Sesame Street is a long-running American children's television series created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The program was widely rumored to be associated with Jim Henson for its educational content, and images communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short films, humor, and cultural references. This rumor was put to rest by Henson himself in 1973, when he clarified that he had nothing to do with Sesame Street. The series premiered on November 10, 1969 to posi...