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Sesame Street has used many writers in its long history.

As Dave Connell, one of Sesame Streets original producers, has stated, it was difficult to find adults who could identify a preschooler's interest level.

Fifteen writers a year worked on the show's scripts, but very few lasted longer than one season.

Norman Stiles, head writer in 1987, reported that most writers would " burn out " after writing about a dozen scripts.

According to Gikow, Sesame Street went against the convention of hiring teachers to write for the show, as most educational television programs did at the time.

Instead, Cooney and the producers felt that it would be easier to teach writers how to interpret curriculum than to teach educators how to write comedy.

As Stone stated, " Writing for children is not so easy ".

Long-time writer Tony Geiss agreed, stating in 2009, " It's not an easy show to write.

You have to know the characters and the format and how to teach and be funny at the same time, which is a big, ambidextrous stunt ".