Street Gang
By Michael Davis
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143116639, 384pp.)
Publication Date: October 2009
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Hardcover (January 2009)
Categories: Television - History & Criticism
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"Davis tracks down every Sesame anecdote and every Sesame personality in his book...Finally, we get to touch Big Bird's feathers." --The New York Times Book Review
Sesame Street is the longest-running-and arguably most beloved- children's television program ever created. Today, it reaches some six million preschoolers weekly in the United States and countless others in 140 countries around the world.
Street Gang is the compelling, comical, and inspiring story of a media masterpiece and pop-culture landmark. Television reporter and columnist Michael Davis-with the complete participation of Joan Ganz Cooney, one of the show's founders-unveils the idealistic personalities, decades of social and cultural change, stories of compassion and personal sacrifice, and miraculous efforts of writers, producers, directors, and puppeteers that together transformed an empty soundstage into the most recognizable block of real estate in television history.
Michael Davis was a senior editor and family television columnist for TV Guide from 1998 to 2007, and has worked for the Baltimore Sun and Chicago Sun-Times.
"Davis tracks down every Sesame anecdote and every Sesame personality in his book...Finally, we get to touch Big Bird's feathers."
-James Panero, New York Times Book Review
"Davis culls insights from the show's creators and cast to serve up this painstakingly detailed history of television's most famous address."
-Time.com
"The author's swift narrative-the product of hundreds of interviews-is essentially a Dumpster dive into Oscar's trash can of casts tories...a sensitive, honest account that could jog fond memories even from the amnesiac Street denizen Forgetful Jones."
-Drew Total, Time Out New York
"Well-researched details and an unflinching eye make Davis's book continuously fascinating."
-Publishers Weekly
"Anyone who has ever seen Sesame Street as parent or child--or both--will love the detail and exuberance of this book."
-Booklist
"Davis spins an evocative, insidery tale out of the wildly creative personalities and political ups and downs of the cozily delivered show."
-Washington Post
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