For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.

"Sesame Street," which premiered in November 1969, faced a rough road to air in the state of Mississippi. This is that story.

which introduces various Kermit the Frog segments from Sesame Street, while being interrupted by the Three Little Pigs, who are there because Kermit introduced them twice on Sesame Street News.

Kermit, an international icon, has made appearances in shows like “Sesame Street,” “The Muppets Show” and “The Muppets Movie.” Henson, a home economics major while at Maryland ...