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David Rudman David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, and producer known for his involvement with the Muppets and "Sesame Street". David Rudman has been a Sesame Street muppet performer since 1985—currently performing Cookie Monster, Baby Bear and The Two-Headed Monster. He has received four Emmy nominations as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his work on "Sesame Street". Rudman has also directed several web videos for "Sesame Street" such as “Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live” and “Conversations with Bert.” He has performed in numerous television shows and specials including
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David Rudman David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, and producer known for his involvement with the Muppets and "Sesame Street". David Rudman has been a Sesame Street muppet performer since 1985—currently performing Cookie Monster, Baby Bear and The Two-Headed Monster. He has received four Emmy nominations as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his work on "Sesame Street". Rudman has also directed several web videos for "Sesame Street" such as “Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live” and “Conversations with Bert.” He has performed in numerous television shows and specials including
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The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street is a 1998 direct-to-video special that featured Kermit and his career on "Sesame Street". Eight great Kermit tunes. Kermit is being awarded the Frog of The Year award, presented by Grover. Grover first recites a long poem about frogs, which introduces various Kermit The Frog segments from Sesame Street, while being interrupted by the three little pigs, who are there because Kermit introduced them twice on Sesame Street News. Additional Muppets performed by Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Noel MacNeal, Pam Arciero, Bryant Young, John Tartaglia,
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The Bear family The Bear family are a family unit of characters on "Sesame Street", based on The Story of the Three Bears, plus a younger sibling. Curly Bear, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear have never appeared on the show without Baby Bear. The Bear Family Dance, as demonstrated in a "Hero Guy" segment, is a step forward, a step backward, a step forward, a step backward, a shimmy, and stepping from side-to-side. In "Elmo's World: Happy Holidays", it is revealed that the Bear family is Jewish. Baby Bear is an important character from the Bear family on "Sesame Street",
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of the Bears, after Baby Bear. Curly also makes an appearance in "Elmo's Potty Time". In episode 4059, Baby Bear is horrified to learn Curly doesn't like porridge. Alan explains to Baby Bear that it's okay if family or even best friends have different tastes, and their differences can even be a special part of Curly and Baby Bear's relationship. She is performed by Stephanie D'Abruzzo. Curly Bear's puppet was designed by Ed Christie and built by Rollie Krewson. The Bear family has different relatives: The Bear family The Bear family are a family unit of characters on "Sesame Street",
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and changed him into the worry-wart character that he has been ever since. Telly Monster’s first appearance on "Sesame Street", after the “Television Monster” season, was with guest star Itzhak Perlman playing the violin, while Telly played the tuba. Telly is a triangle lover, and he has a pet hamster, Chuckie Sue. He has been known to pogo stick uncontrollably around Sesame Street, often causing havoc with all that gets in his way. This segment is shown on "Sesame Street Unpaved". Baby Bear is his best friend and appears occasionally in many of the main plots in the later series.
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Natasha (Sesame Street) Natasha (also known as Baby Natasha) is a character on the children's television show "Sesame Street" played by Kevin Clash who also voices Sesame Street character Elmo. The magazine publication Sesame Street Parents took a poll of adults and kids favorite characters and it was found that Natasha ranked 4th in popularity overall. The character was the first baby introduced into the series to represent younger children who may view the show. Her character's behaviors and growth also was beneficial in giving children with siblings a better understanding of their behaviors. Natasha is the daughter of Humphrey
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X Files and featured Natasha interviewing the letter X. She saids like Chicken gurgles and more? So much better Natasha (Sesame Street) Natasha (also known as Baby Natasha) is a character on the children's television show "Sesame Street" played by Kevin Clash who also voices Sesame Street character Elmo. The magazine publication Sesame Street Parents took a poll of adults and kids favorite characters and it was found that Natasha ranked 4th in popularity overall. The character was the first baby introduced into the series to represent younger children who may view the show. Her character's behaviors and growth also
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Basil (Sesame Park) Basil the Bear was the main character on the Canadian children's show "Sesame Park". He was portrayed by puppeteer Tim Gosley from 1987–1996, and puppeteer Bob Stutt from 1996–2002. Along with Dodi and Louis, Basil was one of the three original Canadian Muppets, beginning in the period when the program was called "Canadian Sesame Street". Despite his deep voice, Basil has been shown to be the most childlike of the characters, having difficulty dressing himself, and the most curious. He struggled to learn French from his bilingual friend Louis. Basil starred in the first "Canadian Sesame Street"
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Bear, Otis the Elephant Elevator Operator, Benny the Bellhop, Sherry Netherland, A Dinger, Ingrid, Humphrey, Baby Natasha, Telly Monster, Hoots the Owl, Wolfgang the Seal, Slimey, Grundgetta, Joey and Davey Monkey, Herry Monster, Rosita, Celina, Ruthie, The Squirrelles, Wanda Cousteau, Cookie Monster, and a twiddlebug. Starting season 25 (episode 3136, [1993-1994]) Sesame Street expands their street to Around the Corner. This expansion brought a boatload of new locations and human and Muppet characters to Sesame Street including but not limited to: the newsstand, The Park, the Daycare Center, the Furry Arms Hotel, Zoe, Ruthie, Celina, Jamal, and Angela. According to
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CinderElmo CinderElmo is a 65-minute television film that aired on Fox in the United States on December 6, 1999. It was released on VHS and DVD in the United States/Canada on February 29, 2000, and the Netherlands. The special was sponsored by Kmart department stores, during the Christmas holiday season, "where, no doubt, much Elmo merchandise is on display." This was the last major primetime special for "Sesame Street", until "Elmo's Christmas Countdown" in 2007. In the Kingdom of Sesame there is a little red monster named CinderElmo who lives with his wicked Stepmother, his Stepbrothers Telly and Baby Bear,
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television guest appearances. Buzzi is an accomplished voice actress. She voiced the character Nose Marie in the Hanna-Barbera animated series "Pound Puppies" (1986). She also voiced Mama Bear in "Berenstain Bears" (1985) and performed hundreds of guest voices for many other cartoon series, including "The Smurfs", "The Angry Beavers" and Mo Willems' "Sheep in the Big City". She appeared frequently on "Sesame Street" in comedy sketch clips from her six years on that show, and is often heard as the voice of outlandish failed torch singer Suzie Kabloozie. While she was a regular performer on "Sesame Street", she was nominated
