PrepForOne

11.10.09:  TODAY IS...

--Sesame Street Day marking its 40th year on the air.

More Sesame Street trivia:

-The first muppet seen on the opening episode:  Big Bird

-Big Bird facts:  He's 8'2, a golden condor, has a costume of nearly 6,000 feathers, and has been played by Caroll Spinney since episode 1.  Spinney, who also voices Oscar the Grouch, is 75 and still working.  

-Original muppets:  Big Bird, Oscar, Kermit, Grover, Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster.

-First Episode:  Brought to us by the letter "W", "S" and "E" and the numbers "2" and "3". 

-Today's 4,187th episode will be brought to you by the letter "H" and number "40". 

-Elmo facts:  First appeared in 1984 as a walk-on Muppet.  Kevin Clash voices Elmo who gives the personality of a 3 1/2 year old with energy and a high pitched voice.  Elmo has a goldfish named Dorothy. 

COOLEST CRIMINAL EVER

A man on the run from police in South Wales sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he didn't like the one being used as part of a public appeal to track him down.  Matthew Maynard is wanted for a string of burglaries, and when his photo appeared in the local paper, the 23-year old sent in an updated one of him standing in front of a police van.  The paper printed it, of course.  The police thanked him by saying "everyone will know what he looks like now."

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RECALL ALERT

If you bought a Maclaren umbrella stroller between now and 1999, they want it back.  Better think about giving it back if you want to keep you fingers, too.  You see, there have been 12 reports of fingertips being cut off by a hinge.  Models include Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, Techno XLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno and Easy Traveller models.  Click here for more info from the CSPS:

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FORGET SWIMSUIT...LET'S CAGE MATCH!

Miss England has given up her crown after getting into a brawl in a nightclub with another beauty queen.  Rachel Christie was arrested after getting into a fight with Miss Manchester over her boyfriend who appears on the TV show "Gladiators."  Christie has decided to pull out of the Miss World competition, relinquish her Miss England crown, and train for the 2012 Olympics.  She wants to emulate her uncle and win gold in the heptathlon.  (If one of the seven heptathlon events is "night-club brawling," then she has gold locked up!)

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