| Description |
xix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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? -- 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 "goodnight" in Russian -- A forest sprite takes flight -- Moppets in Amerika -- 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. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Ulit︠s︡a Sezam (Television program)
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Sesame Street (Television program)
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Children's television programs -- Production and direction -- Russia (Federation)
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Television and politics -- Russia (Federation)
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Lance Rogoff, Natasha.
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Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781538161289 (cloth) |
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