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and Bert, Count von Count, Grover, Prairie Dawn, Baby Bear, Telly Monster, Rosita, Zoe, and Cookie Monster. Santa Claus then takes his leave as he quotes "Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night." After the story is over, Stiller the Elf and Stan the Snowball wish everybody a Merry Christmas. "Elmo's Christmas Countdown" marks the ninth time the "Sesame Street" characters have crossed over into broadcast television. All other "Sesame Street" material have aired on PBS, a public television network. 25th and 30th anniversary specials, as well as "Elmopalooza", have also aired on ABC, while NBC aired
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because she is just no longer so little. Rosita was introduced to the series in 1991. Rosita is performed by Carmen Osbahr, who originally worked on Mexico's "Plaza Sésamo". On July–August 2012, they appeared on Barrio Sésamo: Monstruos Supersanos. February 2, 2004: Rosita, Elmo, Big Bird appeared on The Wayne Brady Show, March 3, 2004: Rosita, Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird and purple AM Monster appear on The West Wing April 2, 2004: Rosita, Elmo, Zoe, Grover, Cookie Monster, Telly, Phoebe Narf, Googel, Baby Bear, Grundgetta, Curly Bear, Herry Monster, Big Bird, Chickens, Penguins, Bert, Ernie and Oscar the Grouch appeared
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Disney Babies, Baby Hello Kitty, Care Bear Cubs, and Baby Garfield. In recent years, "Baby Looney Tunes", "Sesame Beginnings" and "" continued the concept. The show was a critical success during its time on the air: the show won four consecutive Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Animated Program, 1985–88, and won a Humanitas Prize for Children's Animation in 1985. "Muppet Babies" was voted "Top Cartoon of the Childhood Days" by the Irvin Hall newspaper's weekly review of the Pennsylvania State University in 2007. Hank Saroyan served as Executive in Charge of Series, Voice Director, Story Editor, Song Producer, and Composer. Approximately
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special, "Basil Hears a Noise", though he shared the spotlight with special guest Elmo. Basil (Sesame Park) Basil the Bear was the main character on the Canadian children's show "Sesame Park". He was portrayed by puppeteer Tim Gosley from 1987–1996, and puppeteer Bob Stutt from 1996–2002. Along with Dodi and Louis, Basil was one of the three original Canadian Muppets, beginning in the period when the program was called "Canadian Sesame Street". Despite his deep voice, Basil has been shown to be the most childlike of the characters, having difficulty dressing himself, and the most curious. He struggled to learn
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is the birth of Curly Bear, the younger sister of Baby Bear in 2003. Squirmy is a light blue and dark blue striped worm who personifies a person from the country and is cousin to Slimey and Sloppy. She has only ever been introduced in the book "The City Worm and the Country Worm" by Linda Hayward, in which Slimey and Squirmy exchange visits, with Slimey going to the country and Squirmy going to the city, or more specifically Sesame Street. In the end both decide that their own environment is best for themselves. Dirty is a green Detroit Dirt
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Dad!" as the voice of a meter maid. Rowe appeared on an episode of "Sesame Street" (Season 39) in a segment called "Dirtiest Jobs With Mike Rowe", which aired on October 13, 2008. Rowe visits Sesame Street to find the dirtiest job, which happens to belong to Oscar. Rowe must do all the things Oscar does. His tasks include finding and counting stinky cheese, sorting trash, and giving his pet pig, Spot, a mud bath. To Oscar's chagrin, Rowe does not want to stop, as he is having too much fun. Mike Rowe spoke to more than 70,000 scouts, leaders,
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typically with disastrous results. Spalding: One of the detective duos' schoolmates. Rich, sophisticated, and snobby, Spalding is typically a minor character and a major annoyance. He comes as a package deal with KC and Bear. Bear: Bear is a big and muscular, but not very bright. As it was said in "Phantom of the Haunted Church", Bear's intelligence is such that he won't be "winning any scholarships to Harvard - or Sesame Street, for that matter." KC: KC is the toughest girl in school. She is as small as Bear is big, but anyone who insults this tomboy does so
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Sesame Square Sesame Square is the Nigerian version of "Sesame Street". It is West Africa's first "Sesame Street" adaptation. Nigerians produce and voice the series in Standard English. The show is scheduled to have three seasons, with the first containing 26 episodes, one for each letter of the English alphabet. It is due to be screened on Nigerian Television Authority network. The set of "Sesame Square" resembles a traditional Nigerian village with a central mango tree. The series stars Kami, an HIV-positive Muppet (who was originally part of the South African version of Sesame Street), and Zobi, a blue, furry
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who played Mr. Hooper, the original owner of "Sesame Street's" fictional Hooper's Store, died during production. Mr. Hooper's death was included on the show in 1982 episode. In 1990, Smyrl was hired by "Sesame Street" as Mr. Hanford, the owner of Hooper's Store. Smyrl replaced Leonard Jackson, who had played a grumpier version of Mr. Hanford during the preceding Season 21. By contrast, Smyrl played Mr. Hanford as a store owner who smiled and sang to the residents of "Sesame Street". Smyrl remained on "Sesame Street" from 1990 until 1998. An accomplished voice actor, Smyrl narrated commercials for Canada Dry,
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role of Ernie was briefly assumed by Billy Barkhurst from 2014, before Peter Linz began performing the character in 2017. On February 17, 2004, the Muppets and the "Bear in the Big Blue House" properties were sold to the Walt Disney Company (the "Sesame Street" characters were acquired by Sesame Workshop in 2000). As a result of this transaction, Sesame Workshop surrendered the rights to Kermit the Frog, who would no longer appear in most new material for "Sesame Street". Sesame Workshop has since begun licensing the character of Kermit from Disney, allowing him to make a guest appearance on
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(who had a baby named Natasha), and bellhop Benny Rabbit. While the rights to Muppet characters from other productions were sold to The Walt Disney Company in 2004, Sesame Workshop continued to fully own the "Sesame Street" Muppets; as a result, Sesame Workshop was and is allowed to have new Muppets designed and built for the show. These have included Abby Cadabby, a pink fairy-in-training, who was introduced in 2006 to increase the number of the show's female Muppets; Her stepbrother, Rudy, was introduced to the show in the summer of 2017. Julia is the first Muppet with Autism on
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you, that's a healthy piece of real estate!" The Houghton Mifflin company's Power Proofreading online game parodied "Sesame Street" as "Cinnamon Street" as one of the programs on HME-TV. The description for the show is "Big Baby doesn't like sharing his toys. Miss Wiggy teaches him a lesson." The FOX show "Family Guy" has made reference to "Sesame Street" on some occasions. In the episode "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz", it showed a short clip of Stewie, who is in a plastic bubble, taking on the role of the pinball from the Pinball Number Count sketch. Other
