Book #28: “Muppets in Moscow” by Natasha Lance Rogoff
Muppets In Moscow Natasha Lance Rogoff Released: October 17th, 2022 Book #28 complete for the year, “Muppets in Moscow” by Natasha Lance Rogoff. This book was recommended to me by an amazing friend who teaches at a university in Kentucky. She read it, and found it interesting and had me check it out. I grew up watching Sesame Street, and seeing how Natasha worked to bring it to a post-Soviet Russia is a tale of stress, danger, unpredictable circumstances, life events, and various cultural differences. Here are some things I learned: ————— The Soviet Union fell December 26th, 1991. This books serves as a memoir than an official account. Then senator Joe Biden led congressional support for an international Sesame Street. Natasha Lance Rogoff was a journalist assigned to bring “Ulitsa Sezam” (Sesame Street) to Russian television. Moscow’s airport Sheremetyevo 2 was filled with potholes, and in rough shape back in Spring 1993. The Sesame Workshop is located on West 64th and Broadw