CATIE LAZARUS hosts EMPLOYEE of the MONTH. It's a talk (and awards) show about what it truly means to have a dreamy job. Who better to be selected as an EMPLOYEE of the MONTH than a Muppeeter/actor/writer/director at ... (drum roll) Sesame Street.

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