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Chelo Vivares Chelo Vivares, birth name Consuelo Vivares is a Spanish actress who played Espinete on "Barrio Sésamo", the Spanish version of "Sesame Street", from 1983 until 1987. She was married to Juan Ramón Sánchez, who played Chema the baker on "Barrio Sésamo", from 1979 until his death in 2008. In subsequent years, Vivares has primarily worked as a dubbing voice actress, and dubbed Castilian Spanish versions of several Jim Henson Company productions, notably as Baby Sinclair in "Dinosaurios" ("Dinosaurs"). Vivares began her career as an actress in Spanish television, making guest appearances on TV series such as "Cuentos y
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He then saw a lonely Slimey playing by himself. Slimey saw Oscar and crawled up his shoulder and fell asleep. Feeling sorry for the baby worm Oscar took Slimey home with him. On February 14, 2000 (episode #3882), Valentine's Day, Glo Worm, a volunteer firefighter, entered Sesame Street and became the larva love of Slimey. They both announce their affection for each other but Glo is called away to fight a fire and Baby Bear is put in charge of distracting Slimey as he waits anxiously for his beloved to return. The pair hit it off so well due to
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Tish Rabe Tish Rabe is a children's book author who lives in New York City, New York and Mystic, Connecticut. and has written or adapted more than 40 Dr. Seuss books since Seuss's death. She has written over 135 children’s books including titles for Sesame Street, Blue’s Clues, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Bear in the Big Blue House and Curious George. In 1996 she began writing The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library, a new series of non-fiction science books for early readers. Her books include the popular "Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go!", which is meant to be
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called "The Year Of Roosevelt Franklin, Gordon's Friend from Sesame Street", which was reissued in 1974 as "My Name Is Roosevelt Franklin". Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Franklin was a Muppet featured on the children's television series "Sesame Street" during the early 1970s. He is purple with shaggy black hair that stands on end. His name is a word play on the name of the late US President Franklin Roosevelt, but the first and last names are reversed. "Sesame Street" cast member Matt Robinson, who also played Gordon on the series for the first three seasons (1969-72), provided Roosevelt Franklin's voice. Franklin
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the Dance Party USA show she was on. At 3:30 Henderson can be seen pushing a shopping cart through a store on a Sesame Street episode. In her teens Henderson released a single called "Give it up Baby Heather" using her Dance Party moniker. "Billboard" magazine reviewed the single and said that it is "Empowered with a sturdy voice and promising blend of style and attitude". And, "... her voice is put to good use... with a Paula Abdul like chorus." Henderson, as a fan of Penn Jillette, invited him to listen to some of her music and watch some
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WNBQ, and Fred Astaire danced to Nordine's "My Baby" on a TV special. Nordine's past radio series were "Now Nordine" and "Word Jazz". Nordine worked with author Maurice Sendak on Sesame Street, providing the narration for the animated segments "Bumble Ardy" and "Seven Monsters". Nordine provided the voiceover for NewTek's Video Toaster demo reels, such as the 1991 "Revolution". Ken Nordine Ken Nordine (born April 13, 1920) is an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers. One critic
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features new characters and Muppets created specifically for this version, such as Momon, a five-year-old yellow monster who learns to draw letters and loves drawing and counting; Putri an active young girl who is always asking Momon for help; Tantan a wise female orangutan that settles every dispute on Jalan Sesama; and Jabrik, a baby rhinoceros that is always complaining and laughing. "Jalan Sesama" is not Indonesia's first experience with "Sesame Street" -- "Boneka Sesame", the Indonesian-dubbed version of Sesame Street's international package, "Open Sesame", was originally seen in this country. Jalan Sesama Jalan Sesama is the Indonesian version of
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to Education for Space Age Kids", examined the educational model used on "Sesame Street". Long's main role on "Sesame Street" is Susan, the wife of Gordon Robinson. In early seasons, her character was a housewife; however, in later seasons, her role expanded to that of being a nurse, as well as the mother of adopted son Miles. Long has also lent her voice to various Muppet segments on "Sesame Street", particularly in the early seasons. On the 8th episode of the first season (1969), she was the voice of the mother Muppet in the song "Five People in My Family".
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Jerry Nelson Jerry L. Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, singer, and musician, best known for his work with The Muppets. Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on "Sesame Street", "The Muppet Show", "Fraggle Rock", and various Muppet movies and specials. On "Sesame Street", Nelson's longest-running character was Count von Count, the counting vampire who took delight in counting anything he could. Nelson did the voice and puppetry for the Count from 1972 until 2004 and continued to provide the Count's voice until his death in
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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a "Sesame Street" musical television special that was first broadcast on PBS on July 1, 1994 to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. The video "" was released on October 29, 1993. In it, Caroll Spinney plays Big Bird, around whom the story revolves, as he reads the title card in a voice-over. Various celebrity guests and Muppets sing songs together. They include "Adventure" with En Vogue (EKA: Episode 2951), "C Is For Cookie" with Marilyn Horne (it also features Cookie Monster at the end of this song)
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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a "Sesame Street" musical television special that was first broadcast on PBS on July 1, 1994 to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. The video "" was released on October 29, 1993. In it, Caroll Spinney plays Big Bird, around whom the story revolves, as he reads the title card in a voice-over. Various celebrity guests and Muppets sing songs together. They include "Adventure" with En Vogue (EKA: Episode 2951), "C Is For Cookie" with Marilyn Horne (it also features Cookie Monster at the end of this song)
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Sonia Manzano Sonia Manzano (born June 12, 1950) is an American actress, screenwriter, author, speaker and singer-songwriter. She is best known for playing Maria on "Sesame Street" from 1971 until her departure in 2015. She is also known for providing the voice-over narration in several animated segments in the English version of the Swedish television show "Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter". On Sesame Street VHS tapes and DVDs, she was the voice of "Visit Sesame Street on the web at www.sesamestreet.com." from 1998-2001. Manzano was born in Linwood, New Jersey, and was raised in the South Bronx. Her
