Open Sesame The Making of 'Arabian Nights' - 2000 TV was released on:
USA: 8 April 2000
After a long search for a catchy name, one of the show's writers suggested Sesame Street. The name "Sesame" was meant to conjure up a sense of excitement and adventure, as in the Arabian Nights command, "Open Sesame!" Because the show was set in an urban street scene, Sesame Street seemed an ideal combination.
Nightmare on Sesame Street - 2012 was released on: USA: August 2012 (internet)
Sesame Street - 1969 1-43 was released on: USA: 7 January 1970
Sesame Street - 1969 15-4 was released on: USA: 24 November 1983
Sesame Street ABC - 1989 VG was released on: USA: 1989 (NES version)
The fictional woodcutter in Arabian Nights is Ali Baba. He discovers the secret phrase "Open Sesame" that grants entrance to the treasure-filled cave belonging to a group of thieves. Ali Baba's story is one of the most famous tales in Arabian Nights.
The phrase "Open Sesame" is from the story "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in Arabian Nights. Ali Baba uses this phrase to open the entrance to the thieves' treasure cave.
alibaba 1001 nights secret passphrase, sesame seeds burst open so that's probably the link
It's from an ancient group of stories (not fairy tales) from ancient Arabia called "The Thousand and One Nights", the particular story in question being "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (suspected of being added to 1001 Nights by the French translator, from an oral tradition). Ali Baba utters the words "Open Sesame" (he actually said Arabic words which sounded like Sesame, there is no connection with the oil seed).
After a long search for a catchy name, one of the show's writers suggested Sesame Street. The name "Sesame" was meant to conjure up a sense of excitement and adventure, as in the Arabian Nights command, "Open Sesame!" Because the show was set in an urban street scene, Sesame Street seemed an ideal combination.
Sesame Street - 1969 This Way to Sesame Street was released on: USA: 8 November 1969
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Ali Baba is not a character in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. The story follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy but bitter old man, who is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come to help him change his ways and embrace the spirit of Christmas.
Sesame Street - 1969 Plants was released on: USA: 2009
Sesame Square - 2011 was released on: USA: 1 April 2011
Open Sesame - 1933 was released on: USA: 25 October 1933
Learn Along with Sesame - 1996 was released on: USA: January 1996