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Elmo was introduced 39 years ago today on Sesame Street!!!

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Dean Devlin @BethRiesgraf ROCKED her directorial debut on #Leverage2 - here we are with our DP, David Connell and A Operator Gary Camp. Congrats Beth!!!

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Bad Samaritan (2018)

Directed by Dean Devlin

Cinematography by David Connell

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55 years ago today Sesame Street premiered on television!!!

Happy anniversary!!! Thank you for giving so many children a headstart in life with so many joyful memories!!! Many thanks to the wonderful cast members who are no longer around with us but are in our hearts & in Sesame Street in the sky!!! I know Sesame Street will keep those old episodes forever, for historical sake & won’t let those treasure memories disappear!!! Single handedly the best television program for kids EVER!!! Generations of families, including my own, learned many perspectives in a gentle & straightforward manner on this program!!! Not just academic, but more important socially!!! I will forever be grateful!!! Happy Sesame Street Day!!!

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Video of The Day: The Connells - Shaped By Sound

There’s something quietly radical about the endurance of The Connells. In an industry that chews up regional bands and spits them out as trivia questions, they have persisted—less as nostalgia act, more as a living argument for melody, craft and community. Their appearance on Shaped by Sound, the PBS North Carolina series devoted to the state’s rich musical ecosystem, feels less like a…

Video of The Day: The Connells - Shaped By Sound

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Happy 30th Birthday! The Connells' 'Ring' – A Melodic Gem That Rings True 30 Years Later

A very happy birthday — the big 3-0 — to ‘Ring‘ from The Connells! This record was life-changing for me. After this record and through the music, I met the future Mrs. Dr. J. Immediately after the release of this album, I started a newsletter ‘Boylan Heights’ named after the band’s second full-length record and through that experience made lifelong friends. That was followed by a fan site for…

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Lutrelle Horne Horne and David Connell with Kermit the Frog and a rare appearance by Rufus in Mr Hooper Store. Here is more information about these two guys from Muppet Wiki.

David Connell David Connell (October 6, 1931 - May 5, 1995) was the original executive producer for Sesame Street and Children’s Television Workshop’s vice-president in charge of production. Connell, a former producer for Captain Kangaroo, played a key role in establishing the basic format of the “street” skits. He was also the principal creative force behind The Man from Alphabet, a series of live action skits starring Gary Owens which failed in child tests and were never aired on Sesame Street.

His credits include:

Sesame Street - Executive Producer (season 1-3) Out to Lunch - Executive Producer The Jean Marsh Cartoon Special - Producer Big Bird and the ABCs - Co-writer Connell was also executive producer and writer for The Electric Company, and for Square One TV in the late 1980s.

Lutrelle Horne is a producer who worked for Children’s Television Workshop since the early days of Sesame Street.

Horne was credited as Associate Producer in Season 1, and Studio Producer in Season 2. He also executive produced the French co-production, 1, Rue Sésame, which began in 1978.

Lutrelle F. Horne, Ed.D. was the former Executive Vice-President of Children’s Television Workshop and Executive Producer and Director of its International Division. Dr. Horne was a native of Newport News, Virginia. He earned a BA degree in English from Hampton Institute (University) in 1958. He continued his education and earned a MA degree in Communications from New York University in 1963 and an Ed.D. in Education and Television from the University of Massachusetts.

In 1963, Lu entered the field of television with CBS in New York and eventually became an Associate Director of the Captain Kangaroo program. He returned to Hampton Institute as an instructor in the Mass Media Department in 1967. Two years later, he returned to New York when CTW launched its experimental children’s series. Horne was responsible for the day-to-day studio production of the Workshop’s widely acclaimed television program for preschoolers - Sesame Street. Sesame Street was so successful that Lu was awarded two Emmy’s for children’s programming. Eventually, CTW expanded Sesame Street internationally and Lu was promoted to Executive Vice-President of the International Productions Department of CTW. In that capacity, he worked closely with many foreign broadcasters in the creation of new series for children based on Sesame Street: Sesamstraat for Holland, Plaza Sésamo for Spanish-speaking Latin America, Vila Sésamo in Brazil, Sesamstrasse in West Germany, Bonjour Sesame and 1, Rue Sesame in France and Belgium, Abrete Sesamo in Spain, Sesam in Sweden, Abre-te Sesamo in Portugal, and Sesamo Apriti in Italy.

For several years, he operated his own company- Frantrelle Productions, Inc. Lu has written feature film scripts; lectured and consulted for several universities and institutions. He was a member of the Director’s Guild of America and Writer’s Guild of America. He retired from CTW in 1990.