1969 TV History: One Giant Leap for Television
Chapter 1

The year the music broke the rules

Chapter 2

The box that united the world

Chapter 3

The silver screen gets a gritty makeover

Chapter 4

Paperbacks, politics, and the power of print

YOUR GOAL

Master of The year pop culture went to the moon

Ch 2 · The box that united the world
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schopenhauer Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett created the PBS show Sesame Street.

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schopenhauer Hanna-Barbera created the Scooby-Doo animated mystery franchise.

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Solving mysteries with a cartoon dog

schopenhauer In September 1969, Hanna-Barbera launched Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, a cartoon designed to be less violent than previous Saturday morning shows.

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Sunny days on PBS

schopenhauer Debuting in November 1969, Sesame Street revolutionized educational children's television by combining research, puppetry, and diverse casting.

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Groovy Hue '69
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schopenhauer Match the groovy colors to trivia to discover the legendary music and movies of 1969.

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Fun Fact

Sesame Street's Oscar: In his 1969 debut, Oscar the Grouch was actually orange, not green; he turned green in season two.

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Glossary
television (noun)
An electronic system or device used to transmit and receive moving images and sound over distance. On July 20, 1969, an estimated 650 million viewers watched the Apollo 11 moon landing on television.

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Gossip

Which 1969 TV debut would you watch first?

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Quiz

What major technological transition was rapidly accelerating in Japanese and European households in 1969?

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schopenhauer The live global television broadcast of the Apollo 11 Moon landing

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Who co-founded Sesame Street in 1969 to help prepare underprivileged children for school?

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schopenhauer Monty Python pioneered a surreal comedy revolution on British television.

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What country's national broadcaster launched Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969?

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What color was Oscar the Grouch when he first appeared on Sesame Street in 1969?

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What was the name of the cowardly Great Dane who debuted on television in September 1969?

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Which British comedy troupe debuted their revolutionary, absurd sketch show on the BBC in October 1969?

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Why was Scooby-Doo created by Hanna-Barbera in 1969?

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How many people worldwide are estimated to have watched the 1969 Apollo 11 moonwalk live on TV?

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