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Sesame Street licensing The American children's television series "Sesame Street" is known for its extensive merchandising. Licensees include a variety of companies which manufacture books, magazines, video/audio media, and toys using the characters and themes of "Sesame Street". Current licensees include Fisher-Price, Nakajima USA, Build-A-Bear Workshop (Build-An-Elmo, Build-A-Cookie Monster, And Build-A-Big Bird), Hasbro (Sesame Street Monopoly), Wooly Willy, Betty Crocker (Elmo Fruit Snacks), C&D Visionary (air freshners) and Children's Apparel Network. Former licences include Applause, Child Dimension, Gibson Greetings, Gorham Fine China, Ideal Toys, Milton Bradley Company, Nintendo, Palisades Toys, Questor, Radio Shack, Tyco, and the Western Publishing Company. Creative
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store to Alan (played by Alan Muraoka) that year. In season 35, Natalie was hired by Alan as a replacement while he took a vacation. Big Bird and Baby Bear are initially very anxious of the big change, but Natalie gradually assures them things will be fine. Natalie was played by guest star Natalie Portman. Portman was set to star as Natalie in three episodes in the 2004 season, but due to her losing her voice, Sesame Workshop had to film the other two episodes with Gabi in charge. In Season 38, Chris Robinson joined Alan in running Mr. Hooper's
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song for season 38. The song again was upbeat, but it now had a style that has a kiddie pop/hip hop tune. Another change was the instrumental opener which now had a softer version of the new rendition. In season 40, the opening sequence changed to the Muppet characters in a chalk-drawn environment. Muppets who appear in this version of the opening include Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Ernie, Bert, Grover (and his super-hero alter ego), Cookie Monster, Zoe, Count von Count, Rosita, Telly Monster, Baby Bear, Murray Monster, Ovejita, Chickens, and Birds. After Super Grover knocks
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attractions, the postshow with Elmo being interviewed does not play, but a commercial for SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment's own Sesame Place park instead plays on the theater screen while guests exit, and brochures for Sesame Place are on display at the theater exit. Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic (titled Sesame Street Presents Lights Camera Imagination! 4-D at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Williamsburg parks, and Sesame Street Film Festival 4-D at Busch Gardens Tampa) is a 4D film theme park attraction located at Universal Studios Japan, SeaWorld San Antonio, formerly at SeaWorld San Diego, Busch Gardens
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Lloyd". They made mistakes, but solved them with the help of "enthusiastic kid voice-overs", which empowered children and helped them feel smarter than the adults. According to long-time "Sesame Street" writer Judy Freudberg, "Mr. Noodle, who never speaks, is all about trial and error. When you throw him a hat, he acts like he's never seen one before. Kids feel empowered watching him because they can do what he can't". In addition to its "variety of distinctive and reliable personalities", both Muppet and human, "Sesame Street" has featured a few animated characters throughout its history, who have included (among others)
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shows "Sesame Street" and "The Muppets". Marx interned at the program early in his career, and all four of the original cast's principal puppeteers—John Tartaglia, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Jennifer Barnhart and Rick Lyon—were "Sesame Street" performers (D'Abruzzo returned to "Sesame Street" after leaving "Avenue Q"). Three of the puppet characters are direct recognizable parodies of "Sesame Street" puppets: Roommates Rod and Nicky are a riff on Bert and Ernie, while Trekkie Monster bears the distinctive voice and disposition of Cookie Monster, though not his obsession with baked goods. (The production officially disclaims any connection with either Sesame Workshop or The Jim
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the show, introduced in 2017, who was created to familiarize young children with the autism spectrum. Two-Headed Monster, who teaches cooperation while speaking in baby-like gibberish; A family of cute and innovative insects; the Yip Yips, a species of Martians who "valiantly explore our world despite their frequent terrifying encounters with everyday objects"; game show host Guy Smiley; construction workers Biff and Sully; Herry Monster, a burly blue monster who does not know his own strength; Forgetful Jones, a "simpleton cowboy" with a short-term memory disorder; and even Kermit the Frog, the flagship character of The Muppets. The Three Bears
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and voice commands. The game is compatible with the Xbox SmartGlass. Kinect Sesame Street TV Kinect Sesame Street TV is a Sesame Street video game of an interactive television program for the Microsoft Windows & Xbox 360 consoles. It is based on the "children's television series of the same name" and is aimed at children. Because of its motion gesture features, the game requires the Xbox 360's Kinect sensor to get into action. It is developed by Microsoft Studios' Soho Productions & published by Microsoft Studios. This interactive television program was released on 18 September 2012. The game requires the
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She also stars as Cleo on PBS's literacy education series, "Between the Lions", and performed the puppetry for Kanga and Owl on Disney Channel's "The Book of Pooh". Barnhart is a "Sesame Street" Muppet performer who took over the roles of Mama Bear in 2001 and Gladys the Cow in 2002. Barnhart also worked as a puppeteer in "Johnny and the Sprites", a Disney Channel children's show created by her "Avenue Q" co-star John Tartaglia. As of Season 46 of "Sesame Street", she performs the role of Zoe, following the retirement of Fran Brill in 2014. She appeared on screen
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of various Sesame Workshop programs and has changed its name to "Sezamkowy Zakątek". Canada aired "Sesame Street Canada", a combination of locally produced and US-made content from 1972 to 1996. A French-dubbed version was shown in 1975, which demonstrated the producers' commitment to bilingualism, one of their curriculum goals. In 1996, a half-hour program called "Sesame Park" was produced by the country's public broadcasting corporation and consisted of more content created in-country. The series featured a polar bear, an otter, a female bush pilot, and a girl in a wheelchair. In 1998, the Chinese co-production of "Sesame Street", "Zhima Jie",
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As well as "The Muppet Show", Muppet characters feature in such television series as "The Jimmy Dean Show", "Sesame Street", "Fraggle Rock", "The Jim Henson Hour", "Muppets Tonight", "Bear in the Big Blue House", "", and "The Muppets". An adult-oriented Muppet segment, "The Land of Gorch", was a regular feature in the first season of "Saturday Night Live". Guest stars on "Saturday Night Live" occasionally include both the Muppets and "Sesame Street" characters, as well as Muppet likenesses of real people; these likenesses appear recurrently in early episodes of "The Muppet Show" and on "Sesame Street", and appear occasionally on
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moment of this early period was a film showing the unconcealed birth of a human baby. In 1977, a German street set was built at Studio Hamburg for German framing stories. Samson, a bear (1978–2009, and since 2013) and Tiffy the bird (1978–2005) replaced Big Bird (Bibo) and Oscar the Grouch (Oskar der Griesgram) as main characters, and the new version debuted on January 2, 1978. The early puppets were built by Kermit Love; nowadays, Sesame Workshop builds the puppets for Sesamstraße. Each episode featured the new puppets interacting with a pair of human characters; consistently one male, one female.
