Barack Obama will basically cut a video for anyone. He did a promo spot for Conan O’Brien. Here at TV critics’ press tour, he did a intro clip (which I missed) for the session on George Lopez’s new talk show. And this morning, the President opened the PBS session on Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary. I expect to see him doing the flight-safety video on my return trip home tomorrow.
Obama’s brief video—”brought to you by the number 40,” he said—praised the show’s history of educating kids. He also noted that some adults still could stand to learn from its lessons about compassion and respect for people’s differences. I suspect someone has been having a rough few weeks in Washington.
Afterward, PBS followed with Q&A sessions of Sesame, and the remade Electric Company, addressing an audience largely of critics who, like the President, grew up with Sesame and now have introduced it to their own kids.
