Lou G. Berger (born August 21, 1950) is a former head writer for ''
Sesame Street
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''. Berger was one of two writers that helped launch ''
Reading Rainbow
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'' 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
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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
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. Born in
Brooklyn
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,
New York
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, Berger attended
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
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, and is a graduate of
Hofstra University
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and the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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.
He also wrote for Nickelodeon's
Pinwheel (TV series)
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and Hocus Focus (TV series).
Other
In the credits of Hocus Focus (TV series) he is accredited with being the Master Mage as well as writer.
References
External links
1950 births
Hofstra University alumni
Musicians from Brooklyn
Songwriters from New York (state)
Living people
American male television writers
American television writers
Screenwriters from New York (state)
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