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Ernie's Work of Art Ernie's Work of Art () is a 1979 children's book written by Valjean McLenighan, and illustrated by Joe Mathieu. Published by Little Golden Books, it is based on the children's television show "Sesame Street". The entire book is about Ernie's misadventure trying to paint Sesame Street. As in many early "Sesame Street" books, all the dialog is in voice bubbles, as if it were a comic book. Copies of the books sold for $1.20 CAD upon publication. This view of Sesame Street is that of the open-ended street, and includes a store called "Spotless Cleaners", right
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of try to think like a six year old or a seven year old, because that's how old Bert is." This however cannot be the case, as Bert has a twin brother named Bart who is a traveling salesman. This would seem to confirm that Ernie and Bert are adults. Bert has a twin brother, Bart; a nephew, Brad; and an Aunt Matilda. Brad has a voice like Beaker, but slightly deeper, and while he still made baby-like noises, he was able to talk. It is most likely that Brad is Bart's son since Bart is the only sibling seen
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and numbers, the show aims to educate children about malaria prevention, promote Nigerian unity through the representation of the diverse groups that make-up the country and to help remove the stigma of being HIV-positive. It is the second foreign co-production of Sesame Street to be shown entirely in English, the first being Northern Ireland's "Sesame Tree". Sesame Square Sesame Square is the Nigerian version of "Sesame Street". It is West Africa's first "Sesame Street" adaptation. Nigerians produce and voice the series in Standard English. The show is scheduled to have three seasons, with the first containing 26 episodes, one for
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Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Franklin was a Muppet featured on the children's television series "Sesame Street" during the early 1970s. He is purple with shaggy black hair that stands on end. His name is a word play on the name of the late US President Franklin Roosevelt, but the first and last names are reversed. "Sesame Street" cast member Matt Robinson, who also played Gordon on the series for the first three seasons (1969-72), provided Roosevelt Franklin's voice. Franklin was an intelligent boy who often spoke in rhyme or scat. Franklin began to appear less frequently in episodes created after the
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Joey Mazzarino Joey Mazzarino (born June 4, 1968) is an American puppeteer, writer, director and actor. He is best known for his roles on "Sesame Street" as Murray Monster, Stinky the Stinkweed and other Muppets. Mazzarino was also the head writer for the show in 1992. When Mazzarino auditioned for "Sesame Street", he wrote a sketch called "Colambo" and soon found himself cast in the title role. Since then, he has been a prominent member of the "Sesame Street" cast where he performs Horatio the Elephant, Murray Monster, Papa Bear, Stinky the Stinkweed, and various characters, until 2015 when he
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Ernie (Sesame Street) Ernie is an orange Muppet character on the long running PBS children's television show, "Sesame Street". He and his roommate Bert form the comic duo Bert and Ernie, one of the program's centerpieces, with Ernie acting the role of the naïve troublemaker and Bert the world weary foil. Ernie has a distinctive, chuckling laugh (a trait he shares with his baby cousin, Ernestine). His appearance and clothing contrast noticeably with Bert, as he is the shorter and stouter of the pair, wears a shirt with horizontal stripes as opposed to Bert's vertical ones, and has a head
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film "Muppets Most Wanted" was dedicated to him and Jane Henson (who also died aged 78). Jerry Nelson Jerry L. Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, singer, and musician, best known for his work with The Muppets. Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on "Sesame Street", "The Muppet Show", "Fraggle Rock", and various Muppet movies and specials. On "Sesame Street", Nelson's longest-running character was Count von Count, the counting vampire who took delight in counting anything he could. Nelson did the voice and puppetry for the
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remaining characters who are still played by the actors who originated the roles. (The other is Bob (Bob McGrath).) In the early years, she voiced a few female Muppet voices including Roosevelt Franklin's mother Suzetta and other Muppets where a female voice was needed. In addition to starring on "Sesame Street", Long is a consultant and public speaker on issues of multiculturalism and education. Before "Sesame Street", Long served as co-host of the WNET program "SOUL!" a weekly music, cultural, social and artistic PBS program, from its premier broadcast on September 12, 1968 (when she co-hosted with Alvin Poussaint, the
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Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2016, at the age of 80. He was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd on March 28, 2016. David Smyrl David Langston Smyrl (September 13, 1935 – March 22, 2016), sometimes credited professionally as David L. Smyrl, was an American actor, television writer and voice-over artist. He was best known for his role of Mr. Handford, the fictional retired firefighter who ran Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street" from 1990 to 1998. Smyrl won eight Emmy Awards for his work on "Sesame Street" during his time on the show. Smyrl was born on
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on stage continued the absurdity of his television work, but the real play, according to Schippers, was the audience watching dogs on a stage. Since "Going to the Dogs" he has periodically returned to the stage, with "Wuivend graan" (2007) (nominated for the Toneel Publieksprijs, an audience award), "Wat nu weer" (2009), and most recently "Het laatste nippertje" (2011). Schippers has been doing the voices of Ernie, Kermit the Frog, Guy Smiley, and Count Von Count on "Sesamstraat", the Dutch co-production of "Sesame Street", ever since its first season in 1976. With Paul Haenen, who does the voice of Bert,
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David Smyrl David Langston Smyrl (September 13, 1935 – March 22, 2016), sometimes credited professionally as David L. Smyrl, was an American actor, television writer and voice-over artist. He was best known for his role of Mr. Handford, the fictional retired firefighter who ran Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street" from 1990 to 1998. Smyrl won eight Emmy Awards for his work on "Sesame Street" during his time on the show. Smyrl was born on September 13, 1935, in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in the neighborhood. He began his career as a coffeehouse poet in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, during
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Northern Calloway Northern James Calloway (January 22, 1948 – January 9, 1990) was an American actor, voice artist, singer, and comedian, best known for playing David on "Sesame Street" from 1971 through 1989. On "Sesame Street", his character David was studying to be a lawyer, but when Mr. Hooper died, David took over Hooper's Store. He was a favorite among the many viewers of "Sesame Street" during his time on the show, but his later career was increasingly hampered by a serious decline in his mental health, until he had to be dismissed from the show and later institutionalized. On
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Loretta Long Loretta Mae Long ("née" Moore) (born June 3, 1940) is an African American actress, voice artist, singer, media personality, and educator. She has played the character of Susan Robinson on "Sesame Street" since its debut in 1969. Long earned her Ph.D. in urban education in 1973 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst while she was starring on "Sesame Street". She has acted in musicals (such as "Guys and Dolls") and appeared on the "Flip Wilson Show" with other "Sesame Street" cast members during its first season. As of October 2018, Long's character, Susan, is one of only two
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since the show's first episode. Since 2015, Eric Jacobson has been the understudy for the character. Initially, the Puppet characters on "Sesame Street" did not actually appear on Sesame Street itself, but were relegated to the intermediary segments. Muppets creator Jim Henson wanted them to be integrated into the series, suggesting a giant bird and creature living in the neighborhood's trash can. The character was developed by "Sesame Street" head writer Jon Stone and Henson, based on the personality of a “magnificently rude” waiter. Puppeteer Caroll Spinney found inspiration for the voice in the driver of a New York City
