Lance Rogoff, Natasha.

Muppets in Moscow : the unexpected crazy true story of making Sesame Street in Russia / Natasha Lance Rogoff.

791.457 LanceRo 2022

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

xix, 267 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

"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.

Lance Rogoff, Natasha.

Улица Сезам (Television program) / Ulit︠s︡a Sezam (Television program) / Sesame Street (Television program) / Children's television programs -- Production and direction -- Russia (Federation) / Television and politics -- Russia (Federation) / Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

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 Sezam 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.

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