Lou Berger

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Lou Berger is celebrating his 17th year with Sesame Street and his ninth year as head writer. Berger was one of two writers that helped launch Reading Rainbow in the early 1980s. Lou co-wrote, with Judy Freudberg, the primetime special, The Street We Live On, which was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Children's Program. He wrote the lyrics for the special's song, "The Street I Live On," which was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1950.