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the music used in "Sesame Street"'s film segments was also written — and often sung — by Raposo. Aside from his musical contributions, Raposo performed several uncredited stock characters on "Sesame Street" during the early 1970s. According to his son Nicholas in a 2002 telephone conversation, Joe Raposo usually chose to portray anonymous, silly characters in these segments, which were nearly always produced on 16 mm film. He also did voice-overs for a few animated segments. The "Sesame Street" character Don Music maintained a framed and autographed glamour photograph of Raposo on the wall of his Muppet atelier. Raposo was
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Keeshan ("Captain Kangaroo") recorded several children's albums, as did Shari Lewis. In the 1960s, as the baby boomers matured and became more politically aware, they embraced both the substance and politics of folk ("the people's") music. Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Limeliters, and Tom Paxton were acclaimed folk artists who wrote albums for children. In 1969, the Children's Television Workshop in the United States launched "Sesame Street". The quality of "Sesame Street"s children's music, much of it created by noted composers Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss, has dominated the children's music landscape to this day - the show has won
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recorded for the 2000 "Dancemania" compilation "Speed 5". The cowpunk band The Rugburns covered the song on their 1995 EP "Mommy I'm Sorry". In the Season 3 "Malcolm in the Middle" episode, "Malcolm's Girlfriend", the 1998-2001 theme is used when Malcolm jumps into the bouncy house on Ronnie's birthday. In a single released in 2000 and produced by The Alchemist, underground rapper Agallah sampled the "Sesame Street" theme on "Crookie Monster". Agallah also rapped in the voice of Cookie Monster on the track, and the track used other vocal samples from other Sesame Street characters such as Grover and Herry
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"mimics the behavior of many preschoolers. Like 3-year-olds, he doesn’t always have the skills or knowledge to speak proper English." Elmo Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show "Sesame Street". He is a furry red monster with a falsetto voice, who hosts the last full fifteen-minute segment (five minutes after 2017) on "Sesame Street", "Elmo's World", which is aimed at toddlers. He was most often puppeteered by Kevin Clash. Following Clash's resignation in late 2012, he has been puppeteered by Ryan Dillon. Elmo is self-described as three-and-a-half years old and his birthday is on February 3. Elmo
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Pam Arciero Pam Arciero (born May 8, 1954), is a puppeteer and voice-over artist who portrays Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend, Grundgetta, on the PBS children's television series "Sesame Street". Arciero earned her Master's in Puppetry from the University of Connecticut. Arciero took over the role of Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend, Grundgetta for "Sesame Street" from Brian Muehl, performing her in "The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson" and "" and continues to perform her to this day. She has performed characters for "Allegra's Window", "Between the Lions", "Eureeka's Castle" and "The Great Space Coaster". She performed in "Little Shop of Horrors" at
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the children's hesitations and on-air mistakes served as models for viewers. According to Morrow, this resulted in the show having a "fresh quality", especially in its early years. Children were also used in the voice-over commentaries of most of the live-action films the CTW produced. When "Sesame Street" premiered in 1969, it aired on only 67.6% of American televisions, but it earned a 3.3 Nielsen rating, which totaled 1.9 million households. By the show's tenth anniversary in 1979, nine million American children under the age of 6 were watching "Sesame Street" daily. According to a 1993 survey conducted by the
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Elmo Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show "Sesame Street". He is a furry red monster with a falsetto voice, who hosts the last full fifteen-minute segment (five minutes after 2017) on "Sesame Street", "Elmo's World", which is aimed at toddlers. He was most often puppeteered by Kevin Clash. Following Clash's resignation in late 2012, he has been puppeteered by Ryan Dillon. Elmo is self-described as three-and-a-half years old and his birthday is on February 3. Elmo characteristically avoids pronouns in reference to himself, instead referring to himself in the third person (e.g. saying "Elmo wants this"
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Emilio Delgado Emilio Delgado (born May 8, 1940) is a Mexican American actor (film and television), voice artist and singer best known for his role as Luis, the Fix-it Shop owner, on the children's television series "Sesame Street". Delgado joined the cast of "Sesame Street" in 1971 and remained until his contract was not renewed in 2017, as part of Sesame Workshop's re-tooling of the series, although Sesame Workshop later announced that there'd be talks to bring him back. Following his departure, the workshop stated that Delgado would continue to represent them at public events. He began his professional career
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Tim Gosley Tim Gosley is a Canadian puppeteer who is primarily known for his work on numerous Muppet productions. He is originally from Victoria, British Columbia. Gosley earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the University of Alberta and studied puppeteering with Richard Hunt from 1981-1983. He began his career portraying several minor characters on the television program "Fraggle Rock" from 1983-1987. He then began portraying Basil the polar bear on "Sesame Park", the Canadian version of "Sesame Street", a role he performed regularly for nine seasons. In 1984, Gosley was the puppeteer for Homer Honker in the
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1980s. During the 1970s, Luckey wrote and animated many short films for "Sesame Street" and the Children's Television Workshop, often doing the voice work himself as well. Among them are "The Ladybugs' Picnic," which was performed by Jim Kweskin, "That's About the Size of It," the Donnie-Bud Series (with co-writer Don Hadley) featuring numbers 2 to 6, "Penny Candy Man," "Martian Beauty," "#7 The Alligator King," (with Turk Murphy) "Lovely Eleven Morning," "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Nine," and the award-winning "Longie and Shorty the Rattlesnakes" miniseries. He returned to work on one more segment for "Sesame Street"
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best known performing roles are Snook in "It's a Big Big World", Tutter in "Bear in the Big Blue House" and Theo Lion in "Between the Lions", though he has also performed in "Blue's Room", "Sesame Street", and "The Puzzle Place". Following the departure of Steve Whitmire, he took over the roles of Statler, Link Hogthrob and Lips. Linz also performed in the Broadway musical "Avenue Q". and he also did the voice of Moz, in the English Dub version of "Sheep and Wolves". Peter Linz Peter Linz (born June 28, 1967) is an American puppeteer. His most prominent role
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Frank Oz Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American actor, puppeteer, director and producer. His career began as a puppeteer, where he performed the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in "The Muppet Show", and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in "Sesame Street". He is also known for the role of Yoda in the "Star Wars" series, in which he has performed and provided the voice for the character in several films and television series. His work as a director includes "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (1988),
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as baby Steve Roger says good night to all of his teddy bears, he notices that baby Scott Summers from across the street has taken Bucky Bear. In response, Baby Steve assembles his fellow Avengers while Baby Scott brings together his team of X-Babies and the two teams fight in the middle of the street. After a series of turnovers, the Phoenix appears and demands that Baby Scott return Bucky Bear to Baby Steve. When he refuses, the Phoenix causes a giant explosion. The next morning, Baby Steve's parents find him sleeping peacefully with Bucky Bear, except now there is
