`Goodness and humor` celebrated as `Sesame Street` turns 50
(WorldNews Entertainment)

NEW YORK (AP) - Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets. Blink and you might miss it, but Burnett followed a cartoon about a witch called Wanda, which was loaded with words beginning with the letter w. `Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird,` Burnett commented. And then - poof - she was gone. That show was `Sesame Street` and Burnett, like a lot of kids, was instantly hooked. She would return to the show multiple times, including visits to demonstrate to pre-school viewers where her nose was and to smooch a rubber duckie. `I was a big fan. I would have done anything they wanted me to do,`...