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Can you tell me how to get ...New York - Sesame Street will soon introduce its first corporate criminal Muppet character to children of the United States, where one in three CEOs regularly commits acts that can lead to jail time.The upbeat Muppet will join Sesame Street on September 30 for its 33rd season on PBS. The character -- whose criminal actions can be seen by the children at home, but not by the Sesame Street residents -- will travel to many if not all of the eight other nations that air versions of the educational children's show that began in the United States in 1969, said Joel Schneider, vice president and senior adviser to the Sesame Street Workshop. "This character will be fully a part of the community," Schneider said. "He will have several friends, including Sesame Street reporter Kermit 'The' Frog." In fact, almost all of the Sesame Street residents will welcome the new muppet, except Oscar the Grouch. "Oscar will have a lot to say about the Walmart that the new character will open just outside of town," shrugged Schneider "but he complains about everything." Talks are also under way to introduce a war-criminal character during sweeps week. Although this character is expected to have many friends at first, including Kermit and Sam the Eagle, most of the muppets will eventually just forget about him.
"The new characters reflect an effort to introduce children to the
kinds of people that will affect their lives as they grow up," says
Schneider. "From price-fixing to genocide, children all over the
world need to know who's out there, and what they're thinking."
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