{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"'Sesame Street' turns 50","publication_date":"November 06, 2019","summary":"This first episode of \"Sesame Street\" -- sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 -- aired in the fall of 1969. The show was designed by education professionals and child psychologists with one goal: to help low-income and minority students aged 2-5 overcome some of the deficiencies they had when entering school. ","author_name":"By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/11\/0c17bd0f60d7aeba85c76c163ceaca28-sesame-st-1024x716.jpg","thumbnail_height":716,"thumbnail_width":1024}