesamstrasse. 
* The station Das Erste aired the programming block Tausend tolle Sachen! from 7:30 AM to 10 AM.
* Tagesthemen host Cara Migosa is joined by Elmo, Wolle, Pferd and Cookie Monster to celebrate Sesamstrasse.
* KiKA aired the special 50 Jahre Sesamstrasse: Die Geburtstagssendung at 5:20 PM.
* Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe in Hamburg, from 10 AM to 6 PM, hosted a series of events, an animation workshop, a creativity workshop, Ernie and Bert on stage, meet and greet with Elmo, a birthday cake event, and a panel discussion with Peter Röders and Klaus Esch about performing Samson. Fullbodied Ernie and Bert were also present to greet the visitors as they arrived.
* Ernie, Bert, Wolle, Pferd, Martin Pass and Carsten Haffke visited the NDR Podcast Mikado.
* Ernie and Bert appear on Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
* A segment on Brisant about the history of Sesamstrasse included interviews with Martin Reinl and Susan Dunker-Struckmeier, set designer. 
* MDR Thüringen Journal features a segment with Grover and Elmo on the set of Baumhaus.
* Elmo appears on Baumhaus on KiKA.
===January 9th===
* NDR aired the 1996 documentary Reisen in die Phantasie - Zu Gast in der Sesamstraße at 04:15 AM.
===January 13th===
* NDR Talk show, with Ernie, Bert, Martin Paas and Carsten Haffke. 
===January 28th===
* Ernie and Bert join the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester at Das große NDR Familienkonzert at 4 PM, at the Elbphilharmonie, in Hamburg. The event was open to school classes on January 25th and 26th.
===Feburary 17th===
* 50 Jahre Sesamstraße – mehr als eine TV-Show exhibition is held at Auswanderermuseum BallinStadt, Hamburg. The exhibition contains props, costumes and several puppets from the Sesame Workshop archives in New York. The exibition closes in fall 2023.
===May 7th===
* Sesamstrasse 50 Jahre Wer, Wie, Was! at Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg. A 700 square meter exhibition with original props, scenery, costumes, puppets and rare collectables from private collections. The exhibition runs from May 7th to January 1st, 2024.
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Category:International TV Appearances
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