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** Mr. Hooper's death.
** Kermit was [[Put on a Bus]] because Disney bought out the ''Muppet Show'' Muppets. He still appears now and again in the occasional cameo or legacy segment.
** In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, [[PBSPublic Broadcasting Service]] reairedre-aired the week-long story arc from Season 32 (2001) - with a new introduction with Gordon explaining to parents that children can be frightened by such devastation, whether directly affected by it, or from seeing the coverage on TV. Since then, with devastating hurricanes becoming more commonplace, as of 2012, Sesame Workshop cobbled together the street scenes from the hurricane saga (specifically, the aftermath of the hurricane) into an hour-long special entitled ''Sesame Street Gets Through a Storm'' (also known as ''Friends to the Rescue'' on DVD), which is subsequently aired on PBS in response to any major hurricane, such as Sandy.
* [[Recursive Import]]: ''Plaza Sesamo'', the Mexican adaptation, airs in the U.S.; the only foreign adaptation to do so. This is justified, due to the numerous Hispanic community in the U.S. and dubbing and/or doing an Hispanic version for the U.S audiences could be expensive.
* [[Screwed by the Lawyers]]: At the time [[Viacom]] sued [[YouTube]] in February of 2007, Viacom also claimed ''Sesame Street'' clips that had aired on Noggin, Because it had the Noggin logo (and since they owned Noggin).