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Bob McGrath Robert Emmet McGrath (born June 13, 1932) is an American singer, musician, actor, voice artist and children's author best known for playing original human character Bob Johnson on the long-running educational television series, "Sesame Street". Along with series matriarch Susan Robinson, played by Loretta Long, Bob had been one of the two longest-lasting human characters on the series since the show's debut. A Noggin segment proclaimed the four decades of Bob when promoting "Sesame Street" on that network. In July 2016, Sesame Workshop announced that McGrath would not return to the show for its 47th season because they
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raised $100,000 for four children's charities. The bear was one-of-a-kind and purchased by Yoshihiro Sekiguchi who placed it in one of three Teddy bear museums he owned in Japan. It was the 100th anniversary of the Theodore Roosevelt "teddy bear" that brought about GUND's next milestone. In 2002, the United States Postal Service used a 1948 teddy bear of GUND to grace a 37 cent stamp in honor of the event. GUND entered into a licensing agreement with Sesame Street in 2003. GUND was purchased by Enesco, the giftware manufacturer best known for its line of Precious Moments figurines. GUND
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in 2001. His role expanded on "Sesame Street" in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly "Global Grover". However, Oz occasionally came in to "Sesame Street" to record new material with those characters. In 2001, the same year that he worked on "The Book of Pooh", where he worked on Piglet and Kanga, he also began playing Miss Piggy, debuting at the "Muppetfest" convention. Subsequently, in "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2002), he performed the roles of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal. In "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" (2005), he began performing Sam the Eagle. Jacobson has
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media as a tool to further adult/child interaction." The same "underviewing" of "Sesame Street" is what had earlier inspired show producers to add in the very young-targeted "Elmo's World" segment. The concept of the "Sesame Street" cast as babies was not entirely new, as "baby-ized" versions of characters were available as toys since at least the early-2000s. Many likened the line to previous series like "Muppet Babies". The production of DVDs and other screen-based media for children under the age of two is extremely controversial. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under two be kept away from screen
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Weekly" reported in 1991 that the show's music had been honored with eight Grammys. The show's dominance, however, was soon challenged by another PBS television show for preschoolers, "Barney & Friends", and "Sesame Street's" ratings declined. The producers of "Sesame Street" responded, at the show's twenty-fifth anniversary in 1993, by expanding and redesigning the show's set, calling it "Around the Corner". New human and Muppet characters were introduced, including Zoe (performed by Fran Brill), baby Natasha and her parents Ingrid and Humphrey, and Ruthie (played by comedian Ruth Buzzi). The "Around the Corner" set was dismantled in 1997. Zoe, one
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Linda (Sesame Street) Linda, portrayed by Linda Bove, was a character on the children's program "Sesame Street". Bove, who is deaf, appeared on "Sesame Street" with the National Theater of the Deaf and made her debut on the show as a librarian named Linda in Episode 0326, which aired in January 1972. Initially appearing on a sporadic basis, she became a regular member of the cast in 1975, and continued to appear until 2003. The character communicated only in sign language but interacted positively with other members of the "Sesame Street" community as a normal citizen and resident of Sesame
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for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in both 2006 and 2010. Delessert has children's book published and translated in over 14 different languages. He has also had illustrations published in "TIME" magazine. He also animated segments for "Sesame Street", like one about a woman's face morphing. Additionally, in 1973 Delessert illustrated a children's book based on the lyrics to "Being Green", a popular song written by Joe Raposo, originally performed by Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog on both "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show". Although released as a Sesame Street book, the large hardcover book does not
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VStar Entertainment Group VStar Entertainment Group is a family entertainment production company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It produces Sesame Street Live, a live touring stage show based on the television series. It has also produced stage shows based on "Dragon Tales", The Muppets and "Muppet Babies", "Bear in the Big Blue House", "Curious George", and "Barney & Friends". Vee Corporation was started on March 14, 1980 from an idea by founder Vincent Egan to produce a live character show just for Sesame Street. At the time, there were only three touring family shows, Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
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Eric Jacobson Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer, best known for performing the Muppet characters Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle for Disney's The Muppets Studio, as well as "Sesame Street" characters Bert, Guy Smiley and Grover—all roles that he inherited from the characters' original performer, Frank Oz. As of 2015, Jacobson is now Caroll Spinney's replacement for Oscar the Grouch due to his retirement on October 18, 2018. Jacobson, a native of Fort Worth, initially started playing Bert and Grover on "Sesame Street" in 1998, and officially joined the cast of the classic Muppet Show Muppets
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and various Snuffleupagus relatives on "Sesame Street". He has also been Magellan, a baby dragon, on the ACE Award-winning series "Eureeka's Castle" on Nick Jr, Leon MacNeal in "The Puzzle Place", Raphael in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III" and Madame Chairbird in the Sesame Street film "Follow That Bird". His repertoire of characters also includes Kako on the Nick Jr. series "Oobi" and Blue on Nick Jr.'s "Blue's Room", Rabbit for The Disney Channel's Emmy Award-winning series "The Book of Pooh", Leon on PBS's "The Puzzle Place", and Knock-Knock on "The Great Space Coaster". In addition, he’s performed with and/or
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Slimey the Worm Slimey the Worm is a light and dark orange striped worm that is the pet of Oscar the Grouch on Jim Henson's Muppet show "Sesame Street". Introduced in Season 2 (1970–1971), he is played by Martin P. Robinson and is the smallest of all characters on "Sesame Street", being only 7 cm (2¾in). His small size does not affect his attitude of being one not to wince at the sight of extreme activities. As Lou Berger, head writer for "Sesame Street", put it, "Slimey shows viewers that even the smallest creature can be the most heroic, and
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schools and playgroups, to sing or talk with the children. In Ireland, the show aired on TG4, dubbed in Irish, as "Tar ag Spraoi Sesame" during the Cúla 4 children's programming block. Sesame Workshop worked with production company Telegael to adapt the American footage. In the development phase, the title was initially announced in July 2007 as "Sraid Sesame" (literally "Sesame Street"). The series' voice director, Padraic O Neachtain, said they "had to find voices that were as close as possible to the originals and the most likely candidates... would be sent for approval to the Children’s Workshop in the
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Rosita (Sesame Street) Rosita is a 5-year-old turquoise Hispanic female monster Muppet character on the children's television series "Sesame Street". Fluent in both English and Spanish, she is the first regular bilingual Muppet on the show. Rosita comes from Mexico and likes to play the guitar. Rosita was originally designed to look similar to a fruit bat and bore the name Rosita, La Monstrua de las Cuevas ("the monster of the caves"). However, her wings were removed in 2004 (the show's 35th season). She wears a ribbon in her hair, but in difference to Zoe she does not wear two
