"The question for me was, could TV actually teach? I knew it could, because I knew 3-year-olds who sang beer commercials!”

Happy 93rd birthday to #JoanGanzCooney — co-founder of Children’s Television Workshop + co-creator of #SesameStreet and #TheElectricCompany.

Those of us who grew up in the #1970s owe her so much.

#ClassicTV #1970sTV

A happy 93rd birthday to the extraordinary #JoanGanzCooney, who co-founded #SesameStreet. When I interviewed Joan three years ago for my book SUNNY DAYS, she mentioned that Lloyd Morrisett (co-founder, also pictured) asked her in ’66 if she could handle being a wife and a TV exec: “I said, ‘Lloyd, I was born to do this job.’ I knew we would succeed. It was just as clear to me as could be. It’s strange looking back, how arrogant I was. Why didn’t someone slap me down?” So glad no one did.