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After the show's first year, Robert G. Myhrum '48 became director and altered both the set and the production schedule...
...Myhrum, well-known as an efficient director who maintained high standards, upped the production schedule from one to two shows per day, allowing for the current schedule of 130 hour-long shows per year...
...Myhrum remained director for thirteen years before retiring...
Another Harvard alum, Christopher B. Cerf'63, joined the staff as a composer at the same time as Myhrum. In addition to composing he was also in charge of choosing "products...
...Cooney also admits that in Sesame Street's first year, "the children were too manipulated; the show was too tightly programmed to allow for surprises. Now, even if it means dropping a piece of animation, we are giving time for freer dialogue with the children." The new director, Bob Myhrum, has given the show a more spontaneous air; actors blow cues, the familiar street is full of passersby, the set now seems a real neighborhood caught in a state of dishabille...