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Muppets in Moscow : the unexpected crazy true story of making Sesame Street in Russia
Published [2022] by Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
ISBN 9781538161289
Bib Id 2542708
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2022-008611
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9781538161289 (hardcover) $26.95
1538161281
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B Lance
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Muppets in Moscow : the unexpected crazy true story of making Sesame Street in Russia
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[2022] by Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham :
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Contents
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 Sesame Street -- We don't want your 'moppets' -- Irina, the golden goose -- Is "R" for Rachmaninoff or rock n' roll? -- When you think it can't get any worse -- Boot camp with Sargent Elmo -- The grandmaster in Moscow -- Big Bird's bible -- An angel descends -- "B" is for blacklist -- Stealing Elmo -- Will Sesame Street save the day? -- Groucho Marxism -- A rusty car in every neighborhood -- Sad songs from the mouths of babes -- Elmo says "goodnight" -- A Russian sprite takes shape -- Moppets in Amerika -- Ulitsa Sezam's neighborhood -- Will work for bananas -- Finish lines in quicksand -- Birth of an angel and a broadcaster -- Lighting up Russia.
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"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"--
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Улица Сезам (Television program)
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