![]() ![]() Among his books is the national bestseller The United States of Arugula. A longtime contributor to Vanity Fair, he has profiled such cultural icons as Johnny Cash, Sly Stone, Bruce Springsteen, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. As the book’s subtitle tells us, it really was a revolution that changed America.ĭavid Kamp is an author, journalist, humorist, lyricist, and a charter member of the Sesame Street-viewing audience. It was a time when an uncommon number of media professionals and thought leaders leveraged their influence to help children learn-and, just as notably, a time of unprecedented buy-in from American parents. He captured the unique political and social moment that gave us not only Sesame Street, but also Fred Rogers’s gentle yet brave Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Marlo Thomas’s primer for gender-politics F ree to Be.You and Me The Electric Company: and Schoolhouse Rock!, an infectious series of educational shorts dreamed up by Madison Avenue admen. In "Sunny Days," through rigorous research and extensive interviews of key Sesame Street figures, bestselling author David Kamp has produced a fun and fascinating work of cultural history. ![]() ![]() The episode originally aired in October 2020. My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer David Kamp whose latest book is Sunny Days: The Childrens Television Revolution That Changed America. GBH, where Zoom was produced, has a virtual event featuring a conversation with creator and producer Christopher Sarson David Kamp, journalist and author of Sunny Days: The Childrens Television. Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. ![]()
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