• Sesame Street Unpaved was a nationwide tour of ten United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   colleges to mark the thirtieth anniversary (in 1999) of children's television
  Television
  Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
  
   show Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
  
  . The behind-the-scenes tour featured interviews with puppeteer
  Puppeteer
  A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...
  
  s, actor
  Actor
  An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
  
  s, writer
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  A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
  
  s, and other staff of the show, such as the composer
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  A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
  
   and executive producer
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  .
• Sesame Street Unpaved, a 200-page book written by David Borgenicht, was released after the tour's success.
• Sesame Street Unpaved was a television series on Noggin of Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
  
  , containing 67 selected episodes of the first 20 seasons.

External links

• Muppet Wiki: Sesame Street Unpaved - book, documentary, series, tour