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feb 3, 1966 - The Cooney/Morrisett Dinner Party

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Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett hypothesized that the addictive formal features of commercials could be weaponized to teach preschoolers the alphabet - the founding idea behind Sesame Street.

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feb 3, 1966
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~ 60 years ago
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