# Why the "sesame" in Sesame Street?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sesame-in-sesame-street/397300>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 24, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sesame-in-sesame-street/397300 "2007-03-24T08:12:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sesame-in-sesame-street/397300/21 "2007-03-25T02:26:35Z")

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[QUOTE=pkbites]  
:smack: Gawd I wish I could find this on YouTube. But I remember seeing a bit dating back to circa 1968. It was a board meeting of television executives (all muppets, of course, but in suite and tie) trying to come up with a name for the new show. One of the execs says “This is a show for kids who don’t know their alphabet, can’t read or write, and don’t know their numbers yet? I have the perfect name for it: **HEY, STUPID**!”  
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Nonono, it’s “HEY YOU GUYS!”

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**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sesame-in-sesame-street/397300/22 "2007-03-25T17:48:25Z")

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[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds]  
Sesame Street is produced by the Sesame Workshop, but it appears that the Sesame Workshop is named after the show.

CMC fnord!  
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When I was a kid, it was produced by the Children’s Television Workshop…after the show, there was always mention of it with the big CTW logo. When did they change it to Sesame Workshop?

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**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sesame-in-sesame-street/397300/23 "2007-03-25T17:52:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Meeko]  
The production company changed it’s name to reflect the show. It used to be Children’s Television Workshop. (CTW)

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Duh…nevermind. 🙂

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