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title: "1 Beer Commercials Quotes By Joan Ganz Cooney"
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> [The question for me was, could TV actually teach? I knew it could, because I knew 3-year-olds who sang beer commercials!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/the-question-for-me-was-could-tv-actually-teach-i-knew-it-could/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

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## More by Joan Ganz Cooney

> [Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/probably-any-successful-career-has-x-number-of-breaks-in-it-and-maybe/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [I was brought up Catholic, and even as a little girl I was affected by the idea of giving back - doing something for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/i-was-brought-up-catholic-and-even-as-a-little-girl-i-was-affected-by/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [I thought it was quintessentially American - very hip, very late-'60s. I was absolutely stunned when a German production company asked me if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/i-thought-it-was-quintessentially-american-very-hip-very-late-60s-i/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius, but it really was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/i-wish-i-could-tell-you-that-the-children-s-television-workshop-and/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [It’s not whether children learn from television, it’s what children learn from television... because everything that children see on television is teaching them something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/it-s-not-whether-children-learn-from-television-it-s-what-children/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [The question for me was, could TV actually teach? I knew it could, because I knew 3-year-olds who sang beer commercials!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/the-question-for-me-was-could-tv-actually-teach-i-knew-it-could/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [I was a TV producer at a noncommercial station, and we were producing some good documentaries - on Head Start, on poverty. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/i-was-a-tv-producer-at-a-noncommercial-station-and-we-were-producing/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [My degree was in education, but the idea of being a teacher lost out to being a reporter. I worked at a newspaper for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/my-degree-was-in-education-but-the-idea-of-being-a-teacher-lost-out/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [There is a young and impressionable mind out there that is hungry for information. It has latched on to an electronic tube as its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/there-is-a-young-and-impressionable-mind-out-there-that-is-hungry-for/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [In South Africa, where HIV-positive children are often shunned, we have an HIV-positive Muppet to teach children to be friendly with children with HIV.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/in-south-africa-where-hiv-positive-children-are-often-shunned-we-have/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [Big Bird was the biggest star, I mean, children's favorite for a number of years. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter whose first words were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/big-bird-was-the-biggest-star-i-mean-children-s-favorite-for-a-number/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

> [I did not even go to kindergarten; I just started first grade when I was five and started reading right away. I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-ganz-cooney/i-did-not-even-go-to-kindergarten-i-just-started-first-grade-when-i/)

[Joan Ganz Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-ganz-cooney/)

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