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" The question for me was, could TV actually teach? I knew it could, because I knew 3-year-olds who sang beer commercials! "
Joan Ganz Cooney
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" Big Bird was the biggest star, I mean, children's favorite for a number of years. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter whose first words were 'Big Bird.' "
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