Carol-Lynn Parente
Carol-Lynn Parente | |
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Born | (1963-12-15) December 15, 1963 (age 60) Queens, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Television producer |
Known for | Executive producer of the children's educational TV series Sesame Street / Creator of Hero Elementary |
Carol-Lynn Parente (born December 15, 1963) is an American television producer, known as the executive producer of the children's educational TV series Sesame Street and creating the PBS KIDS series Hero Elementary.[1]
Early life
Carol-Lynn Parente was born in Queens, and grew up in West Milford, New Jersey. She majored in marketing and economics at Rutgers University.[2]
Career
Parente began working on the children's educational TV series Sesame Street as a post Production Assistant.[3]
Parente managed the animation and post production of the show's Elmo's World segment, introduced to the show in 1998. She has also done similar work on Elmo's World: Happy Holidays and Kids Favorite Songs 2, both of which were winners of Telly Awards.[3]
She was promoted to the position of executive producer in June 2005.[3] She has won multiple Emmy Awards for her work on the show.[2] As senior producer, Parente shared the Emmy Award in 2006 for "Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series", the seventh award she has earned.[3]
Personal life
Parente lives in Union City, New Jersey.[4]
Awards and accolades
In 2008 Parente was honored at the second annual Showtime 2009 gala at the Park Performing Arts Center in Union City, where she lives. She was given an award for her work, which she accepted with help from the Sesame Street character Elmo.[4]
References
- ^ Elbert, Lynn (August 24, 2012). "Jerry Nelson, Count of 'Sesame Street,' dies at 7". NorthJersey.com.
- ^ a b Rohan, Virginia (August 13, 2007). "Former fan now in charge of 'Sesame Street'". The Record. Accessed August 13, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d Carol-Lynn Parente: Executive Producer Archived August 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Sesame Street Season 37 Press Kit. Accessed August 13, 2007.
- ^ a b Allocca, Sean (April 30, 2009). "And the winner is…Gala to honor Hudson County performing artists" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. The Hudson Reporter.
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- Fictional location
- Sesame Workshop
- Characters
- Educational goals
- Format
- Influence
- Licensing
- Recurring segments
- Accolades
- Fran Brill
- Kevin Clash
- Joan Ganz Cooney
- Ryan Dillon
- Louise Gold
- Jim Henson
- Richard Hunt
- Eric Jacobson
- Gerald S. Lesser
- Peter Linz
- Kermit Love
- Joey Mazzarino
- Lloyd Morrisett
- Jerry Nelson
- Carmen Osbahr
- Frank Oz
- Carol-Lynn Parente
- Joe Raposo
- Martin P. Robinson
- David Rudman
- Jon Stone
- Caroll Spinney
- Matt Vogel
- Steve Whitmire
- List of guest stars
- List of puppeteers
- Theme song
- "Bein' Green"
- "C Is For Cookie"
- "I Love Trash"
- "Mah Nà Mah Nà"
- "Monster in the Mirror"
- "One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others)"
- "Rubber Duckie"
- "Sesame's Treet"
- "Sing"
- Follow That Bird (1985)
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Cameos |
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specials
- Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
- Out to Lunch (1974)
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
- Big Bird in China (1983)
- Don't Eat the Pictures (1983)
- A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
- Sesame Street, Special (1988)
- Big Bird in Japan (1989)
- Sesame Street... 20 Years & Still Counting (1989)
- Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991)
- Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years (1993)
- Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1993)
- Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
- Elmopalooza (1998)
- The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998)
- CinderElmo (1999)
- Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)
- Abby in Wonderland (2008)
- The Cookie Thief (2015)
- Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016)
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate (2020)
- The Monster at the End of This Story (2020)
- The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover (1971)
- Sesame Street Together Book (1971)
- The House of Seven Colors (1985)
- Happy Birthday, Cookie Monster (1986)
- Sesame Street Magazine
- Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street
- The Sesame Street Dictionary
- Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
- Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America
- Big Bird's Egg Catch
- Alpha Beam with Ernie
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
- Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure
- Cookie's Counting Carnival
- Ready, Set, Grover!
- Once Upon a Monster
- Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece
- Kinect Sesame Street TV
- The Jim Henson Company
- Noggin (1999-2002)
- Sesame Street in the UK
- Sesame Street Live
- Comic strip
- Syndication packages
- The Muppets
- Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
- I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
- The World According to Sesame Street
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
- Big Bag
- Oobi (episodes)
- Panwapa
- Jim Henson Idea Man
- Teletape Studios
- Kaufman Astoria Studios
- The Joan Ganz Cooney Center