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Julia (Sesame Street) Julia is a four-year-old girl on the children's television program "Sesame Street" who is autistic. She is a yellow Anything Muppet with a red bob cut hairstyle and green eyes (blue for green screen uses) who wears a dark dress shirt over light pink t-shirt and green pants with white flowers on them and black shoes. She premiered on the show on April 10, 2017, though she was introduced in “digital form” in 2015. Her debut marks a new phase of Sesame Workshop’s autism awareness initiative, “Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children”, which provides
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Street. The person who most often acted as her interpreter was Bob; eventually, he and Linda were portrayed as being in a romantic relationship. Linda made her living as a librarian, and as such she also had an assistant, Micki (Micki Barnett). Micki would read the stories to the children, while Linda communicated them in sign language. The staff writers at Sesame Street were initially unsure of how to write for her. Linda Bove explained, "When I joined the cast I found the writers would write about 'How would a deaf person do this?' 'How does a deaf person do
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collection of items that add up to the number. When players begin, they may choose to move by jumping repeatedly or running. Elmo's Art Workshop is a CD-ROM game produced by Creative Wonders and the Children's Television Workshop. First released as Sesame Street Art Workshop in 1995, it was reissued by Creative Wonders in 1998, and Encore Software in 2002 and 2005. The game's activities allow users to draw, paint and create artwork. Elmo, who is only heard in voice-over, gives instructions throughout. Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure is a CD-ROM game. The game was developed by Mattel Media in 2000
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will perform both arms. The original segment of the song "I Don't Want To Live On The Moon" was one of the rare instances when Ernie's full body was shown. It reportedly took 3 puppeteers to perform Ernie in this segment: Jim Henson performed Ernie's head and left hand, while two other puppeteers operated Ernie's right hand and feet respectively. Other puppets of this type include Cookie Monster, Fozzie Bear, Beaker, and Bunsen Honeydew. "Sesame Street" is localized for some different markets, and Ernie is often renamed. For instance, in episodes that are aired in Portugal, Ernie's name has been
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Creative Wonders Creative Wonders was an educational software corporation from 1994 to 1999. It created computer games based on children's characters like "Sesame Street", "Madeline", "Schoolhouse Rock!", "Arthur", "Little Bear", "Dr. Seuss" and "ABC World Reference". It was a Joint-Venture between Electronic Arts and the American Broadcasting Company. Creative Wonders started out in 1994 as a division of Electronic Arts called "EA Kids" before renaming to Creative Wonders. Creative Wonders was responsible for creating popular games like the "Sesame Street" and "Madeline" series. In 1995, Creative Wonders teamed with ABC to create the "ABC World Reference Series", a series of
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Pattycake, the Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (Brother Kirk) joined Pete Seeger and the "Sesame Street" kids chorus for the song "Patty Cake Gorilla", released on the album "Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street" (1974). A picture book called "Patty Cake" (1974), featuring "New York Times" photographer Neal Boenzi and others, was written by Elizabeth Moody. Pearl Wolf wrote "Gorilla Baby: The Story of Patty Cake" (1974), a picture book for children. Artist Susan Green published her direct, personal observations about the custody dispute (along with her drawings) in the book "Gentle Gorilla: The Story of Patty Cake" (1978).
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Katy Perry as herself. It parodies the two television series "The Muppet Show" and "Sesame Street", both of which feature the puppet characters The Muppets. References to those shows include puppet versions of Grampa and Jasper heckling the cast of the "Simpsons" puppet show from a box seat in the manner of Statler and Waldorf from "The Muppet Show", and Moe devouring cookies like Cookie Monster does on "Sesame Street". Brad Trechak of AOL TV noted that "the plot of the segment was silly and simplistic in line with the style of "Sesame Street" but had some real adult moments
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the Magic Goat, The Talkative Tortoise and The Prince & The Mouse for The Little Angel Puppet Theatre in London and has played Ojo on the European tour of Bear in the Bear in the Big Blue House. Sarah has also worked on Bunny Town (Disney), Teletubbies, Rosie and Jim and Wizadora. Sarah Burgess (actress) Sarah Burgess (born 7 June 1970) is a puppeteer, actress and vocal artist who most recently played Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz in the Sesame Street spin-off series "The Furchester Hotel" for CBeebies. Her previous roles include Trixie and the UK dub of Stingy on the television series
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show altogether. In 2004, non Sesame Street Kermit material, and The Muppets produced material and were bought by Disney, as well as their future use. Sesame Street News Flash The Sesame Street News Flash was a recurring segment on the children's television show "Sesame Street". First aired in 1971, the series starred Kermit the Frog as a trench coat-dressed roving reporter who interviews Muppet versions of characters from fairy tales, Mother Goose nursery rhymes and key moments in history. Given the basic format of the segments, the "Sesame Street News Flash" series served several purposes, namely to act out simple
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convinces her that he can be, and "is", happy there on Sesame Street where that it does not make any difference that his family consists of humans, monsters, cows, Grouches, Honkers, and the other varieties of eclectic species there. What matters is that they are family. After considering what she has heard and realizing how far his friends went to try to bring him back, Miss Finch declares that Sesame Street is his home and leaves satisfied. Big Bird is then reunited with Snuffy. Gordon, Olivia, Linda, and Grover bring the Volkswagen (which was mostly eaten by Cookie Monster) to
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show, he's dressed as Baby New Year (sash and diapers only used in the U.S. version) and wears an icepack and a party hat on his head. A banner hang above him. His voice is provided by Peter Klimes. The Sun Bonnet Trio Gomer - Gomer never sings, but instead he would play his piano, which had a small Christmas tree on top of it and Christmas decorations. He's considered Henry's right-hand bear. He is tall and brown and wears a heavy winter coat and sunglasses. The Five Bear Rugs Baby Oscar - Oscar appears with The Five Bear Rugs,
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the same time, "Captain Kangaroo" and Love's syndicated program "The Great Space Coaster", in which he was producer for the first time. "Captain Kangaroo" was cancelled in 1984 after 29 seasons, and "Great Space Coaster" ended, freeing up Clash to work on projects with Henson such as the film "Labyrinth" and "Sesame Street." Clash started working at "Sesame Street" for ten episodes in 1983, mostly performing nondescript, stand-in puppets known as Anything Muppets. Some of his earliest characters included the saxophone-playing Hoots the Owl (based on Louis Armstrong), the infant Baby Natasha, and inventor Dr. Nobel Price. After 1985, Elmo,
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Street" on television, but Cookie Monster appears and eats both the video camera and the video tape. Bert, Ernie & Cookie Monster tell everybody on Sesame Street that they'll be sad because they don't like to watch "Sesame Street" anymore. Then, we cut to Kermit the Frog in his "Sesame Street News" attire asking people (all of which are Grover) how to get to Sesame Street, occasionally running into people who were on the show when they were kids. The show ends with the characters all singing "Sing". The program was dedicated to the memory of Joe Raposo. Additional Muppet
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