Blind boy sings on Sesame Street
Post categories: Arts and Entertainment
| 16:29 UK time, Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Remember Sesame Street? All those muppets with all their furry limitations? Being a monster or a rat is a disability in itself, right? Anyway, the show isn't really prominent in the UK anymore, so I'd sort of forgotten about Big Bird etc until Lawrence Carter-Long, disability comentator and friend of Ouch! from across the Atlantic, kindly sent me through an exciting YouTube video.
Rocco Fiorentino, a 13 year old blind guy from New Jersey, will be appearing on Sesame Street on January 21st. However, the whole section is already for all to see.
Rocco chats a bit to Elmo and Telly Monster, telling them that he likes to sing, and asking them not to feel sorry for him for being blind, because "it feels natural to me". Then, he and the muppets burst in to song.
Happily, is a really strong jazz singer. We're even hoping to play a track of his on Ouch's next Talk Show.
The segment will be repeated regularly over the next couple of months, so if you have access to Sesame street, tune in and check out a bit of disability awareness for kids.
• 91Èȱ¬ Northern Ireland have worked with the Sesame Street gang in recent years and produced a local show called Sesame Tree where you can see all the characters you know and love plus some home grown ones.
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At 9th Feb 2010, M M wrote:I seem to recall 30 odd years ago Stevie Wonder doing much the same thing. Blind singers are not a novelty any more...
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At 19th Mar 2010, Lorea wrote:I grew up with Sesame Street and I think it was one of the best TV shows ever made. Big bird and Kermit, Burt and Ernie were all favorites when I was growing up. But I never liked Elmo. The character just seemed pretty poor compared to the others. Yes, my friends, Elmo is boring. Sorry. I know this will offend some of Elmo fans out there but it's the truth. I regularly keep up to date with such as www.DozenKids.com, where Sesamestreet's website was ranked as the top E-Learning. Well deserved.
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