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Movies and TV shows Between the Lions, Sesame Street: Ready for School!, Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's or Pre-School Children's Series Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics Books The Elephant Wish, Dream Dog, Sesame Street Stays Up Similar People Judy Freudberg, Joey Mazzarino, Luis Santeiro, Tony Geiss, Emily Kingsley | ||
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Lou G. Berger (born August 21, 1950) is a former head writer for Sesame Street. Berger was one of two writers that helped launch Reading Rainbow in the early 1980s and he co-wrote, with Judy Freudberg, the primetime special The Street We Live On, which was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Children's Program. Berger wrote the lyrics for the special's song "The Street I Live On", which was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Berger attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and is a graduate of Hofstra University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also wrote for Nickelodeon's Pinwheel (TV series) and Hocus Focus (TV series).
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In the credits of Hocus Focus (TV series) he is accredited with being the Master Mage as well as writer.