Sesame Street (1969– )

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, both human and puppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games and songs.

Creator:

Joan Ganz Cooney

Stars:

Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson

Won 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 160 wins & 242 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Caroll Spinney	...	Big Bird (171 episodes, 1969-2013)
Frank Oz	...	Bert (167 episodes, 1969-2013)
Jerry Nelson	...	Herry Monster (154 episodes, 1970-2013)
Jim Henson	...	Ernie (136 episodes, 1969-1993)
Sonia Manzano	...	Maria (129 episodes, 1971-2013)
Bob McGrath	...	Bob (121 episodes, 1969-2012)
Roscoe Orman	...	Gordon (117 episodes, 1974-2012)
Kevin Clash	...	Elmo (117 episodes, 1982-2013)
Martin P. Robinson	...	Telly Monster (117 episodes, 1982-2013)
Emilio Delgado	...	Luis (101 episodes, 1971-2012)
Loretta Long	...	Susan (96 episodes, 1969-2012)
Fran Brill	...	Prairie Dawn (83 episodes, 1970-2012)
Richard Hunt	...	Two-Headed Monster (81 episodes, 1974-1993)

Storyline

The setting is in a small street in a city where children and furry puppet monsters learn about numbers, the alphabet and other pre-school subjects taught in commercial spots, songs and games.

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Plot Keywords:

street | monster | number | creature | part animation | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Official Sites:

Official site PBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish American Sign Language

Release Date:

10 November 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sesame Street Unpaved

Filming Locations:

Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Children's Television Workshop (CTW), Henson Associates (HA), Jim Henson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Oscar the Grouch was inspired by two people. His attitude comes from a nasty waiter that served Jim Henson and former director Jon Stone at a restaurant called Oscar's Tavern in Manhattan. The voice was inspired by a cab-driver that used to drive Caroll Spinney to the set every day during the first season.

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Goofs

During the final stanza of the Anything Muppets' song "J Friends", when the four Muppets jump up at the line "Let's jump with Jane", the hair and forehead of Muppet performer Frank Oz are briefly visible at the bottom of the screen.

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Quotes

Slimy: [after reading Trash Gordon] Read more! Read more!
Oscar the Grouch: Uh uh. Sorry, Slimy, time for sleep now. So close your eyes and dream of all the wonderful Trash that's yet to come.
[to the camera]
Oscar the Grouch: You too. There'll be more Trash tomorrow.

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Crazy Credits

Each episode is numbered, and this number is displayed at the start of the episode.

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Connections

Referenced in Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

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Soundtracks

"CARIBBEAN AMPHIBIAN"
Performed by Kermit the Frog
©1986

User Reviews

Are the producers of this show trying to drive parents nuts?

I cannot understand in my wildest dreams why anyone in their right mind would have an incredibly annoying character like Elmo and that other one who is a bear with the speech impediment who always says, "Baby Beaw, Baby Beaw". Elmo has kids trying to teach a fish how to ride a bicycle???!!! It makes me so sad for the day of Big Bird and Bert and Ernie and Kermit. They talked up to kids and really educated them and spoke perfectly. They actually TAUGHT kids how to act! The show is horribly taken over by Elmo and that Bear and it is just sad to see. Jim Henson would be horrified with what this show has become. There was not any need to make drastic changes. It WAS PERFECT! Plus, the viewers who were 2-5 years, would outgrow them and there would always be a new audience. Back in the day, the parents would be entertained by this once great show. Not anymore. Elmo is horrendous. That whiney lisp has got to go. IT's as if the producers of Sesame Street don't want to parents to watch with their children. The above poster is so right when he said that Sesame Street has become nothing but an infomercial for Elmo dolls. He hit the nail right on the head.